A Microsoft-owned video game publisher will lay off 158 Texas-based employees this September in a significant company restructuring, according to a notice filed with the Texas Workforce Commission.
Maryland-based ZeniMax Media will eliminate the positions of 96 Richardson employees, 40 remote employees and 22 Austin employees effective Sept. 4.
The company, which was acquired by Microsoft for $7.5 billion in 2020, owns several major video game development studios — including Bethesda Game Studios, which makes popular game franchises The Elder Scrolls and Fallout, and Id Software, the Richardson-based developer that makes Doom and Quake…