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Xbox's sci-fi looter-shooter Blackbird was scrapped even after leaving execs 'blown away'


A Bloomberg report revealed that the project codenamed Blackbird has also been cancelled by Microsoft.

Xbox was well on its way to delivering a sci-fi stylized game with plenty of exciting movement mechanics before an abrupt change of heart. The Bloomberg report revealed that a sci-fi setting would be paired with movement-based abilities like "double-jumping, air-dashing, a grappling hook and wall climbing." Along with Blackbird, Microsoft cancelled Everwild, a fantasy game from Rare that's been in development since 2014, and a reboot of the Perfect Dark first-person shooter.

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