{"id":367270,"date":"2026-07-09T20:03:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/367270\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T20:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:03:18","slug":"zenimax-layoffs-22-austin-jobs-cut-at-bethesda-game-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/367270\/","title":{"rendered":"ZeniMax layoffs: 22 Austin jobs cut at Bethesda Game Studios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fresh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/business\/technology\/article\/tech-layoffs-2026-22295959.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">round of layoffs<\/a> is hitting Austin\u2019s video game sector, this time affecting Bethesda Game Studios, part of Microsoft-owned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zenimax.com\/en\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ZeniMax Media Inc.<\/a>, the company behind some of gaming\u2019s biggest franchises.<\/p>\n<p>ZeniMax is cutting 22 jobs at <a href=\"https:\/\/bethesdagamestudios.com\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bethesda<\/a>\u2019s Austin office, 96 jobs at its Richardson operation and 40 remote jobs tied to that North Texas site, according to a notice it filed with the Texas Workforce Commission.<\/p>\n<p>In all, the company plans to cut 158 Texas jobs, with layoffs effective Sept. 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ZeniMax, based in Rockville, Md., is the parent company of publisher Bethesda\u00a0Softworks and several major game studios, including Bethesda Game Studios, id Software, MachineGames and ZeniMax Online Studios. Its studios are tied to some of the industry\u2019s most storied series, including \u201cThe Elder Scrolls,\u201d \u201cFallout,\u201d \u201cDoom\u201d and \u201cWolfenstein.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The affected Austin office is at 9420 Research\u00a0Blvd., Suite 200. The Richardson office is at 1500 N. Greenville Ave., Suite 700.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fresh round of layoffs is hitting Austin\u2019s video game sector, this time affecting Bethesda Game Studios, part&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-367270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}