Xbox’s separation from Compulsion Games – one of four studios it spun out independently during the recent Xbox “reset” amidst thousands of layoffs – appears to be complete, as the developer itself is now listed as the publisher of 2025’s award-winning South of Midnight on Steam instead of Xbox Game Studios. The change was first pointed out by indie developer Michael Klamerus on Bluesky. (Hat tip to IGN Discord member Tommy for flagging it to us.)
Interestingly, Xbox Game Studios is still listed as the publisher of Double Fine’s Psychonauts 2 on Steam despite the San Francisco game developer also becoming independent after Xbox’s recent sweeping changes. The same is also currently true for Undead Labs’ State of Decay 3 and Ninja Theory’s Senua, though both of those studios were acquired by other publishers who have yet to be revealed.
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