With Sony working with Aspyr Media on the PS5-exclusive Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake, it was only natural for Microsoft to fire back with their own exclusive. As it turns out, it's actually happening.
According to the prominent leaker, Nick Baker, Microsoft is already putting Zenimax Online Studios to work on its first MMORPG since the acquisition. As per another source, Skullzi, the new MMO is an Xbox exclusive. However, absent an actual confirmation, we'll have to wait and see if the upcoming project is indeed exclusive to Microsoft's current-gen consoles or not. But, if it is, then it's big news.
After Electronic Arts lost its exclusive rights to Star Wars video games, several studios have stepped up to announce their own titles based on the space opera franchise from a galaxy far, far away.
If Microsoft is stepping in, with an MMO at that, then expectations are fairly high. Zenimax Online Studios has worked on and maintained The Elder Scrolls Online since 2014. With The Elder Scrolls VI expected to come out in 2024, Microsoft might already have the studios' next game in mind, and an MMO based on the hit Disney+ series, The Mandalorian, is far from the worst idea.