Comment on Xbox lays off 268 more employees, merges Obsidian into Bethesda and puts Activision in charge of Halo

• Mora@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Woefully wrong. Pre-Microsoft Bethesda was probably okay. But Microsoft Bethesda layoff waves were:

  • January 2023
  • January 2024
  • May 2024
  • September 2024
  • possibly July 2025
  • (despite Zenimax != Bethesda, they create Elder Scrolls Online, so also July 2026 , where thay cut nearly half of the team responsible for ESO, including the community manager)
  • this new one now

  I am probably missing some. So honestly, the only thing save to assume that the only thing working at Microslop is their CoPilot.

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  • sem@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    What is Zenimax’s relationship to Bethesda?

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    • Mora@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The parent company for Weaver’s video game publisher Bethesda Softworks. The company additionally owns the development studios Bethesda Game Studios, id Software, Arkane Studios, MachineGames, and ZeniMax Online Studios.

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      • sem@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Thanks!

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  • BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    damn, not sure how i missed these

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• rosahaj@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Makes sense, they were in dire straits before Morrowind, and well, Microsoft is Microsoft.

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