--- title: Xbox had laid off 379 Zenimax workers in Maryland description: Microsoft has laid off 379 ZeniMax employees in Maryland as part of its fifth major round of job cuts in three years. A WARN notice filed with the Maryland... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/xbox-had-laid-off-379-zenimax-workers-in-maryland-xbopvyvjs twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Xbox had laid off 379 Zenimax workers in Maryland | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft has laid off 379 ZeniMax employees in Maryland as part of its fifth major round of job cuts in three years. A WARN notice filed with the Maryland... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/xbox-had-laid-off-379-zenimax-workers-in-maryland-xbopvyvjs og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/XBoPvYvjS.png og:image:alt: Xbox had laid off 379 Zenimax workers in Maryland og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Xbox had laid off 379 Zenimax workers in Maryland **[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Microsoft has laid off 379 ZeniMax employees in Maryland as part of its fifth major round of job cuts in three years. A WARN notice filed with the Maryland Department of Labor confirms 213 workers at ZeniMax Online Studios (developer of The Elder Scrolls Online) and 166 at ZeniMax Media Inc. in Rockville will be affected, with cuts effective September 4, 2026. This is part of a broader Xbox restructuring cutting 3,200 jobs total, also impacting Obsidian and id Software. ZeniMax Online Studios had previously unionized in 2024 with 461 employees, and also lost staff last year after Microsoft cancelled an in-development MMO codenamed Project Blackbird. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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