Former co-founder Chris Avellone said that he had heard from those still at the studio that it's planning a "re-pitch" of Avowed 2.
From over 300 employees in 2024 to fewer than 100 after Xbox's layoffs, the fate of ZeniMax Online Studios' MMORPG is up in the air.
Studio head Paul Yan noted that Toys for Bob's game development history would indicate that the throughline leads to Banjo-Kazooie.
"This has had a crushing effect on morale," claims a staff member at Bethesda, which reportedly suffered over 50 layoffs recently.
Among the casualties of the recent layoffs were several programmers who worked on id Software's proprietary in-house game engine.
Now-former employees of id Software have said that it's difficult to see "a viable way forward" after the studio was gutted with layoffs.
We already suspected this would be great, but the moment-to-moment gameplay of the Chain Spear has us even more excited.
"People will never know the blood, sweat, and tears that went into making The Elder Scrolls Online," said Andrew Young on social media.
Bloomberg's Jason Schreier was asked about the state of The Elder Scrolls 6 and Bethesda during a recent Bloomberg Q&A session.
Kevin LaChapelle announced on LinkedIn that he has been let go from Microsoft after having spent 37 years working at the company.
"These are hard, but necessary decisions, in order to retain the long-term future of IO Interactive," said the studio in a statement.
The current subscriber base allegedly falls extremely short of former Xbox CEO Phil Spencer's goal to top 77 million in 2023.
Community manager Jessica Folsom has said that the studio needs some more time for its planned content roadmap after ESO's first season.
The Elder Scrolls and Fallout studio is reportedly shifting its focus to "our strongest franchises" to ensure "future growth."
"The team is working hard, and our commitment to this community has never been stronger," said Undead Labs in a statement.
President Johanna Faries has reportedly sent out an email to Blizzard employees, urging them to take care of themselves and others.
The original founder wrote a tongue-in-cheek reply to Xbox CEO Asha Sharma's announcement about recent layoffs at the company.
Asha Sharma said that the company had made several bets in the past that, unfortunately, haven't quite paid off how it had hoped.
CEO Asha Sharma said that, in some instances, Xbox had 14 different management layers, and that she wanted to simplify things.
Regardless of whether the affected studios go independent or find a buyer, Windows Central claims there will be layoffs across the board.
