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Xbox turmoil continues with a studio closure and executive departures

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Compulsion Games is reportedly being shut down. Compulsion Games is reportedly being shut down. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Last week, Xbox boss Asha Sharma sent a memo warning of an Xbox “reset” ahead of expected layoffs, and today, Kotaku reported that Xbox plans to shut down Compulsion Games, the studio behind South of Midnight. Since taking over in February, Sharma has made some big decisions, including cutting the price of Xbox Game Pass and making Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution Xbox console exclusives. But in their “reset” memo, Sharma and chief content officer Matt Booty discussed many challenges facing the Xbox business, including that it has “over extended” with its studio system: We are the fortunate stewards of industry-defining franchises that have enor

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