[STEAM] Microsoft closing Arkane Austin was “stupid”, says founder: recreating “a very special group” like that would be “impossible”

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Today in "person you already like says something you already agree with, but it’s still good to hear them say it" news, Arkane founder and im-simmy

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studio WolfEye head Raphael Colantonio has spoken on

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’s decision to shutter

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studio Arkane Austin -

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- back in May.

Colantonio, who founded Arkane in 1999 and departed in 2017 to form

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studio WolfEye, recently chatted to Jeremy Peel

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about Arkane’s closure, saying:

I think if you look a little bit, it's obvious that Arkane Austin was a very special group of people that have made some cool things and that could pull it off again. I think it was a decision that just came down to, 'We need to cut something.' Was it to please the investors, the stock market? They're playing a different game.

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