Compulsion Games' buyout is complete, so now Microsoft won't get a cut if you buy South of Midnight

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South of Midnight was one of 2025's seemingly innumerable highlights—in their 83% review, evergreen writer Andrea Shearon called it "a Deep South delight drenched in superstition and pain." If you've been holding off but nonetheless rooting for the award-winning studio behind it, Compulsion Games, now's a great time to dive in: it's independent again after a lengthy stay under the Xbox Game Studios banner.

After rumors of closure came in the wake of Xbox's most recent layoff-heavy bloodbath, Compulsion announced it'd be leaving Microsoft instead and pursuing other partnerships. On Thursday, CEO Guillaume Provost explained to Read Entire Article