{"id":48795,"date":"2024-05-07T23:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T22:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/its-time-to-stop-giving-xbox-boss-phil-spencer-a-pass\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T23:05:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T22:05:00","slug":"its-time-to-stop-giving-xbox-boss-phil-spencer-a-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/its-time-to-stop-giving-xbox-boss-phil-spencer-a-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Time To Stop Giving Xbox Boss Phil Spencer A Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>On May 7, <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"http:\/\/o\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Xbox announced that it was closing three studios<\/a>: Arkane Austin (Redfall), Tango Gameworks (Hi-Fi Rush), and Alpha Dog Games (Mighty Doom).  Support studio Roundhouse Games was also being absorbed by Zenimax Online Studios (Elder Scrolls Online). The news is yet another example of Xbox\u2014<a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/microsoft-activision-xbox-merger-timeline-call-of-duty-1850108022\">which has spent\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/xbox-phil-spencer-layoffs-hi-fi-rush-studios-closed-1851461546\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; kotaku.com<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 7, Xbox announced that it was closing three studios: Arkane Austin (Redfall), Tango Gameworks (Hi-Fi Rush), and Alpha Dog Games (Mighty Doom). Support studio Roundhouse Games was also being absorbed by Zenimax Online Studios (Elder Scrolls Online). The news is yet another example of Xbox\u2014which has spent\u2026 Read more&#8230; Source &#8211; kotaku.com All<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48796,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10],"tags":[326,2953,18],"class_list":["post-48795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pc","category-xbox","tag-announced","tag-closing","tag-xbox"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>It&#039;s Time To Stop Giving Xbox Boss Phil Spencer A Pass | Xtreme Servers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"View It&#039;s Time To Stop Giving Xbox Boss Phil Spencer A Pass for free, here on XtremeServers. Discover more great articles on our site. 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