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Updated · Pure Xbox · Jul 13

ZeniMax Reassures ESO Players, Revises Roadmap After Xbox Layoffs Hit $2 Billion MMO

Updated

Updated · Pure Xbox · Jul 13

ZeniMax Reassures ESO Players, Revises Roadmap After Xbox Layoffs Hit $2 Billion MMO

2 articles · Updated · Pure Xbox · Jul 13

ZeniMax Online told players The Elder Scrolls Online is not entering maintenance mode after last week’s Xbox layoffs reignited fears about the MMO’s future.
Developers said the studio is now roughly the same size it was when it produced Wrothgar and 2018’s Summerset, one of ESO’s best-regarded expansions.
Game director Nick Giacomini and executive producer Susan Kath are reworking the roadmap to match what the reduced team can realistically deliver, with an update promised soon.
The concern follows an earlier shift from annual expansions to smaller seasonal updates and another round of cuts a year ago, even as ESO had generated more than $2 billion by 2024.

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After generating $2 billion, why is The Elder Scrolls Online now fighting fears of being put into 'maintenance mode'?

With key staff cut from The Elder Scrolls 6, is Xbox sacrificing its most anticipated game for short-term financial goals?

As a union prepares to strike, can Microsoft's layoff strategy actually cure its 'unhealthy' gaming business or just its symptoms?

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