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The future of the Elder Scrolls Online looks rocky after culling of leadership team

ZeniMax Online Studios lead Jo Burba is among 200 cut from the studio.

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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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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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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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Former Elder Scrolls Online designer laments the destruction of layoffs: 'There’s really no one left and no changing it now'

ZeniMax Online Studios reportedly lost half its employees in yesterday's Xbox layoffs.

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Elder Scrolls Online developer left reeling by Xbox layoffs—with teams gutted, senior talent gone, and roadmaps 'shifting' as a result

A grim outcome from Xbox's latest round of reaping.

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When is ESO season 1 launch? release date, time, what to expect

The Daedric Prince of Madness returns in ESO Season 1.

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The Elder Scrolls Online is now Steam Deck Verified after 2 years of tweaking

This seems like a dangerous combo.

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Elder Scrolls Online director still secretly plays the MMO, even after he left the studio when Microsoft killed his dream game: "I'm in guilds, and they don't know who I am"

"I just play and it's a lot of fun"

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How to reach the Night Market in ESO

ESO's first event zone arrives with Night Market.

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Elder Scrolls Online Season Zero release date countdown

Tamriel is evolving with Season Zero: Dawn and Dusk.

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As an Elder Scrolls Online veteran, I'm worried its new seasonal model could kill my favorite MMORPG

Opinion | Adopting a live-service rhythm is a risky bet meant to cover up Xbox's missteps, and I'm not sure it'll work out for ZeniMax Online

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Elder Scrolls Online lead says Xbox's layoffs aren't the reason the MMO is switching over to smaller updates: "Seasons is not in any way a response to that"

And because Blackbird was canceled, "in some capacities, we actually increased the number of folks available"

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Microsoft killed his dream MMO despite apparently loving it, says former Elder Scrolls Online head, so he left: "The game I had waited my entire career to create"

Matt Firor left Zenimax after the cancellation of Project Blackbird

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Elder Scrolls Online leads say Elder Scrolls 6 and Oblivion Remastered only bolster the MMO's player numbers: "We saw a lot of new and lapsed players"

ZeniMax director Rich Lambert says "a lot" of ESO players are filling the void until Elder Scrolls 6

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Elder Scrolls MMO lead still wants to make a new game, despite the cancelation of the Blackbird project that Xbox's Phil Spencer apparently loved: "I don't think you can ride one thing into forever"

Elder Scrolls Online lead wants it to be "that 30-year MMO" but still has ideas for other games because "if you put all your eggs in one basket, there's issues"

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Another Xbox studio reacts to the layoffs exploding around it: with Rare's Everwild dead, Sea of Thieves dev says "it's impossible for something like this not to ripple through the studio"

"It would be strange to jump straight into our usual updates without acknowledging the news that we've ended development on Everwild here at Rare"

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"A future has been stolen": ZeniMax union says "lives were upended" by Xbox layoffs and MMO cancelation, but "we have not yet been laid off"

"For most of us something like a layoff is inevitable"

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The Elder Scrolls Online director Matt Firor, who helped launch ZeniMax Online Studios in 2007, is leaving the company

Word of Firor's surprise departure came just hours after Microsoft announced the layoff of 9,000 employees.

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After 18 years, Elder Scrolls Online director and studio head Matt Firor is leaving the company amid Microsoft layoffs: "There are many more stories to be told, adventures to be had"

Zenimax Online's new MMO was canceled as part of the Xbox layoffs

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Perfect Dark reboot canceled amid heavy Xbox layoffs, with developer The Initiative shuttered and Forza developer Turn 10 reportedly losing half its staff

The Microsoft layoffs have ended Everwild, Zenimax Online's new MMO, and now Perfect Dark

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After years of asking, Elder Scrolls Online fans hear the 3 words they've dreamt of since playing WoW and Lord of the Rings Online: Difficulty options are "in the works"

Zenimax Online isn't ready to talk specifics, but they have "acknowledged openly" complaints about Elder Scrolls Online's difficulty

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For the first time in 10 years, Elder Scrolls Online is adding Subclassing that'll let you kit out your build with skill lines from other classes

You'll now have about "3,000 ways to mix and match skill lines"

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11 years in, Elder Scrolls Online isn't going anywhere, but its studio head says it's "time to shake things up" so that the MMO can stay "fresh and modern for years"

Zenimax Online studio head Matt Firor says "we've heard your feedback about wanting more variety and to shake things up"

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