Microsoft reportedly add Arkane and their Blade game to the potential shuttering pile

Microsoft is reportedly considering shutting down Arkane Studios and canceling the Blade game, with potential layoffs affecting up to 1000 employees across Xbox. Other studios like Ninja Theory and Undead Labs are also rumored to be on the chopping block. The company is also reportedly divesting its partnership with IO Interactive on Project Fantasy.

• COMPANY Xbox Game Studios
• COMPANY Microsoft
• COMPANY Ninja Theory
• GAME Blade
• COMPANY Compulsion Games
• COMPANY Undead Labs
• COMPANY Arkane Studios
• GAME Project Fantasy
• COMPANY Io Interactive
• GAME OD