Xbox is closing down Hellblade creator Ninja Theory

2026-06-15 23:00 UTC

Xbox is closing down Ninja Theory, the studio behind the Hellblade series, a source tells The Verge. Staffers were told on a call on Monday about the closure. follow up to the last post just a few hours ago that they were negotiating with xbox. who knows what will happen to the other studios mentioned.

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@VirtuePacket@lemmy.zip 2026-06-15 23:20

So uh, what’s that mean for Senua–the game that they literally just announced at their showcase less than a week ago?

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@0li0li@lemmy.world 2026-06-15 23:37

FUCK, I love those guys! Don’t judge me, but I think their take on DmC is the best combats system in any action game. o7

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@Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 2026-06-16 01:15

New CEO can’t stop Xbox from killing any studio within reach. There’s speculation that Arkane will be shuttered soon as well

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@mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-16 01:43

Evil would be a step up. Sheer greed would at least be competent and pursue money. There are no metrics, there are no plans, there’s just a dartboard.

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@caut_R@lemmy.world 2026-06-16 07:35

I guess the kinda games they make cost a lot of money and don‘t have the mass appeal to rake huge RoI in, still wish clearly talented studios like these could do their thing in a smaller scope under publishers that don‘t calculate MS kinda RoIs instead of just being closed down.

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@Cypher45@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-06-16 11:34

Hellblade: Senua’s Studio Shutdown

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@Smaile@lemmy.ca 2026-06-16 14:32

Aw

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@whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-06-16 16:40

Monopolies buy competitors to strip them and bury them. Then there’s no competition for your mediocre games and lower quality for higher prices

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@umbraroze@slrpnk.net 2026-06-16 19:28

I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve had to say “Microsoft, guys, you’re sitting on a giant pile of amazing IPs and you have so many glorious studios. You’re sitting on a goldmine, folks. So why are you all so bad at this?”

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@lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-06-16 22:57

I fear for the future of Double Fine. Hopefully Microsoft will not be the ones that will end the Psychonauts franchise. :(

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