ZeniMax Media Cuts 158 Roles in Texas, Including 136 at id Software
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What we know
Location: Texas, USA (Richardson and Austin).
Based on news reporting.
Summary
A WARN notice filed in Texas confirms ZeniMax Media has laid off 158 employees in the state, with 96 cuts at id Software's Richardson, Texas office plus 40 remote workers tied to that location (136 total at id Software) and 22 at Bethesda Game Studios in Austin. The layoffs come amid a larger Xbox plan to eliminate 3,200 roles across its video game division, with Xbox starting with 1,600 cuts the same week. Sources told Game Developer that id Software lost roughly half its staff and that QA and other teams were heavily impacted; one former employee criticized the restructuring on LinkedIn. The Texas notice also states 146 of the 158 laid-off workers are represented by the Communications Workers of America. Microsoft/Bethesda leadership described the broader restructuring as a refocus on major franchises rather than studio closures.
ZeniMax MEDIA INC. cut 158 jobs in TX as of July 10, 2024.
That is roughly 6.3% of the 2,500 people ZeniMax MEDIA INC. employs.
LayoffTalk has tracked 9 layoff events at ZeniMax MEDIA INC. since April 2024, including 136 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 8 additional events known from news reporting.
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