Ex-Elder Scrolls Online Boss Opens Up About Microsoft Killing His Dream Game: ‘A Giant Successful Video Game On The Microsoft Level Was Frankly Not That Stimulating To Them’
Kotaku | 28.04.2026 20:15
Microsoft has canceled a lot of projects over the past few years, but none live in the imagination quite like Project Blackbird, an online loot shooter RPG from the studio behind The Elder Scrolls Online. It was one of the casualties of the tech giant’s cost-cutting in the summer of 2025, despite then Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer reportedly having loved what he played of it. Former ZeniMax Online Studios head Matt Firor recently shed more light on the project and that pivotal decision, which caused him to leave the company, in a new interview.
