Jesus christ. Compulsion Games Ninja Theory Double Fine Arkane Lyon Rumored studios facing closures/mass layoffs. They also all have one thing in common, known for working on more niche game projects. Those days are over, all about Big IP (Fallout, CoD, Halo, etc.).

Stupid kid stay out of adult spaces this was his new account btw

“South of Midnight” was created by a team of over 100 people who worked on it for 7 years. Developer Compulsion Studios hired the notorious woke narrative consulting firm Sweet Baby Inc to write the story, and gamers totally rejected it. It cost $100 million to make and peaked at 1438 concurrent players on Steam. The studio crowed that it had reached a million players, but it was offered for free to the 37 million subscribers of Microsoft Game Pass, which means about 98% of players didn’t even want this when it was being given away. How could anyone justify giving this studio another $100 million to make another game?

Bloomberg also reports that more Xbox studios could be at risk beyond Compulsion Games, Double Fine, and Ninja Theory. “Safe to say that the Xbox of July will look drastically different than the Xbox of June.” The idea is to let some teams continue on their own instead of being closed outright. Nothing is final yet, and Microsoft hasn’t officially commented.

I rlly don’t care about OPM anymore.

That is insane to think my channel is top 0.22% of Twitch. I still feel so small. This just shows you how rare it is to be successful as a streamer.

🚨🇬🇧BREAKING: UK Police just arrested a crying 5-year-old boy while taking away his father. Starmer's police dragged the terrified child into a car, then pepper-sprayed and the father and the man filming everything. What the hell is happening in Britain?

The Verge: Xbox is closing down Hellblade creator Ninja Theory "Staffers were told on a call on Monday about the closure, but they are hoping the studio will find a buyer." theverge.com/games/950204/xb…

So, now, even protecting young children from content potentially not recommended for their age has become problematic to some, apparently. My sincere thanks to those who are helping me to reason with these ignoramuses.

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Ninja Theory staff were told on a call today the studio is being shut down by Xbox Ninja Theory is hoping a potential buyer can save the studio [via @theverge]