Xbox’s separation from Compulsion Video games – one among 4 studios it spun out independently throughout the latest Xbox “reset” amidst 1000’s of layoffs – seems to be full, because the developer itself is now listed because the writer of 2025’s award-winning South of Midnight on Steam as a substitute of Xbox Recreation Studios. The change was first identified by indie developer Michael Klamerus on Bluesky. (Hat tip to IGN Discord member Tommy for flagging it to us.)
Curiously, Xbox Recreation Studios is still listed as the publisher of Double Wonderful’s Psychonauts 2 on Steam regardless of the San Francisco recreation developer additionally turning into unbiased after Xbox’s latest sweeping modifications. The identical can be at the moment true for Undead Labs’ State of Decay 3 and Ninja Principle’s Senua, although each of these studios have been acquired by other publishers who’ve but to be revealed.
It has been a tough yr for each Xbox staff and Xbox followers – together with most lately tepid early sales numbers for Halo: Marketing campaign Advanced – however there may be at the very least some cool stuff to be optimistic about within the coming months, from Gears of Conflict: E-Day’s launch in October (take a look at our multiplayer hands-on impressions – and the sick special-edition controllers) to Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare 4 giving us a break from Black Ops, the 10-out-of-10 Forza Horizon 6 pulling into PlayStation’s driveway someday earlier than the tip of the yr, and Fable making its long-awaited return in February.
Ryan McCaffrey is IGN’s government editor of previews and host of IGN’s weekly Xbox present, Podcast Unlocked, and a co-host of Next-Gen Console Watch. He is a North Jersey man, so it is “Taylor ham,” not “pork roll.” Debate it with him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan.