Microsoft компани Xbox салбартаа 3,200 хүнийг ажлаас чөлөөлж, дөрвөн студийг хаахаар шийдвэрлэсний улмаас Bethesda болон ZeniMax-ийн ажилтнууд хүнд цохилтод өртөв.
Microsoft-ын гүйцэтгэх захирал Аша Шармагийн мэдэгдснээр, компани хөрөнгө оруулалтаа илүү чухал төслүүдэд төвлөрүүлэх зорилгоор Activision, Bethesda/ZeniMax, Blizzard, King, Mojang болон Xbox Game Studios-д бүтцийн өөрчлөлт хийж байна. Энэхүү өөрчлөлтийн хүрээнд Compulsion Games, Double Fine, Ninja Theory, Undead Labs зэрэг студиудыг тусгаарлаж байна. Сэтгүүлч Жейсон Шрайерийн мэдээлснээр, id Software болон ZeniMax Online Studios зэрэг томоохон студиуд хаагдахгүй ч цомхотголд ихээхэн өртөх аж.
Bethesda Game Workers Union-ийн зүгээс энэхүү шийдвэрийг хурцаар шүүмжилж, Microsoft-ыг өмнөх алдаагаа засах нэрийн дор олон мянган хөгжүүлэгчийг ажлаас халж байгааг онцоллоо. Тус үйлдвэрчний эвлэл олон арван жил ажилласан туршлагатай ажилтнууд хүртэл ажлаасаа халагдаж байгаад харамсаж байгаагаа илэрхийлж, ашгийн төлөөх энэхүү ээлжит цомхотгол хэзээ дуусахыг асуужээ.
Хэдийгээр цомхотгол хийгдэж байгаа ч Bethesda ирээдүйд Fallout, The Elder Scrolls-оос гадна Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake зэрэг цувралууд дээр үргэлжлүүлэн ажиллах төлөвтэй байна. Одоогоор Bethesda болон тус үйлдвэрчний эвлэлээс нэмэлт мэдээлэл авахаар холбогдоод байна.
Дэлгэрэнгүйг эх сурвалжаас харах
↓Эх сурвалжийг нээх ↓
Today’s Xbox layoffs may have hit Bethesda and ZeniMax particularly hard, as reports of “significant” cuts have begun to surface and the Bethesda Game Workers Union says that “many” employees at Bethesda Game Studios have been let go.
Today’s announcement of major layoffs at Xbox and the spinoff of four studios—Compulsion Games, Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and Undead Labs—also included word from CEO Asha Sharma that company is “making reductions across other units, and in some cases, shifting investment to focus on higher priority projects. These changes vary in size across Activision, Bethesda/ZeniMax, Blizzard, King, Mojang, and Xbox Game Studios.”
Details on studio-specific cuts haven’t been announced, but Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier said on Bluesky that ZeniMax Media, the parent of id Software, Bethesda Softworks, ZeniMax Online Studios, and others, “will be impacted significantly by the reorganization,” although he added that Bethesda will not be pared down to just Fallout and The Elder Scrolls teams, as some reports have claimed: “The publisher will also still work on Wolfenstein, Doom and Quake.”
But some of the studios responsible for those games are also reportedly being hit hard: “Studios in the Bethesda organization like id Software (Doom) and ZeniMax Online Studios (Elder Scrolls Online) are not shutting down but are cutting a significant number of staff this morning, per sources,” Schreier added in a subsequent post.
A separate statement from the Bethesda Game Workers Union, the “wall to wall” union that formed in 2024, also indicated that the cuts run deep.
In what is becoming a stressful annual routine, Microsoft has decided to lay off thousands, including MANY of us at Bethesda Games Studios. With over 10k developers already cut from previous rounds, those at the top have deemed that insufficient in fixing their mistakes.
— @bethesdaunion.bsky.social (@bethesdaunion.bsky.social.bsky.social) 2026-07-06T16:29:42.450Z
“In what is becoming a stressful annual routine, Microsoft has decided to lay off thousands, including MANY of us at Bethesda Games Studios,” the union wrote on Bluesky. “With over 10k developers already cut from previous rounds, those at the top have deemed that insufficient in fixing their mistakes.
“Today we say goodbye to many of our friends and colleagues and to hundreds more across Xbox, including folks that have worked at Bethesda Games Studios for decades. When will this cycle of cuts in pursuit of ever-greater profits end?”
I’ve reached out to Bethesda and the Bethesda Game Workers Union for more information and will update if I receive a reply.
