What you need to know
- Compulsion Games is probably the Xbox Game Studio with the most to prove.
- The team appears to be hiring AAA talent to bolster its capabilities.
- It's unclear if this is a one-off hiring or part of a larger trend.
Many months ago, Microsoft announced that it was acquiring a number of studios like Compulsion Games and Obsidian Entertainment. While teams like Obsidian Entertainment have a proven track record, Compulsion Games is still relatively new. We Happy Few is an interesting experience, but it wasn't as well-received as the team had hoped. It's fair to say that the studio has a lot to prove.
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Compulsion Games definitely going AAA. Very talented developers joining XGS pic.twitter.com/XI1xoHHW48— Cleaning around (@dude_ralf) October 22, 2019October 22, 2019
According to a recent LinkedIn profile change spotted by a number of Twitter users, Compulsion Games is hiring experienced AAA developers in order to bolster itself. It seems like the studio wants to create bigger games of higher quality. Hopefully, there will be a lot more AAA developers moving to Compulsion Games in the near future.
Since We Happy Few, it's unclear what the team is working on at the moment. We'll keep you posted as soon as we know more. What do you want the team to tackle next? Let us know.
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