Xbox/Microsoft Cuts 166 Roles at ZeniMax Media Inc. Rockville Offices
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Location: Rockville, Maryland, USA.
The reported date has passed without confirmation that the layoff took place. This event remains unconfirmed.
Based on news reporting.
Summary
As part of a broader Xbox workforce reduction announced by Microsoft, a WARN notice filed with the Maryland Department of Labor states that 166 employees will be laid off at the offices of ZeniMax Media Inc. in Rockville, Montgomery County, effective September 4, 2026. The article also reports 213 layoffs at ZeniMax Online Studios (a separate ZeniMax entity), bringing substantial job losses across the company’s Maryland operations tied to Microsoft’s larger Xbox cuts. Microsoft said the Xbox division will cut 3,200 jobs in total, with 1,600 immediate and 1,600 more to follow before the end of the fiscal year, and the ZeniMax Media Inc. layoffs are part of that reset. The report cites prior layoffs at ZeniMax Online Studios, recent project cancellations and unionization activity as context for the cuts and notes uncertainty about remaining headcount at affected studios.
ZeniMax MEDIA INC. cut 166 jobs in MD as of September 4, 2026.
That is roughly 6.6% 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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