South of Midnight Dev Successfully Separates From Xbox and Is Now Fully Independent

South of Midnight dev successfully separates from Xbox and is now fully independent

Compulsion Games, makers of South of Midnight, We Happy Few, and Contrast, has successfully gone independent in full separation from its previous owner at Xbox. The studio completed its negotiations to depart from Microsoft after last month’s “reset” under new CEO Asha Sharma, according to CEO Guillaume Provost in an interview today with GamesBeat. Image via Compulsion Games With the change, Compulsion is getting the publishing rights back to it…

South Of Midnight Studio Compulsion Games Has Completed Its Buyback From Xbox

As reported by GamesBeat’s Dean Takahashi, Compulsion Games, the developer behind titles such as Contrast, We Happy Few, and South of Midnight, has regained its independence after a management buyout, separating itself from its former parent company, Xbox. It was reported earlier this year that Compulsion Games, along with other studios, was put in jeopardy when Xbox announced its big reset, which confirmed that the tech giant would reduce its w…

Money Spent On South Of Midnight Now Supports Its Developers, Not Microsoft

Ever since Microsoft laid off 1,600 employees and—in the process—kicked multiple studios to the curb, there’s been uncertainty about how the split will impact games originally published under its increasingly shaky umbrella. Now, in at least one case, we know: Compulsion, the studio behind South Of Midnight and We Happy Few, now wholly owns its intellectual properties; if you purchase a Compulsion game, Microsoft won’t see a cent of it.Compulsio…