One of the video game studios impacted by Xbox’s layoffs in July has successfully reclaimed its independence, as well as ...

South of Midnight devs Compulsion have completed their split from Xbox, reacquiring the rights to their titles, and are continuing work on an unannounced game ...

Compulsion Games cut ties with Xbox in the latter's mass layoffs and has listed itself as publisher of South of Midnight on Steam.

On June 10, Bloomberg reported that Xbox was planning major layoffs for July. Around the same time, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and CCO Matt Booty published a pretty dire memo for employees about an ...

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Compulsion Games, the Canadian game developer behind South of Midnight and We Happy Few, has officially parted ways with Microsoft. After Microsoft confirmed that Compulsion was one of five Xbox ...

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UPDATE: Compulsion's separation from Microsoft has now been confirmed by Gamesbeat. “We’re confirming we’re getting all of our publishing rights back,” Compulsion Games CEO Guillaume Provost told ...

Games for Change has revealed the winners of its 2026 awards, naming Compulsion Games' South of Midnight as Game and Experience of the Year. Hexecutable's Consume Me received Best Narrative, Best ...

An award-winning action game previously only available on Xbox is now making its way to the PlayStation 5, and is available soon. South of Midnight, the 2025 action-adventure game from Compulsion ...