Location: Rockville, Maryland.
Department affected: Quality Assurance and senior/lead roles across ZeniMax Online Studios.
Based on news reporting.
ZeniMax Media Inc. and its ZeniMax Online Studios are part of Xbox's recent mass-layoff round that will affect a total of 379 workers across ZeniMax, with 213 cuts at ZeniMax Online Studios and 166 at ZeniMax Media Inc.'s Rockville offices. The WARN notice lists specific senior roles being cut — including the studio head, studio operations director, and studio game director — and highlights that the quality assurance division will be heavily impacted with about 89 QA staff affected. The notice sets the layoffs to occur on September 4 and indicates many impacted employees are represented by the Communications Workers of America; some employees may remain briefly to finish projects while effects bargaining proceeds. These cuts are part of a wider Xbox reduction announced by Microsoft that totals 3,200 job cuts across the division and are framed by the company as a strategic
ZeniMax MEDIA INC. cut 379 jobs affecting its Quality Assurance and senior/lead roles across ZeniMax Online Studios team as of September 4, 2026.
LayoffTalk has tracked 9 layoff events at ZeniMax MEDIA INC. since April 2024, affecting a combined 1,518 employees.
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