Xbox has shelved development of yet another game, but this one perhaps isn't all that surprising
Avalanche Studios' Contraband is no more, as Xbox cancels yet another high-profile project.
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The Latest Breaking News from Contraband
It looks like Microsoft's cuts got another one: Avalanche has stopped work on its 1970s smuggling sim Contraband to 'evaluate the project's future'
Contraband was announced in 2021 as a partnership between Avalanche Studios and Xbox.
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Microsoft bloodbath continues 9,000 layoffs later with the death of Contraband, the '70s co-op game from the studio behind open-world hit Just Cause, and it seems Hideo Kojima's OD is the only thing that's safe
"We're thankful for the excitement we've seen from the community since we announced and will give an update on what's next as soon as we can"
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