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Elder Scrolls Online Studio Head Matt Firor to Step Down as New MMORPG ...

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Zenimax Online Studios president Matt Firor has announced his intention to step down, following layoffs at the company and the cancellation of its upcoming MMO.
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After 18 years, founder Matt Firm leaves ZeniMax Online Studios, which is responsible for The Elder Scrolls Online.

The shock wave continues to spread at Microsoft. A secret MMO, an ambitious project developed by ZeniMax Online Studios – the same artists behind the colossal The Elder Scrolls Online – has just been brutally cancelled. Direct consequence: Matt Firm, the studio's historic manager, leaves the ship after 18 years of good and loyal services. This sad news is part of the long series of painful decisions taken by Redmond's giant and more generally in…

Mass layoffs at Microsoft have had an impact on the gaming industry. The developers of The Elder Scrolls Online are under threat: their new MMORPG project has been cancelled. The layoffs, which affected 9,000 employees, also affected subsidiaries of Xbox Game Studios. Among them is Zenimax Online Studios, known for TESO. As a result, the development of one of the big projects was stopped.... The post Zenimax under layoffs: the project of the cre…

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XboxEra broke the news in on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
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