Game Director Rich Lambert’s role at ZOS is changing. Read about the adjustment to ESO’s leadership team in this community letter.

Hey everyone!

I wanted to take a moment to introduce someone to you—Nick Giacomini! While Nick has been part of the team since 2019, he will be a new face to many of you. Nick has been deeply involved with [i]ESO as both a player and developer over the years. As a player and community member, he’s been playing ESO since the early beta days—exploring the world and watching the game and community grow for the last 11 years.

As a developer, most recently Nick has been serving as our Director of Product Management. Now, he's stepping into a new role—Game Director for ESO—so you'll be seeing and hearing a lot more from him in the future.

In case you're wondering—no, I'm not leaving, and this is not a goodbye! I will continue to be around, but my role is changing. I’m moving up a level into more of a studio role (Studio Game Director), where I’ll be focusing on studio needs and planning for our future. This is a bittersweet but exciting moment for me. The last 18 years have been incredible, and it has been something that I will always cherish, but the opportunity to do something different and grow is going to be fun, and I look forward to the challenge.

Thank you for being such an amazing community over the years; it has been such a treat to be a part of it. I'll still be working closely with Nick and the team, and I will continue to be a regular part of the community, it just won’t be 100% of my focus anymore.

I am really excited for this next chapter—for Nick, for ESO, and honestly for all of us. Nick and the team have big things planned, and I can’t wait to experience them with you all in the future!

– Rich[/i]


Eager to learn more about the ESO leadership team’s vision for your time in Tamriel? Keep an eye out for a roundtable discussion here on elderscrollsonline.com, press interviews from gamescom 2025, and a special livestream.