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Tuesday, July 15, 2025 9:32:23 AM

ZeniMax Union say they're fighting for staff left in limbo by Microsoft cancelling MMO as part of mass layoffs

As part of their mass layoffs earlier this month, Microsoft cancelled an MMORPG that was in the works at The Elder Scrolls Online developers ZeniMax Online Studios. Now, the union that represents a number of devs left in limbo by that game's canning have issued an update about the process of fighting for their futures.

ZOS' MMO, codenamed Project Blackbird, wasn't the only game Microsoft pulled the plug on as they let go of around 9k people. Rare's Everwild and The Initiative's Perfect Dark reboot were also wiped out, with the latter studio being shuttered to boot.

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