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After "incomprehensible" Xbox layoffs, id Software producer says worker-owned studios are "the only path forward"

Microsoft is planning 3,200 layoffs total

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As Elder Scrolls Online fans fear for the MMO, Bethesda reportedly confirms its team is the same size it was when it delivered some of its best content

Microsoft's layoffs aren't necessarily the end, folks

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Fallout: New Vegas level scaling is designed to teach players that "this is not actually Fallout 3," Josh Sawyer says: "You're going to get your ass handed to you if you're not careful"

You can go where you like, but some places might punch you in the face harder than others

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Microsoft comms lead says Xbox layoffs "were not made to replace employees with foreign workers" in response to "bad information"

"The H-1B figures being referenced are Microsoft-wide visa renewals"

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"We still have the crew we need": Xbox's DOOM dev id Software responds to layoffs, assures fans "we're going to keep building the great games and tech"

Xbox's DOOM studio id Software has officially responded to cuts at the developer, promising players that it will go on and continue working on new games.

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"Our next steps are to mobilize": Bethesda union members are protesting Xbox's layoffs with a 'Save Our Devs' march next week after 440 ZeniMax cuts

Union workers at Bethesda are marching against Xbox layoffs at ZeniMax studios next week during a protest that will be held across four cities.

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Bethesda's last Skyrim concept artist has been laid off after "almost 18 years of dedication to The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Starfield" amid Xbox cuts: "It has been my honor"

Ray Lederer contributed to several of the studio's biggest games

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Summary: what's happening at Xbox?

Everything we know about the "Xbox Reset," from Compulsion and Double Fine going independent to Bethesda layoffs and what it means for future Xbox games

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'I find myself in the novel position of looking for a job' — 27-year Bethesda veteran who designed Skyrim's humanoid races and a Microsoft dev behind Xbox backwards compatibility have been laid off

Thousands of Xbox staff have been laid off, including two industry veterans who worked at Microsoft and Bethesda for decades.

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Bethesda union staff to march outside studios over Xbox layoffs: 'The company wants us to accept this as a done deal and quietly disappear'

"We need to show management right now that we mean business."

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How do you put a price tag on a legacy like id Software's?

If Xbox can't find the value in owning the beating heart of the first-person shooter, perhaps it shouldn't be in the videogame business at all.

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"I have no idea how they'll continue": Bethesda dev is worried Xbox layoffs could end Fallout 76 updates without help from "an external studio"

Microsoft's cuts at Xbox and Bethesda have one developer worried that the studio won't be able to continue updating Fallout 76 without outside help.

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Microsoft filing shows total ZeniMax layoffs at 379, with over half coming from Elder Scrolls Online studio that's lost at least 60% of its staff in the past year

213 from ZeniMax Online Studios, 166 from ZeniMax Media (which includes the layoffs at Bethesda Game Studios).

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"This has had a crushing effect on morale": The Elder Scrolls 6 devs fear Microsoft's Xbox layoffs at Bethesda will cause delays and crunch for the RPG

Bethesda devs on The Elder Scrolls 6 say that Microsoft's Xbox layoffs will have a "substantial and cascading effect" on the studio and the upcoming RPG.

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Microsoft lays off Bethesda vet behind Todd Howard's "crazy" Fallout 4 idea, "too many Skyrim weapons to count," the Dwemer, and Mudcrabs – and he may leave games altogether

"If you've played a BGS game you've had his art on screen 99% of the time," says dev

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The Elder Scrolls 6 will be hurt and potentially delayed by Xbox layoffs, Bethesda devs expect: "This has had a crushing effect on morale"

"We were already running a tight ship"

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Delays, crunch, and ‘shattered morale’: How the Xbox layoffs threaten The Elder Scrolls 6

What is there to even say anymore?

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Casualties of Xbox's big "reset" keep piling up as the team behind The Elder Scrolls Online has had to let over 200 people go

In a recent WARN report released by the State of Maryland's government, it's been confirmed that Zenimax Online Studios has had to let go of 213 employees, along with 166 employees from Zenimax Media Inc., as a result of Xbox's recent company-wide restructuring

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Bethesda Union calls for fans to voice their concerns regarding the recent Xbox job cuts at Bethesda, and they aren't sugar-coating their opinions

Shortly after expressing frustration at Bethesda taking massive job cuts thanks to Xbox's massive 'reset' that saw thousands of people laid off, Bethesda's Union took to social media to encourage players to voice their own concerns and frustrations regarding Microsoft's controversial decision and Bethesda's future.

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Another Fallout RPG was in development at Obsidian Entertainment before Bethesda pulled the plug "a while ago," ex-studio lead says

"It had to change its direction," says Chris Avellone

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Xbox just laid off a core Bethesda artist who worked on Skyrim, Oblivion, Morrowind, Fallout 3, and Fallout 4 – 27-year veteran Christiane Meister

This just keeps getting worse

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Report: The layoffs at Xbox's DOOM studio id Software are even worse than we thought — devs at Bethesda's Austin office have been hit, too

A new report reveals that Microsoft's Xbox layoffs have hit DOOM dev id Software even harder than we first thought, with 136 workers cut from the studio.

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Fallout and Elder Scrolls union says Bethesda layoffs didn't hurt Microsoft's "14 layers of management" – "We lost dozens of programmers, artists, designers and testers"

Bethesda Game Studios didn't escape Xbox's layoffs unscathed

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A Fallout 3 remake was in the works at some point but it may never get to leave the Vault

Bethesda's first Fallout title was in the process of getting remade, but the fate of the project is unknown.

Windows Central

Xbox's RPG studio Obsidian is making a new Fallout game with Bethesda and Fallout: New Vegas' game director — and it's canceled an Avowed sequel to do it

Xbox's Obsidian is canceling an Avowed sequel and pivoting to make a new Fallout game in the wake of Microsoft's mass gaming layoffs this week.

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