Microsoft förhandlar om nedläggningar av flera Xbox-studior

Microsoft uppges föra samtal om att stänga flera Xbox-spelstudior som en del av en omfattande omstrukturering. Förhandlingarna berör studiorna bakom välkända titlar som Psychonauts, South of Midnight och Hellblade.

Bloomberg rapporterar att Compulsion Games, Double Fine och Ninja Theory har inlett diskussioner med Microsoft för att återfå sin självständighet och undvika nedläggning. Kotaku har bekräftat uppgifterna gällande Compulsion Games.

Personal på Ninja Theory fick kännedom om den planerade nedläggningen i måndags, enligt The Verge, men teamet hoppas kunna hitta en köpare. Studion presenterade nyligen sitt nästa projekt, Senua, under Xbox Games Showcase.

Besluten följer förra veckans rapporter om en affärsmässig nystart under den nya Xbox-vd:n Asha Sharma, vilket inkluderar budgetnedskärningar och uppsägningar. Craig Duncan avgick som chef för Xbox Game Studios dagen innan de senaste rapporterna kom ut.

Bloombergs Jason Schreier konstaterade att juli månads Xbox kommer att se drastiskt annorlunda ut än juni månads Xbox. Flera andra namngivna studior sägs också ligga i riskzonen.

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