The Elder Scrolls Online: Orsinium

ZeniMax Online Studios lead Jo Burba is among 200 cut from the studio.

This seems like a dangerous combo.

On Monday, Xbox announced significant layoffs. Bethesda has been reportedly hit hard by job losses, especially the Elder Scrolls Online team.

As The Elder Scrolls 6 announcement turns eight years old, Microsoft says its eventual reveal will also promise fans that the game is "coming soon."

The Elder Scrolls 6 is one of Microsoft's biggest upcoming games, but it remains largely a mystery, despite being announced more than eight years ago. Today, August 11, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma provided an update on it, saying she witnessed a "live playthrough" of the game. She also teased the game's subtitle, or at least that's what it seems like. "The scale and grandeur are incredible. The story is even greater," she said. Those are buzzwords that do not mean much of anything. More intriguingly, Sharma included asterisks in her post that suggest she's referring to the game's subtitle. Her post u