ZeniMax's canceled MMORPG, which had reportedly been working under the title Project BlackBird, would have been "pretty spectacular," according to a recent statement from one of the top developers who had been working on it. It has been two months since Microsoft reportedly shut down development on Project Blackbird, and in the opinion of ZeniMax principal service engineer Eric Whelpley, potential players have lost out on what could have been a great game.
Microsoft underwent significant layoffs in early July, cutting about 9,000 employees from its roster. Releasing members from various development studios, this workforce reduction move reportedly affected about one of every 25 development workers in the corporation, and ZeniMax was one of the studios that was hit hard under the internal restructuring.
Reports of multiple games in development being canceled accompanied news of the mass layoffs. Though it was never revealed to the public before it met its fate, the rumored cancellation of ZeniMax's MMORPG made headlines alongside games like Everwild and the Perfect Dark reboot, and Whelpley confirmed the cancellation in early September via his LinkedIn account. "It was all around pretty spectacular (technology, art, sound, movement, story, etc) and the game would have delighted many players,"...
