Microsoft chose to close Arkane” by “sabotaging the game it funded,” workers claim in damning letter: “We want to finish Blade and release it to the players

Union workers at Arkane Studios claim owner Microsoft has sabotaged the development of its Marvel’s Blade game and used the resulting costs and delays as justification to close the studio.

A scathing new letter from the Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo (STJV) video game union worries “Arkane Studios might close without having ever seen failure.” (Microsoft previously closed US dev Arkane Austin following the failure of Redfall, a live service game that the single-player-focused studio was evidently saddled with under Xbox leadership.)