The former president of game developer Arkane has come out to condemn Microsoft’s closure of Arkane Austin earlier this year, saying that it “was not a good decision.” Raphael Colantonio, who founded ...

Harvey Smith, the American video game designer best known for Dishonored, Deus Ex, and Redfall, said he was shocked when Microsoft shut down Arkane Austin shortly after the release of Redfall. Smith ...

Arkane Austin was dissolved earlier this year and the studios founder has not held back about the closure. The studio was highly regarded after Prey, but Redfall flopped after being widely panned by ...

Nicole Carpenter is a senior reporter specializing in investigative features about labor issues in the game industry, as well as the business and culture of games.

Fans of the Dishonored series and Prey were crestfallen in May when news broke that Arkane Austin, along with Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks and Mighty Doom developer Alpha Dog Studios, had been ...