Double Fine and Compulsion go indie, keep their IP after Xbox reshuffle
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Microsoft’s Xbox is restructuring and spinning off four studios; Double Fine Productions and Compulsion Games will become independent studios, retaining ownership of their IP and catalogs, while Ninja Theory and Undead Labs move to new ownership with funding for their next games; Arkane is assessing options, and both Double Fine and Compulsion have publicly affirmed their plans to continue making unique games under their own management.
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- Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs, as Xbox unit downsizes and plans to spin off four gaming studios CNBC
- Xbox announces massive layoffs, sale of multiple studios The Washington Post
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