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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