The Latest Breaking News from Bethesda

Game Developers Protest Mass Layoffs as Xbox, Ubisoft, Other Studios Face Growing Backlash

Video game developers worldwide protest mass layoffs at Xbox, Ubisoft, and Build a Rocket Boy, highlighting the gaming industry's labor crisis.

Player One · Jul 17

Elder Scrolls Online is "not going to be able to put out the amount of content at the speed" it was, former dev says following Xbox layoffs

Xbox has laid off staff from the studio again after major layoffs in 2025

GamesRadar · Jul 16

Xbox layoffs claim leadership of Elder Scrolls Online studio ZeniMax, including a 14-year veteran who was only appointed to run the studio last July

The Bethesda studio reportedly plans to "transition" to new leadership

GamesRadar · Jul 16

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"

GamesRadar · Jul 10

"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.

Windows Central · Jul 10

"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.

Windows Central · Jul 10

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

GamesRadar · Jul 10

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

GamesRadar · Jul 10

'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.

TechRadar · Jul 10

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."

PC Gamer · Jul 10