Perhaps the most shocking part of Microsoft's incoming rash of suspected layoffs and studio closures is Ninja Theory—a studio which had announced a Senua game at the Xbox showcase barely a week prior. At the time it seemed either a misalignment of strategy, the result of someone high-up not crossing their Ts or dotting their Is.
Turns out, that might've actually been the plan. According to an anonymous source speaking with journalist Stephen Totilo's Game File, Microsoft had already planned to part ways with Ninja Theory before the trailer dropped.
