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As an Elder Scrolls Online veteran, I'm worried its new seasonal model could kill my favorite MMORPG

Opinion | Adopting a live-service rhythm is a risky bet meant to cover up Xbox's missteps, and I'm not sure it'll work out for ZeniMax Online

Elder Scrolls Online lead says Xbox's layoffs aren't the reason the MMO is switching over to smaller updates: "Seasons is not in any way a response to that"

Elder Scrolls Online lead says Xbox's layoffs aren't the reason the MMO is switching over to smaller updates: "Seasons is not in any way a response to that"

And because Blackbird was canceled, "in some capacities, we actually increased the number of folks available"

Microsoft killed his dream MMO despite apparently loving it, says former Elder Scrolls Online head, so he left: "The game I had waited my entire career to create"

Microsoft killed his dream MMO despite apparently loving it, says former Elder Scrolls Online head, so he left: "The game I had waited my entire career to create"

Matt Firor left Zenimax after the cancellation of Project Blackbird

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Elder Scrolls Online leads say Elder Scrolls 6 and Oblivion Remastered only bolster the MMO's player numbers: "We saw a lot of new and lapsed players"

ZeniMax director Rich Lambert says "a lot" of ESO players are filling the void until Elder Scrolls 6

Elder Scrolls MMO lead still wants to make a new game, despite the cancelation of the Blackbird project that Xbox's Phil Spencer apparently loved: "I don't think you can ride one thing into forever"

Elder Scrolls Online lead wants it to be "that 30-year MMO" but still has ideas for other games because "if you put all your eggs in one basket, there's issues"

Another Xbox studio reacts to the layoffs exploding around it: with Rare's Everwild dead, Sea of Thieves dev says "it's impossible for something like this not to ripple through the studio"

"It would be strange to jump straight into our usual updates without acknowledging the news that we've ended development on Everwild here at Rare"

"A future has been stolen": ZeniMax union says "lives were upended" by Xbox layoffs and MMO cancelation, but "we have not yet been laid off"

"For most of us something like a layoff is inevitable"

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The Elder Scrolls Online director Matt Firor, who helped launch ZeniMax Online Studios in 2007, is leaving the company

The Elder Scrolls Online director Matt Firor, who helped launch ZeniMax Online Studios in 2007, is leaving the company

Word of Firor's surprise departure came just hours after Microsoft announced the layoff of 9,000 employees.

After 18 years, Elder Scrolls Online director and studio head Matt Firor is leaving the company amid Microsoft layoffs: "There are many more stories to be told, adventures to be had"

After 18 years, Elder Scrolls Online director and studio head Matt Firor is leaving the company amid Microsoft layoffs: "There are many more stories to be told, adventures to be had"

Zenimax Online's new MMO was canceled as part of the Xbox layoffs

Perfect Dark reboot canceled amid heavy Xbox layoffs, with developer The Initiative shuttered and Forza developer Turn 10 reportedly losing half its staff

Perfect Dark reboot canceled amid heavy Xbox layoffs, with developer The Initiative shuttered and Forza developer Turn 10 reportedly losing half its staff

The Microsoft layoffs have ended Everwild, Zenimax Online's new MMO, and now Perfect Dark

After years of asking, Elder Scrolls Online fans hear the 3 words they've dreamt of since playing WoW and Lord of the Rings Online: Difficulty options are "in the works"

After years of asking, Elder Scrolls Online fans hear the 3 words they've dreamt of since playing WoW and Lord of the Rings Online: Difficulty options are "in the works"

Zenimax Online isn't ready to talk specifics, but they have "acknowledged openly" complaints about Elder Scrolls Online's difficulty

For the first time in 10 years, Elder Scrolls Online is adding Subclassing that'll let you kit out your build with skill lines from other classes

For the first time in 10 years, Elder Scrolls Online is adding Subclassing that'll let you kit out your build with skill lines from other classes

You'll now have about "3,000 ways to mix and match skill lines"

11 years in, Elder Scrolls Online isn't going anywhere, but its studio head says it's "time to shake things up" so that the MMO can stay "fresh and modern for years"

11 years in, Elder Scrolls Online isn't going anywhere, but its studio head says it's "time to shake things up" so that the MMO can stay "fresh and modern for years"

Zenimax Online studio head Matt Firor says "we've heard your feedback about wanting more variety and to shake things up"

Elder Scrolls Online's big 10th anniversary update is an autumnal trip home for Oblivion fans and a worthy step forward for the MMO

Elder Scrolls Online's big 10th anniversary update is an autumnal trip home for Oblivion fans and a worthy step forward for the MMO

I played Elder Scrolls Online's big 10th anniversary update after a few months away and was overwhelmed by everything new

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Elder Scrolls Online devs on creating the first new class in four years and expanding the iconic Morrowind map

Interview | Elder Scrolls Online's zone and battle leads walk us through the biggest changes in the Necrom update

Elder Scrolls Online devs are working with a fan artist who says ZeniMax "copy-pasted" their designs into the game

"We are in contact with the artist and will work with them to make sure that there is a proper resolution"

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