THE FUSE

The fall of the house of Xbox has been an agonizing display. With grueling rounds of layoffs, the massive company is still drifting in circles. What will emerge from this rubble are at least budding. Compulsion and Double Fine now have total control of their back catalogue, the latter already revving the engine for their next projects. While Arkane was not shelved in the latest round of layoffs, they’ve been a regular subject of torture of Microsoft. A new studio from former members promises to avoid repeating recent pitfalls.