Did you know that Xbox was cooking up a cool MMO to rival Destiny? Neither did we, and now it's been canceled by Microsoft.

Codenamed Blackbird, a new third-person MMO from ZeniMax Online Studios, has been canceled, despite being internally hyped at ...

Microsoft's cull of 9,000 jobs has led to various cancelled projects, and one of them has been described as a 'slam dunk' for ...

Microsoft's CEO of Gaming, Phil Spencer, was apparently blown away by one title ZeniMax Online Studios was working on, but ...

Earlier this week, Microsoft confirmed it was laying off 9,000 people, according to The Seattle Times. This follows a round ...

Amid this week's layoff bloodbath, Microsoft has insisted every game shown at its Xbox showcase in June is safe. But what ...

The Initiative was shut down, leading to the cancellation of Perfect Dark. Everwild at Rare was cancelled, with many senior ...

Rumours swirled after sweeping layoffs and game cancellations, but Microsoft says Phil Spencer isn’t stepping away.

One of the canceled projects is a ZeniMax project called "Blackbird," which is said to have impressed Xbox execs the last time it was shown.

By March this year, the development team had reportedly expanded to 300 people, and Xbox executives Phil Spencer and Matt Booty are said to have been impressed by a demo they sampled in March 2025.

Xbox almost had its own unique answer to Destiny, but Microsoft chose to cancel ZeniMax Online's MMORPG third-person shooter ...

Microsoft has announced it will cut around 9,000 jobs, which is about 4% of its global workforce of 228,000 (based on June ...