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South of Midnight Dev Successfully Separates From Xbox and Is Now Fully Independent

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Compulsion Games, makers of South of Midnight, We Happy Few, and Contrast, has successfully gone independent in full separation from its previous owner at Xbox. The studio completed its negotiations to depart from Microsoft after last month’s “reset” under new CEO Asha Sharma, according to CEO Guillaume Provost in an interview today with GamesBeat. Image via Compulsion Games With the change, Compulsion is getting the publishing rights back to it…
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On July 6, Xbox announced the independence of four development studies: Double Fine, Compulsion Games, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs. Arkane Lyon, fifth name, is in negotiations with Microsoft to determine its future in accordance with French law.It is known that Double Fine has already gone through a round of layoffs since they have separated from Xbox, while buyers of Ninja Theory and Undead Labs are still undisclosed.And Compulsion Games?Journ…

NewsGaming.net The separation between Compulsion Games (South of Midnight) and Xbox is now effective In addition to the 1,600 redundancies announced and the 1,600 others to occur in the year, Xbox has also decided to separate from some studios, at least those that could redeem their independence. This is the case of Double Fine, but also that of Compulsion Games. Divorce with Xbox was an act, but it has just been finalized, which means that Comp…

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gamesbeat.com broke the news on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
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