Ex-Elder Scrolls Online Boss Breaks Silence On Game Cancelation That Drove Him From Microsoft
Kotaku | 02.01.2026 23:44
Matt Firor founded Zenimax Online in 2007 and helped Bethesda shepherd The Elder Scrolls Online into one of the premier MMORPGs out there. He left abruptly last summer when Microsoft laid off dozens at the studio amid a wider bloodbath at the company and canceled the upcoming online multiplayer game he and others were working on, Project Blackbird. He recently broke his silence on the reason for his departure, confirming what fans had long suspected.
