Unannounced MMO From The Elder Scrolls Online Dev Canceled, Veteran Studio Head Steps Down Amid Microsoft Layoffs

Unannounced MMO From The Elder Scrolls Online Dev Canceled, Veteran Studio Head Steps Down Amid Microsoft Layoffs

Matt Firor, boss of The Elder Scrolls Online developer ZeniMax Online Studios, has stepped down amid the cancellation of the studio’s unannounced MMO.

Project Blackbird's Cancelation Has Me Worried About Western-Made MMOs

Bellatores is on the way, but Microsoft just killed a seven-year project.

ZeniMax Online Studios boss confirms departure amidst Xbox project cancellation

Matt Firor served almost 20 years at the Maryland-based developer…

ZeniMax Online Studios president Matt Firor is ‘stepping away’ in the middle of Microsoft’s layoff binge

If you read this morning’s Microsoft layoff news – that Microsoft is laying off more than 9000 more workers in addition to the 6000 it shed a few months ago, closing whole substudios and shuttering games – then you already know that ZeniMax Online Studios has seen the closing down of its in-development MMORPG, Blackbird, […]

A new MMO in development at Elder Scrolls Online studio ZeniMax has been cancelled as Microsoft puts thousands more people out of work

Multiple ZeniMax employees have confirmed the cancellation, and layoffs at the studio.