Arkane Founder Says Xbox Shutting Austin Studio Was ‘Stupid’ And ‘Not A Good Decision’

Its last game was Redfall

by Ben Kerry Yesterday, 6pm

Microsoft controversially closed a bunch of Xbox developers earlier this year, including Redfall maker Arkane Austin – a move that the studio’s founder says was “stupid” and “not a good decision”.

Speaking in a new interview with PCGamer, WolfEye Studios’ Raphael Colantonio — who founded Arkane — made some fairly outspoken comments about how Xbox treated the Bethesda team. Colantonio talked about the talent lost by Microsoft, and how letting them go “to me, was stupid”.

“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,