{"id":1375582,"date":"2024-04-25T16:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T13:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/windowsreport.com\/?p=1375582"},"modified":"2024-04-25T16:38:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T13:38:04","slug":"rumors-claim-microsoft-closed-bethesda-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/windowsreport.com\/rumors-claim-microsoft-closed-bethesda-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumors claim that Microsoft has closed Bethesda France"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The gaming industry can be extremely unforgiving, and sometimes to cut costs, certain teams need to be shut down entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It appears that this has happened to Bethesda France recently, so here\u2019s what we know so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Microsoft has supposedly shut down Bethesda France<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This rumor <a href=\"https:\/\/insider-gaming.com\/microsoft-seemingly-closes-bethesda-france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">comes from Insider Gaming<\/a>, as many are claiming that Bethesda France was closed. This is no surprise since <a href=\"https:\/\/windowsreport.com\/layoffs-affect-chatgpts-integration-into-bing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft has announced layoffs<\/a> a few months ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company already had <a href=\"https:\/\/windowsreport.com\/microsoft-sheds-1900-activision-jobs-following-acquisition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1900 layoffs in Activision Blizzard<\/a> following the acquisition. Regarding the rumors of the Bethesda France shutdown, a Twitter user SCOTTY, a community manager at Bethesda France, posted the following tweet recently:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">8 ans de ma vie consacr\u00e9s \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bethesda_fr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Bethesda_fr<\/a>, 8 ans de rencontres formidables, de souvenirs que j&#39;oublierai jamais, et d&#39;opportunit\u00e9s uniques.<br><br>Une page qui se tourne et qui fait mal \u00e0 de nombreuses personnes.<br>Merci aux CM, \u00e0 la communaut\u00e9 et \u00e0 nous, modos, d&#39;avoir permis cela \ud83d\ude4f\u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q4v4HZjG0j\">pic.twitter.com\/Q4v4HZjG0j<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SCOTTY (@scot_cool) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scot_cool\/status\/1782427208302178349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The tweet says the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><em>8 years of wonderful encounters, memories that I will never forget, and unique opportunities. A page that is turning and which hurts many people.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In the comments, SCOTTY elaborated that he was let go due to \u201cmass layoffs at Microsoft, globally\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for Bethesda France, the company has existed for 12 years and it had 15 employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The majority of the workforce was focused on marketing and publishing games in the country, so shutting down the studio won\u2019t affect the development of new titles in any way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, Microsoft hasn\u2019t commented on these rumors, so the shutdown hasn\u2019t been officially confirmed yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the bright side, the <a href=\"https:\/\/windowsreport.com\/fallout-franchise-5-million-players-single-day-heres-why\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fallout franchise had 5 million players in a single day<\/a> recently, so things are still going pretty well for Bethesda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gaming industry can be extremely unforgiving, and sometimes to cut costs, certain teams need to be shut down entirely. It appears that this has happened to Bethesda France recently, so here\u2019s what we know so far. 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