[STEAM][PRESS]Microsoft Reportedly Approves New Game From Hellblade 2 Developer Ninja Theory

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has reportedly approved a new game from

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developer Ninja Theory and has no plans to close the studio.

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reports that this new game from the Cambridge, ***-based developer is in addition to

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, the already announced upcoming psychological horror game that takes place entirely in a single upscale apartment. There are no plans whatsoever to close the studio any time soon, Windows Central added. IGN has asked

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for comment.

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today releases Ninja Theory’s Hellblade 2 four-and-a-half years after it was announced and six years after

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bought the studio, bringing it into the Xbox Game Studios fold. IGN’s

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returned an 8/10. We said: “Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is another Viking-worthy feast for the senses that meets the high bar set by its predecessor, even if it never really manages to clear it.”

Yesterday, a day before launch, Ninja Theory studio head Dom Matthews issued

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, expressing gratitude for their support, along with the development team for working on Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2.

Some have expressed concern for Ninja Theory after

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by announcing the closure of a number of Bethesda studios, including Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks and Redfall developer Arkane Austin. The cuts come as part of

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announced earlier this year that affect 1,900 staff at

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’s gaming business.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has indicated that

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’s gaming cuts are the result of a video game market that is failing to grow amid rising development costs, but Spencer and other Xbox executives are also reportedly under pressure to make cuts following the company’s $69 billion acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard.

In an email to staff sent by Matt ******, head of Xbox Game Studios,

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blamed the Bethesda cuts on a “reprioritization of titles and resources.” In the email, first reported by IGN, ****** said: “we are making these tough decisions to create capacity to increase investment in other parts of our portfolio and focus on our priority games.”

Earlier this month,

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about

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’s decision to shut a number of much-loved studios, insisting it was about ensuring the Xbox business ******** healthy for the long-term during what she called “this moment of transition.”

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is set to host an

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event in June as well as fully unveil the next mainline Call of Duty game, ****** Ops 6.

Wesley is the *** News Editor for IGN. Find him on

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at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld.

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