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South Of Midnight Director Reflects On Why He Was 'Always Worried' About Funding At
"It just seems like, in hindsight at least, it was unsustainable.".We absolutely loved South of Midnight when it launched last year as an Xbox first-party title from Compulsion Games, and it's still one of our favourite Xbox Game Studios releases of recent years. However, a year later, Xbox has parted ways with the development team and helped transition them back to an independent studio.In a nutshell, it seems Xbox wasn't happy enough with South of Midnight's performance from a revenue standpoint, and the same could be said for other smaller releases last year like Double Fine's Keeper and Kiln.Read the full article on purexbox.com
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/11/so...ng-at-xbox
"It just seems like, in hindsight at least, it was unsustainable.".We absolutely loved South of Midnight when it launched last year as an Xbox first-party title from Compulsion Games, and it's still one of our favourite Xbox Game Studios releases of recent years. However, a year later, Xbox has parted ways with the development team and helped transition them back to an independent studio.In a nutshell, it seems Xbox wasn't happy enough with South of Midnight's performance from a revenue standpoint, and the same could be said for other smaller releases last year like Double Fine's Keeper and Kiln.Read the full article on purexbox.com
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/11/so...ng-at-xbox