July 2, 2025
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In addition to Rare’s Everwild, it appears another canceled game at Xbox from the latest round of restructuring is a long-in-development MMORPG from ZeniMax Online Studios.
According to Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier, Microsoft has canceled “Blackbird,” the codename for the project from makers of The Elder Scrolls Online. Schreier said the game had been in development since 2018. No other details about the project were revealed.
“As one illustration of just how sloppy and chaotic today’s mass Xbox layoff has been, some employees at Zenimax Online Studios are now watching their Slack accounts abruptly get locked out. No message from HR, no word on whether they still have a job, just an ominous Slack deactivation,” Schreier added.
