Elder Scrolls Online team on rebuilding after layoffs
ZeniMax Online has lost hundreds of staff over two years, and its developers say they refused to rush updates simply to hit dates.
The Elder Scrolls Online's developers have had a bruising two years. ZeniMax Online shelved Project Blackbird in July 2025, shedding 62 jobs, and the Xbox reset this July cut another 213 people from the studio's ranks.
In a PC Gamer column, the team described pushing through the aftermath and said it did not want to rush work simply to hit a date. The studio has dealt with delays to its updates while its headcount shrank, and the interview leaves open how much of the roadmap survives the smaller team.
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Where this story ran: one outlet on 26 September 2026. The summary above is written by GamersGuild; the links go to the original reports.