Xbox setting Compulsion and Double Fine free is the only good thing to come out of Microsoft's layoffs
Microsoft's recent layoffs, affecting thousands of employees, have led to Xbox allowing Compulsion Games and Double Fine Productions to become independent. While the mass job losses are devastating, this move is seen as a positive step for fostering innovation in the indie game space, freeing these studios from the constraints of triple-A development.
- Entities
- Company: Microsoft
- Game: Kingdom Come: Deliverance
- Game: We Happy Few
- Game: Valorant
- Topic: Layoffs
- Company: Compulsion Games
- Game: South of Midnight
- Game: Expedition 33
- Company: Xbox
- Game: Indika
- Game: Blue Prince
- Game: Vampire: The Masquerade
- Topic: Indie Games
- Game: League of Legends
- Topic: Game Development
- Game: Death Stranding 2
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