{"id":749415,"date":"2026-07-07T23:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T23:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/749415\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T23:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T23:37:08","slug":"bethesda-id-software-reportedly-hit-hard-by-microsoft-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/749415\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethesda, id Software reportedly hit hard by Microsoft layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cJust really sad that this is how id Software, the pioneer\/innovator of FPS action games is relegated to just another \u2018reorganization\u2019 of assets,\u201d Maynard wrote in his LinkedIn post.<\/p>\n


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As much as half of the team behind The Elder Scrolls Online has been let go, according to a Kotaku report.<\/p>\n

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\n As much as half of the team behind The Elder Scrolls Online has been let go, according to a Kotaku report.<\/p>\n

Credit:<\/p>\n

Zenimax Online<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, IGN obtained an email<\/a> from Bethesda President Jill Braff<\/a> to staffers expressing \u201csincere gratitude\u201d to \u201ca number of our colleagues\u201d who were impacted by the layoffs. IGN says employees at Bethesda Studios were \u201chit particularly hard\u201d by the layoffs, while remaining staffers are \u201cfacing an uncertain future\u201d as Microsoft said it is planning to lay off 1,600 more employees throughout this fiscal year (in addition to 1,600 let go yesterday).<\/p>\n

The changes in strategy and headcount mean that Bethesda \u201cneed[s] to change course,\u201d Braff wrote in her email, transforming into a company \u201cthat focuses on our strongest franchises.\u201d That could be bad news for newer franchises like Starfield<\/a> and for The Elder Scrolls Online, with the latter game losing as much as half of its developers, according to a Kotaku report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must strengthen our business, return to sustainable growth, and ensure we can continue investing in our franchises and our players,\u201d Braff continued in her message to employees. \u201cI know that doesn\u2019t make a day like today any easier.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cJust really sad that this is how id Software, the pioneer\/innovator of FPS action games is relegated to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":749416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-749415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=749415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}