Here’s What’s Going On With Marvel’s Blade And Its Developer Amid Xbox “Reset”

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Microsoft is undergoing a major shakeup that involves mass layoffs, studio sell-offs, and other significant changes as part of a “reset” of the business.

While we have learned that Ninja Theory and Undead Labs are being sold off and Double Fine and Compulsion are going independent, we don’t yet know what the future holds for Arkane Lyon and its long-in-development Blade game. The French studio is undergoing “consultation,” but its fate has yet to be determined.

There is a lot we still don’t know, but for now, here’s everything you need to know about Arkane Lyon and Marvel’s Blade leading up to the news today.

Entering consultation

Arkane Lyon is based in France, and due to local labor laws, the studio is entering “required consultation” with its local Works Council. This process will include a “review of potential strategic options.”

But there is a lot we don’t know.

Could Arkane Lyon be sold off like Ninja Theory and Undead Labs? Go independent like Double Fine and Compulsion? Shut down like its sister studio Arkane Austin before it? Also unknown is what will happen with the Blade game itself. Microsoft said in its announcement that no publicly announced first-party