Xbox is closing down Hellblade creator Ninja Theory

Xbox 将关闭《地狱之刃》开发商 Ninja Theory

Xbox is closing down Ninja Theory, the studio behind the Hellblade series, a source tells The Verge. Staffers were told on a call on Monday about the closure, but they are hoping the studio will find a buyer. The closure comes as “several” Xbox studios at Microsoft, including Compulsion Games and Double Fine, are in “active negotiations” about spinning off, Bloomberg reports.

据消息人士向 The Verge 透露，Xbox 正在关闭《地狱之刃》（Hellblade）系列的开发商 Ninja Theory。员工在周一的电话会议中被告知了这一关闭决定，但他们仍希望工作室能找到买家。据彭博社报道，此次关闭正值微软旗下“多家”Xbox 工作室（包括 Compulsion Games 和 Double Fine）正处于剥离业务的“积极谈判”阶段。

The closure and negotiations follow Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and chief content officer Matt Booty warning last week of a “reset” at Xbox, laying out several challenges facing Xbox’s business — including that it had “over extended” with its studio system and the hardware component crisis is significantly driving up prices. Kotaku reported earlier on Monday that Microsoft was planning to shut down Compulsion, though it noted in an update that studio leadership was in “negotiations” with Microsoft.

在此次关闭和谈判之前，Xbox 首席执行官 Asha Sharma 和首席内容官 Matt Booty 上周曾警告称 Xbox 将进行“重置”，并列举了 Xbox 业务面临的几项挑战，包括其工作室系统“过度扩张”，以及硬件组件危机导致成本大幅上涨。Kotaku 周一早些时候曾报道称微软计划关闭 Compulsion，但在随后的更新中指出，该工作室的管理层正在与微软进行“谈判”。

Sharma has made many major decisions since taking over at Xbox in February, including locking down Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution as Xbox console exclusives in an announcement at its Xbox Games Showcase just over a week ago. During that event, Microsoft also revealed a new Hellblade game, Senua, and its future with this change is unclear.

自二月份接管 Xbox 以来，Sharma 已经做出了许多重大决策，包括在刚过去一周多的 Xbox 游戏展示会上宣布将《战争机器：E-Day》（Gears of War: E-Day）和《发条革命》（Clockwork Revolution）锁定为 Xbox 主机独占游戏。在同一活动中，微软还公布了一款新的《地狱之刃》游戏《塞娜》（Senua），而随着这一变动，该游戏的未来尚不明朗。

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