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

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. South of Midnight was one of 2025's seemingly innumerable highlights—in their 83% review, ...

With Compulsion Games now newly independent, their BAFTA-winning game is now free from Xbox and anything else that might have kept you from trying it BDS Boycott south of midnight On Steam, South of ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Update, June 16: Staff at Senua developer Ninja Theory were apparently told on a call on Monday, June 15, that the studio was at risk of closure. That's according to The Verge, which reports that ...

Xbox is reportedly shutting down the developer of South of Midnight and We Happy Few, Compulsion Games, according to Kotaku. The number of people that will be impacted by the closure isn't known, ...