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Microsoft has ended 'active development' on Contraband


The upheaval continues for game developers at Xbox.

The co-op open-world game from the studio behind the entertaining Just Cause series was teased in a brief, mostly atmospheric trailer at E3 2021. "Active development has now stopped while we evaluate the project's future," Avalanche said in a post on its website. Gaming has been hit hard by these changes, with several studios and planned projects shuttering as Microsoft consolidates.

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