# Elder Scrolls Online developer left reeling by Xbox layoffs—with teams gutted, senior talent gone, and roadmaps 'shifting' as a result

> The axe has finally fallen from Xbox's latest round of layoffs and studio sloughing—characterised as a "reset" by its current CEO, Asha Sharma, who paradoxically wants the company to have 1 billion daily players…

- **Source:** [Pcgamer](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/elder-scrolls-online-developer-left-reeling-by-xbox-layoffs-with-teams-gutted-senior-talent-gone-and-roadmaps-shifting-as-a-result/?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a4bf2f28b9e61b2a2858120)
- **Published:** 2026-07-06
- **Category:** Gaming
- **Tags:** #xbox
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a4bf2f28b9e61b2a2858120

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