Xbox Studio ‘World’s Edge’ May Have Cancelled A Game As Part Of Activision Shift

It seems the crew was profoundly affected by dismissals. Yesterday, we discussed some of the Xbox cutbacks from this week and how creators like The Coalition and World’s Edge were engaged, and now World’s Edge specifically has been receiving a lot of buzz online today. This is primarily due to a rumor that a game (or at least a “initiative”) has been terminated at the studio after its transition to Activision… Read More

Former Xbox Studio Suffers ‘Significant’ Layoffs Hours After Going Independent

Development of State of Decay 3 is still vigorously in progress at Undead Labs. Yesterday, Undead Labs revealed it had finalized its departure from Xbox and was now a completely autonomous entity. Just a few hours afterward, though, the State of Decay creator announced that a considerable number of staff members had been dismissed. In the same communication from Xbox CCO Matt Booty, which outlined an additional 268 job reductions across multiple studios and administration… Read More

Phasmophobia Studio Launches A Publishing Label With These Five Exciting Games

Kinetic Games is venturing into the game publishing sector. Up until now, Kinetic has primarily been recognized for Phasmophobia, its four-player spirit-hunting title that initially surged in popularity during the COVID pandemic and has continued to be a favorite thereafter. It seems to have performed sufficiently well to enable the team to broaden its operations into publishing…Read More Read More

Former Xbox Studio Forced To Layoff 23 Employees To Ensure ‘Survival Of Our Studio’

The individuals we are parting with were all significant. It’s been slightly more than three weeks since Psychonauts and Kiln creator Double Fine declared its autonomy from Xbox Game Studios, and the crew has now been compelled to part ways with 23 staff members to prevent total shutdown. Studio Head Tim Schafer verified the layoffs on social platforms last night: Read the complete article on purexbox.com… Read More

Xbox Announces 3,200 Job Cuts And Four Studio Departures

The announcement we were anxious about. We have been anticipating forever for Xbox to reveal what is occurring with the termination scenario, and it is now verified that 3,200 positions are being cut across fiscal year 27, with 1,600 of those happening today. Furthermore, Compulsion Games (We Happy Few… Read More

Nacon’s RPG Studio Seemingly Shutting Down Following Financial Troubles

The creators of Greedfall & Steelrising. In February, we shared the regrettable update that publisher Nacon had submitted for bankruptcy due to monetary difficulties, and it appears that one of its primary studios is shutting down after failing to secure a purchaser. French source Origami is conveying that Nacon studio Spiders — known for developing the GreedFall franchise among other RPG games — “is set to close shortly” due to reorganizations at Nacon… Read More