{"id":4163,"date":"2025-08-08T09:31:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T09:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/?p=4163"},"modified":"2025-08-11T10:11:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T10:11:55","slug":"microsoft-kills-another-xbox-exclusive-but-hideo-kojimas-od-is-still-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/08\/microsoft-kills-another-xbox-exclusive-but-hideo-kojimas-od-is-still-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft kills another Xbox exclusive but Hideo Kojima\u2019s OD is still alive"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Microsoft has confirmed another Xbox<\/a> exclusive is no longer in active development, but the studio is avoiding the term ‘cancelled’.<\/p>\n

A slew of Xbox layoffs<\/a> last month led to the cancellation of various games<\/a>, including Project Dark, Everwild, and the unannounced Blackbird.<\/p>\n

Those cancellations put a big question mark over the future of other Xbox-published games, and while we still don’t have an answer on some of them, like State Of Decay 3, the fate of two other games have now been revealed.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, it’s bad news for Contraband from Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios, which is no longer in active development.<\/p>\n

While Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier initially reported that ‘Xbox is cancelling Contraband’, a subsequent statement from the studio leaves it on a more ambiguous note.<\/p>\n

‘Over the past several years, Avalanche Studios Group and Xbox Game Studios Publishing have collaborated on Contraband,’ a statement on the studio’s website<\/a> reads. ‘Active development has now stopped while we evaluate the project’s future.<\/p>\n

‘We’re thankful for the excitement we’ve seen from the community since we announced and we will give an update on what’s next as soon as we can.’<\/p>\n

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