The Elder Scrolls Online

72 / 100Role-playing (RPG)AdventureApril 4, 2014

Every legend starts somewhere and in The Elder Scrolls Online, it starts with you. Write your story into a vibrant chapter of Tamriel’s distant past that takes place nearly 1,000 years before the iconic TES V: Skyrim, and discover a world steeped in adventure and possibility.

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Xbox's Massive Layoffs Gut Major Studios and Derail Key Projects

Microsoft's sweeping Xbox restructuring, which cut roughly 3,200 jobs, is continuing to send shockwaves across its first-party studios, and the full scale of the damage is only now coming into focus. ZeniMax Online Studios, the team behind The Elder Scrolls Online, has confirmed over 200 layoffs in Maryland, part of a broader 379-person cut across ZeniMax's Maryland workforce. Obsidian Entertainment is losing an estimated 60 to 70 employees, with a WARN notice confirming at least 52 cuts, representing roughly a quarter of the studio's staff. Meanwhile, id Software, the legendary studio behind Doom and Quake, has reportedly been so severely gutted that its ability to operate as a standalone development team is now in question, with newly revealed game concepts killed before they ever had a chance.

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Xbox Layoffs Gut Bethesda Studios, ESO Team Hit Hard as Focus Shifts to Big Franchises

Microsoft's latest sweeping round of Xbox layoffs has landed with devastating force across Bethesda and ZeniMax studios, with workers and union representatives confirming that teams have been deeply cut. The Elder Scrolls Online developer, ZeniMax Online Studios, has been described as "gutted," with senior talent departing and internal development roadmaps already reported to be "shifting" as a direct result of the job losses. id Software, the team behind DOOM, has also been hit hard, though reports suggest the studio has survived the cuts — albeit in a significantly reduced state.

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