A brand new report claims that Hellblade developer Ninja Idea is protected from ongoing and upcoming Xbox layoffs and closures. After Microsoft shut down Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks, there was some concern that Ninja Idea would finally meet the identical destiny because the studio has not made a commercially profitable recreation since its acquisition.
Will Hellblade 2 save Ninja Idea from impending Xbox cuts?
Prior experiences have urged that Microsoft is contemplating releasing Hellblade 2 on PS5 finally as its video games aren’t producing income from day-one launches on Xbox Recreation Move. Provided that Tango Gameworks launched the critically-acclaimed Hello-Fi Rush throughout all platforms earlier than it was unceremoniously shut down, many questioned if Ninja Idea was set to fulfill the identical destiny.
Nonetheless, based on Home windows Central’s Jez Corden, “There aren’t any plans by any means to shut the studio any time quickly.” Moreover, he claims that Microsoft has greenlit the studio’s subsequent recreation (apart from Challenge: Mara).
Following a second spherical of mass layoffs throughout Xbox, which noticed Bethesda gutted, experiences emerged that Microsoft’s gaming division is about to go a 3rd spherical of cuts within the close to future. Whether or not that occurs or not, Ninja Idea appears protected… no less than for the foreseeable future.