The thousands of game developer layoffs and numerous studio closures that have come in the past several years have all been devastating, but one that left a particularly long-lasting sting for many was data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/microsoft-closes-arkane-austin-alpha-dog-games-and-tango-gameworks” target=”_blank” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/microsoft-closes-arkane-austin-alpha-dog-games-and-tango-gameworks”>Microsoft and Xbox’s shuttering of Arkane Austin in 2024. Known for creating the acclaimed stealthy immersive sim data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/dishonored” target=”_blank” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/dishonored”>Dishonored as well as the 2017 cult classic Prey, the developer got the axe a little over one year after its 2023 co-op vampire-hunting FPS data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/redfall-review” target=”_blank” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/redfall-review”>Redfall flopped at launch.
Arkane Austin’s shutdown…
