What makes this game's cancellation interesting is that it was reportedly demoed to Xbox executives, including Microsoft Gaming boss Phil Spencer, as recently as this March, and received rave reviews.

Did you know that Xbox was cooking up a cool MMO to rival Destiny? Neither did we, and now it's been canceled by Microsoft.

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By March this year, the development team had reportedly expanded to 300 people, and Xbox executives Phil Spencer and Matt Booty are said to have been impressed by a demo they sampled in March 2025.

Xbox almost had its own unique answer to Destiny, but Microsoft chose to cancel ZeniMax Online's MMORPG third-person shooter ...

A report from Bloomberg indicates that Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer enjoyed playing ZeniMax Online Studios' new MMORPG ...