Elder Scrolls VI Devs Say Xbox Layoffs Will Have ‘Substantial And Cascading Effect’ On The Game’s Already Long Development
Kotaku | 09.07.2026 16:10
The lasting effects of Xbox’s most recent mass layoffs are impossible to measure right now. The numbers alone don’t encapsulate how much institutional knowledge teams could be losing. Studios like Doom developer id Software and Avowed studio Obsidian are trying to pick up the pieces after losing large swaths of their coworkers. At Bethesda, which has been quietly working on The Elder Scrolls VI, members of the team say that game’s already fraught development is going to take a hit after these layoffs.
