<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>Xbox's sci-fi looter-shooter game codenamed Blackbird, developed by ZeniMax Online Studios, has been shelved indefinitely, despite Xbox execs being impressed with the game according to a Bloomberg report.</li><li>The game was set to feature a sci-fi setting with movement-based abilities like double-jumping, air-dashing, a grappling hook, and wall climbing, aiming to rival the Destiny franchise's gameplay in an alien noir-themed world.</li><li>The Blackbird project was progressing and expanding, with plans for a 2028 release and a plot involving players uncovering a murder in a city called Exodus, but Microsoft provided no explicit reasoning for its cancellation.</li><li>Along with Blackbird, Microsoft also canceled the fantasy game Everwild from Rare and a reboot of the Perfect Dark first-person shooter.</li></ul>

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

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