[STEAM] Xbox's Separation from Compulsion Games Seems Complete as Studio Is Listed as the Publisher of South of Midnight on Steam

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Xbox's separation from Compulsion Games – one of four studios it spun out independently during the recent Xbox "

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" 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

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instead of Xbox Game Studios. The change was first pointed out by indie developer Michael Klamerus on

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. (Hat tip to IGN Discord member Tommy for flagging it to us.)

Interestingly, Xbox Game Studios is

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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'

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and Ninja Theory's

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, though both of those studios were

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who have yet to be revealed.

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