Project Blackbird

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Project Blackbird was a sci-fi third-person looter-shooter MMO developed by ZeniMax Online Studios (the team behind The Elder Scrolls Online). After nearly seven years of development with a team of around 300, the project was cancelled in July 2025 during Microsoft-wide layoffs.

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The Elder Scrolls Online Has Reportedly Lost 'As Much as Half' of Its Development Team as Its Roadmap Is Being Re-Evaluated2026-07-07

The Elder Scrolls Online studio reportedly suffers a second large wave of layoffs in a year, with "up to half" of the team impacted2026-07-07

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Former ESO boss Matt Firor talks about the death of unrealised MMO Project Blackbird: 'Microsoft is Microsoft'in newsletter2026-05-01

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