What The Hell Is Happening At Xbox? | Spot On
Earlier this week, Xbox management made the choice to shut a number of high-profile studios together with Hello-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin, the studio behind Prey and Redfall. Although the unlucky reality is that layoffs and studio closures have gotten more and more frequent within the gaming trade, the web was fast to level out that these two specifically felt a bit… complicated. Largely as a result of they appear to go towards a lot of Xbox’s earlier statements and targets.
Again in 2023, Xbox reportedly claimed that Hello-Fi Rush had been a hit for the corporate and it deliberate on reinvesting within the group sooner or later. The studio additionally admitted that they had uncared for to provide Arkane Austin correct assist, and expressed a want to work alongside the group to enhance Redfall. So what occurred?
All this confusion has resulted in discussions round what the platform holder’s intent for the way forward for Xbox is, and hypothesis on what half Recreation Move performs in it. On this episode of Spot On, Lucy and Tamoor talk about the closures, the aftermath of them—together with some complicated statements from an exec—and what the way forward for Xbox could seem like.
Spot On is L3B7’s weekly information present during which managing editor Tamoor Hussain and senior producer Lucy James speak concerning the newest recreation information. Given the large online game trade’s extremely dynamic and unending information cycle, there’s all the time one thing to speak about. Not like most information exhibits, Spot On will dive deep right into a single subject as a substitute of recapping all of the information. Spot On airs every Friday.
