The Elder Scrolls Online Creative Director Leaves for Gearbox

After working with Richard Garriott on Ultima Online and Tabula Rasa at ORIGIN and NCsoft, Paul Sage moved on to ZeniMax Online Studios, where he took on the role of creative director of The Elder Scrolls Online. But now it seems that the veteran designer has moved on once again to join Gearbox Software on an announced project (Borderlands Online, maybe?), as gleaned from this report on Eurogamer:

Paul Sage, creative director of The Elder Scrolls Online, has quit the project.

Confirmation of his departure and new posting comes less than three weeks after Bethesda’s MMO launched for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Sage has now joined Borderlands developer Gearbox Software as creative director on an unknown project.

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Zenimax Online Studios has now confirmed Paul Sage’s departure, but reassured fans that the game was still in “great hands”:

“We can confirm that Paul left ZOS after the launch of ESOTU on console,” a spokesperson explained on the game’s official forum. “He, along with rest of the team, are very happy with how the game is doing and we wish him the best in his future endeavours.

“ESOTU continues to be in great hands with Gamer Director, Matt Firor and new Creative Director, Rich Lambert, overseeing development. Previously, Rich oversaw all content in the game as Lead Content Designer and worked on The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. We’re very excited to have him take on the role as Creative Director!”