Xbox reorients funding, triggering redundancies at IO Interactive
TL;DR
Microsoft's Xbox has ended its funding and publishing deal for IO Interactive's Project Fantasy, a shift in investment priorities that could lead to redundancies at IO as the studio adapts; IO says the game remains in development and will support affected staff, while Xbox maintains total game investment will stay roughly the same but reallocated to different projects.
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