Xbox, What The F*** Are You Doing

After Xbox executives Asha Sharma and Matt Booty made commitments in the past of supporting smaller more niche studios and to nurture them into something bigger, they are now making plans to shut them down. They even announced a new Hellblade game, Senua, days before deciding to shut down the development studio. What the actual f*** are they doing??

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