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  "tags": [
    "Xbox Series X/S",
    "PC",
    "Multiplayer Cooperative",
    "Mac",
    "ZeniMax Online Studios",
    "PS5",
    "The Elder Scrolls Online",
    "Bethesda Softworks",
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  "textContent": "Last year, Microsoft cancelled an MMO that was in the works at ZeniMax Online Studios, developers of The Elder Scrolls Online, as part of wider layoffs. It was codenamed project Blackbird, and following its canning, ZeniMax Online founder Matt Firor resigned from the company he'd worked at since 2007. Firor's now shed some more light on his feelings about the cancellation of the game he \"had waited [his] entire career to create\", as well as how Microsoft currently operate.\n\nRead more",
  "title": "“We’re a number on a ledger\": ex-Elder Scrolls Online studio head says Microsoft cancelling Project Blackbird was a \"missed opportunity\""
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