ZeniMax Online Studios Union Speaks Out on Microsoft Layoffs, States Those Impacted Will "Depart with Dignity"

Project Blackbird: No Dev Has Been Fired After the Scrapping of ZeniMax's Promising Game! - theGeek.games

In a statement, the ZeniMax Online Studios union confirmed that they have not been affected by Microsoft’s cuts.   The ZeniMax Online Studios-Communication Workers of America (ZOSU-CWA) union announced on Bluesky that their promising MMO shooter, Project Blackbird, has been canceled. However, the developers working on it have not been laid off. (Note that they have not yet been laid off, as we don’t know when the axe will fall.) Let’s take a loo…

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ZeniMax Online Studios Has Yet To Receive Any Layoffs

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ZeniMax Online Studios union speaks out on Microsoft layoffs, states those impacted will "depart with dignity"

The ZeniMax Online Studios developer union has spoken out following significant cuts that impacted a vast number of staff at the studio, resulting in uncertain futures for many developers and the cancellation of unannounced MMO Blackbird.