Ex-Elder Scrolls Online Boss Explains Why He Left Microsoft

Ex-Elder Scrolls Online Boss Explains Why He Left Microsoft

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‘It was the game I waited my career to make’: Former ZeniMax Online boss confirms he quit following Microsoft axe

Project Blackbird was cancelled as part of Microsoft’s huge 2025 cuts…

The Head of The Elder Scrolls Online Admitted That He Left Because of Microsoft’s Layoffs!

The big July bloodbath perpetrated by the Redmond-based tech giant resulted in Matt Firor leaving Microsoft.   Firor, the former director of The Elder Scrolls Online, revealed why he unexpectedly left ZeniMax Online Studios in July after nearly 20 years. It probably comes as no surprise that Microsoft’s layoffs are responsible for this. On July 2, Microsoft laid off approximately 9,000 people, many of whom were from the Xbox division. Xbox boss …

Microsoft killed his dream MMO despite apparently loving it, says former Elder Scrolls Online head, so he left: "The game I had waited my entire career to create"

Matt Firor left Zenimax after the cancellation of Project Blackbird

Former Elder Scrolls Online chief confirms Microsoft's 2025 bloodbath drove his departure from ZeniMax: 'Project Blackbird was the game I had waited my entire career to create'

Matt Firor announced his split from ZeniMax Online Studios the same day Microsoft laid off roughly 9,000 employees and cancelled multiple game projects.