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Xbox negotiations with Marvel's Blade developer Arkane reportedly aren't going well
Arkane Austin was closed in 2024
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Arkane survival negotiations reportedly seeing "several forms of takeover" considered ahead of November deadline, as Marvel's Blade production nears end
Negotiations over the future of Dishonored and Deathloop developers Arkane Lyon are reportedly seeing "several forms of takeover" considered as a November deadline looms for the divorce Xbox set in motion back in July. French law makes the process of shuttering or chucking away studios a lot harder for companies like Microsoft than it is elsewhere in the world, hence Arkane's fate still being up in the air while production work on Marvel's Blade nears completion according to the report. Read more
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Woim is the earth-guzzling, self-bisecting sokoban pick-me-up I needed after a week of games industry disasters
While ladling city-builders into the Maw's feeding trough this week, I remarked that being a worm must really suck. Then came the closure of BioWare, layoffs across other EA studios, further depressing genAI revelations, allegations of antisemitism at indie gaming events, a big Capcom data breach, and yet more worrying tidyings about Arkane. I rescind my earlier observation: I would like to be a worm. A happy little worm, tunnelling after golden apples in the moist and forgiving earth, where there are no emails or press releases at all. The only thing I have to worry about down here is my butt
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Time could be running out for Arkane
The famed immersive sim studio just got an extra month to find a new buyer, but will likely close if there are no takers.