'I find myself in the novel position of looking for a job' — 27-year Bethesda veteran who designed Skyrim's humanoid races and a Microsoft dev behind Xbox backwards compatibility have been laid off

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  • Senior Bethesda character artist Christiane Meister has been laid off as part of Xbox's restructuring
  • Meister designed Skyrim's Khajiit and Argonian races
  • Kevin LaChapelle, one of the lead developers behind Xbox's backward compatibility initiative, has also been laid off

As part of Xbox's most significant restructuring strategy we've ever seen, thousands of staff have been laid off, including two industry veterans who worked at Microsoft and Bethesda for decades.

As PC Gamer reports, Christiane Meister, a senior character artist who worked at Bethesda for 27 years on games like Morrowind and Skyrim, was laid off and is currently looking for work.

Writing on LinkedIn, Meister said, "I have recently been laid off from Bethesda Game Studios and I find myself in the novel position of looking for a job. I thought I would stay there forever because I loved making those games. Life had other plans...

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