Laid-Off Elder Scrolls Online Designer Warns of Slower Content Updates

The layoffs at ZeniMax will set new expectations for the content rollout of The Elder Scrolls Online, according to one of the game’s designers who was laid off.

Morgan Goin is the senior encounter designer of ESO. She recently spoke to the BBC about the layoffs, saying she was blindsided by the news. She also says that those affected knew something was going to happen, but they didn’t understand the scope of the cuts that would occur.

Moving forward, she would state that the game, which relies heavily on regular updates, as most live-service MMOs do, won’t be able to match the level of content updates they were approaching prior to the cuts.

“We’re not going to be able to put out the amount of content at the speed that we were… or anything approaching that,” she told the BBC.

Again speaking about the cuts, Morgan Goin noted that she is an exception and has lasted many in the industry who burn out over time. She does not want to be the exception; she wants all who enter the industry to prosper.

“I would like for people to have lifelong careers that are sustainable, and I want to experience the art made by those folks.”

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