{"id":341705,"date":"2025-07-07T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=388983"},"modified":"2025-07-07T08:30:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T15:30:39","slug":"microsoft-canceled-the-promising-new-mmo-from-the-creators-of-the-elder-scrolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/microsoft-canceled-the-promising-new-mmo-from-the-creators-of-the-elder-scrolls\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft canceled the promising new MMO from the creators of The Elder Scrolls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft has decided to cancel a new MMO in development by ZeniMax Online Studios, known by the codename Blackbird, amid a wave of cuts at the company. <strong>This project, which had been in production since 2018, was in the pre-production phase and it is reported that it was progressing adequately until the Xbox leadership approved its progression to full production<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Xbox canceled a project that was already in full development<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to sources, ZeniMax Online Studios was creating a new game engine for Blackbird, which could have prolonged the development time of the title. <strong>Despite this investment, the cancellation has affected &#8220;several hundred&#8221; developers at the studio, who were laid off following this announcement. This situation has raised concerns in the industry<\/strong>, as it reflects the financial challenges that Microsoft is facing in its gaming division.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gears of War: E-Day | Official Announce Trailer (In-Engine)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/12m0bw1W_tk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cancellation of Blackbird is part of a series of difficult decisions; <strong>Microsoft also confirmed the cancellation of other notable projects such as Everwild and Perfect Dark, although it has not specifically commented on the status of Blackbird<\/strong>. The president of ZeniMax, Matt Firor, announced his departure from the company on the same day these cuts were revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the cancellations, Microsoft has more than 40 games in development, including highly anticipated titles like Gears of War: E-Day and Fable, scheduled to be released in 2026. <strong>Additionally, rumors suggest that there could be a return of the Halo franchise to commemorate its 25th anniversary, which keeps the public&#8217;s attention on the future of Xbox in the vast universe of video games<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Xbox Game Pass\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/8b773de5-0b20-429f-a535-c159557192df\/2791990695\/xbox-game-pass-Xbox%20Game%20Pass%20for%20PC-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Xbox Game Pass<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/xbox-game-pass.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/xbox-game-pass.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has decided to cancel a new MMO in development by ZeniMax Online Studios, known by the codename Blackbird, amid a wave of cuts at the company. This project, which had been in production since 2018, was in the pre-production phase and it is reported that it was progressing adequately until Xbox management approved its progression to full production. Xbox canceled a project that was already in full development. According to sources, ZeniMax Online Studios was creating a new game engine for Blackbird, which could have extended the development time of the title<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":341706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[13561,8408,4507,7819,13562,13563,7224,13564],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-341705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-blackbird","tag-everwild","tag-fable","tag-gears-of-war-e-day","tag-matt-firor","tag-mmxo","tag-perfect-dark","tag-zenimax-online-studios","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341705"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":341714,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341705\/revisions\/341714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341705"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=341705"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=341705"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=341705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}