Zenimax Online has cancelled development on a second, unannounced MMORPG following mass layoffs at parent company Xbox.

Microsoft cut 9,000 jobs across the company (via Bloomberg) and while the exact number of those layoffs that came from the Xbox division is unclear, the impact is clear. Some studios were closed, and ...

Just four months later, Blackbird is cancelled by Xbox. "Staff were not given an explanation for Blackbird’s cancellation. It was set to be an expensive project, and Xbox may have seen it as too ...

This included layoffs at the Xbox division and the cancellation of at least three games - Perfect Dark, Everwild, and the ZeniMax Online Studios MMORPG with the codename Blackbird that had been in ...

Zenimax Online Studios, the studio behind Elder Scrolls Online, is expecting more layoffs following the death of Project Blackbird.

The union says that its staff was blindsided by Microsoft's decision, and remains in the dark about its future.

Xbox was well on its way to delivering a sci-fi stylized game with plenty of exciting movement mechanics before an abrupt change of heart. The upcoming third-person shooter RPG codenamed Blackbird ...