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Ubisoft Among Suitors Trying to Buy Marvel's Blade, Dishonored Studio Arkane Lyon from Xbox

As the fate of Arkane Lyon hangs in the balance, a union representing workers from the French studio offered strong words toward Arkane's parent company, Microsoft. In short, the union blames Microsoft for "sabotaging" the production of its Blade game. French trade union STJV (per VGC) claimed that development on Marvel's Blade is "going fine," but said that workers face the "harsh reality" that…

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  1. IGN

    Ubisoft Among Suitors Trying to Buy Marvel's Blade, Dishonored Studio Arkane Lyon from Xbox (opens IGN in a new tab)

    Ubisoft is reportedly among multiple suitors preparing bids to try and purchase French developer Arkane Lyon, makers of the Dishonored series and the upcoming Marvel's Blade, from Microsoft in the wake of the first-party publisher's ongoing Xbox "reset."

  2. Polygon

    Ubisoft Makes Bid to Purchase Xbox Studio on the Brink of Closure (opens Polygon in a new tab)

    Ubisoft and other companies have reportedly made offers to buy Arkane from Xbox, which is looking to divest from the Marvel's Blade studio.

  3. Metro

    Ubisoft looking to buy Deathloop’s Arkane Lyon from Xbox claims report (opens Metro in a new tab)

    The studio behind Deathloop and Dishonored could be saved from potential closure by Ubisoft, as other companies make a bid for the Xbox developer.

  4. GameSpot

    Ubisoft Could Be The Company That Keeps Marvel’s Blade Alive (opens GameSpot in a new tab)

    Time is running out for Arkane Lyon to find a buyer, but Ubisoft could acquire the Marvel's Blade developer, according to a new report. Arkane was one of several studios that Xbox divested itself of earlier this year, and while most of those developers have…

  5. Eurogamer

    Arkane union says closing the studio "would probably be more expensive" for Xbox than simply finishing Marvel's Blade (opens Eurogamer in a new tab)

    Xbox would probably spend more money shutting down Arkane Lyon than it would trying to finish and release Marvel's Blade, according to a union representing workers from the beloved imsim studio.

  6. GameSpot

    Arkane Union Accuses Microsoft Of “Sabotaging” Development Of Marvel’s Blade (opens GameSpot in a new tab)

    As the fate of Arkane Lyon hangs in the balance, a union representing workers from the French studio offered strong words toward Arkane's parent company, Microsoft. In short, the union blames Microsoft for "sabotaging" the production of its Blade game. French…

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