In the wake of a sweeping Microsoft reorganization that has already displaced nearly 2,000 workers, Obsidian Entertainment — the studio behind Fallout: New Vegas — has been folded under Bethesda's umbrella, prompting swift reassurances from leadership that creative autonomy will be preserved. The move is logical on paper, as Obsidian is building a Fallout game and Bethesda holds the franchise, but it touches a deeper anxiety familiar to any craftsperson absorbed into a larger institution: the fear that identity follows structure into obsolescence. Bethesda's Jill Braff has offered a memo as a
Bethesda Reassures Staff That Obsidian Retains Independence After Xbox Reorganization
Nearly 2,000 Xbox staff were cut as part of the reorganization, with additional layoffs planned for the remainder of the financial year.