studio closures

Video game movies and television are not killing the games industry. The material risks are layoffs and consolidation, account-bound distribution, and portfolio decisions that preserve durable intellectual property while treating studios as disposable. For Windows players, the practical response...

Bloomberg reported on June 15, 2026, that Double Fine, Ninja Theory, Compulsion Games, and several other Xbox-owned studios are in talks with Microsoft to spin off or find buyers as they try to avoid closure during a wider Xbox restructuring. The story is not just another grim dispatch from the...