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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 10: Matt Firor, Game Designer and Producer, speaks about 'Elder Scrolls Online' during the Bethesda E3 conference at the Event Deck at LA Live on June 10, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. The E3 Game Conference begins on Tuesday June 12. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Former ESO boss Matt Firor talks about the death of unrealised MMO Project Blackbird: 'Microsoft is Microsoft'

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News "A giant successful videogame on the Microsoft level was frankly not that stimulating to them."

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Adventurers in The Elder Scrolls Online do battle with a monstrous enemy.
Despite an incredibly tough 2025 for ZeniMax, The Elder Scrolls Online's leadership is hopeful: 'We've definitely got our eyes on the future, because this is our home'

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News "We aren't done yet."

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Adventurers in The Elder Scrolls Online do battle with a monstrous enemy.
One of The Elder Scrolls Online's oldest problems, overland difficulty, is finally getting addressed—but the devs are 'starting really small' because 'we didn't want to take a big swing and miss'

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News "We can turn this into, over time, a more fully-fledged and robust system."

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An elf in The Elder Scrolls Online stands proudly amidst a dense forest.
The Elder Scrolls Online's director says doing the same-old yearly patch cycle wasn't 'going to cut it' if the MMO developer 'wanted to have a shot at reaching that 30-year mark'

By Harvey Randall Published

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 10: Matt Firor, Game Designer and Producer, speaks about 'Elder Scrolls Online' during the Bethesda E3 conference at the Event Deck at LA Live on June 10, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. The E3 Game Conference begins on Tuesday June 12. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Former Elder Scrolls Online chief confirms Microsoft's 2025 bloodbath drove his departure from ZeniMax: 'Project Blackbird was the game I had waited my entire career to create'

By Andy Chalk Published

news Matt Firor announced his split from ZeniMax Online Studios the same day Microsoft laid off roughly 9,000 employees and cancelled multiple game projects.

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The Elder Scrolls Online studio head says Microsoft's brutal cuts were 'super emotional… it was awful'

By Rich Stanton Published

News Despite the cancellation of Blackbird, still wants to make a new game.

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The Elder Scrolls Online 'isn't going anywhere,' new ZeniMax boss says: 'The studio is continuing to work hard on new features, adventures, and improvements'

By Andy Chalk Published

news It's been a month since Microsoft cancelled a new MMO in development at ZeniMax, a move that coincided with the departure of former studio president and TESO director Matt Firor.

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Infernal realm of Deadlands from the Elder Scrolls Online
ESO devs at ZeniMax reel from Microsoft's 'hollow' layoff emails, with some wondering how a 'carcass of workers' is 'supposed to keep shipping award-winning games'

By Harvey Randall Published

News "I don't care how many times they do it to try and make it seem normal—it's not."

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Phil Spencer, chief executive officer of gaming at Microsoft Corp., arrives to court in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Microsoft and Activision Blizzard CEOs are expected to testify to persuade a federal judge in California to reject the Federal Trade Commission's effort to block their $69 billion deal. Photographer: Shelby Knowles/Bloomberg via Getty Images
'A future has been stolen from many of us and our community will never experience an amazing game': Microsoft MMO devs respond to cancelation of project Phil Spencer reportedly loved

By Andy Chalk Published

news The cancellation of ZeniMax Online Studios' new game happened earlier this month as part of Microsoft's latest round of mass layoffs.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 10: Matt Firor, Game Designer and Producer, speaks about 'Elder Scrolls Online' during the Bethesda E3 conference at the Event Deck at LA Live on June 10, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. The E3 Game Conference begins on Tuesday June 12. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
The Elder Scrolls Online director Matt Firor, who helped launch ZeniMax Online Studios in 2007, is leaving the company

By Andy Chalk Published

news Word of Firor's surprise departure came just hours after Microsoft announced the layoff of 9,000 employees.

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