As the new (or pending) home for Zenimax, Bethesda, Activision Blizzard and more, Microsoft's Gaming Division has quite a bit more on its plate than even as late as 2019.

But doubling in size in a little over two years would be difficult for anyone, and there are certainly reasons to doubt that Xbox management (as presently constructed) is up to the task.

Now with reports of massive turnover at Perfect Dark developer The Initiative, many of those doubts have come, once again, to the fore.

Judgment's not just a Gears of War game...in Virtual Legality.

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Discussed in this episode:

ARTICLES

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/it-looks-like-perfect-dark-has-lost-its-game-director/

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/insiders-describe-fast-and-furious-exits-from-xboxs-perfect-dark-studio/

https://venturebeat.com/2021/09/29/why-the-initiative-hired-crystal-dynamics-to-help-with-perfect-dark/

https://venturebeat.com/2021/09/29/why-the-initiative-hired-crystal-dynamics-to-help-with-perfect-dark/

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/343-confirms-its-delayed-two-halo-infinite-modes-to-make-a-2021-release/

https://www.ign.com/articles/halo-community-reacts-to-infinite-co-op-delayhttps://www.ign.com/articles/halo-community-reacts-to-infinite-co-op-delay

https://www.metacritic.com/pictures/2022-game-publisher-rankings/31

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Game_Studios

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"Virtual Legality" is a continuing series discussing the law, video games, software, and everything digital, hosted by Richard Hoeg, of the Hoeg Law Business Law Firm (Hoeg Law).

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