{"id":85384,"date":"2026-07-06T10:34:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=85384"},"modified":"2026-07-06T11:36:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T15:36:51","slug":"state-of-decay-and-hellblade-devs-are-being-sold-but-buyers-remain-mysterious-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=85384","title":{"rendered":"State Of Decay And Hellblade Devs Are Being Sold, But Buyers Remain Mysterious For Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/xbox-layoffs-studio-closures-and-spin-offs-everything-announced-today\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/xbox-layoffs-studio-closures-and-spin-offs-everything-announced-today\/\">Microsoft&#8217;s restructuring announcement today for Xbox<\/a> that is resulting in mass layoffs, the company also announced that it is selling off two of its development studios: Undead Labs and Ninja Theory. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said those two studios have &#8220;entered terms to join new ownership with funding&#8221; to help finish Senua (Ninja Theory) and State of Decay 3 (Undead Labs). Microsoft did not name the mystery buyers, however. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senua is a brand-new Hellblade action game that was only just announced at the Xbox Games Showcase in June. State of Decay 3, meanwhile, has been in the works for a very, very long time.<\/p>\n<p>  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eoLOzgHvKxQ  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, Microsoft announced that Compulsion Games and Double Fine are becoming independent studios again and will retain their own IP and catalogs. Additionally, Microsoft is giving those teams &#8220;runway&#8221; funding for their &#8220;next games,&#8221; Sharma said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What&#8217;s more, Microsoft&#8217;s Arkane studio in France is &#8220;beginning required consultation&#8221; as part of labor laws in the country. This is being done to &#8220;review potential strategic options,&#8221; Sharma said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond the changes to the Xbox studio structure, Microsoft announced that it is laying off 1,600 Xbox employees today and another<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of Microsoft&#8217;s restructuring announcement today for Xbox that is resulting in mass layoffs, the company also announced that it is selling off two of its development studios: Undead Labs and Ninja Theory. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said those two studios have &#8220;entered terms to join new ownership with funding&#8221; to help finish Senua&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":85386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85384"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85387,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85384\/revisions\/85387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}