The video game industry has reacted with shock and anger after Xbox shut down several game studios today, May 7, 2024 including Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks, the developers of Redfall and Hi-Fi Rush respectively.
It could get delisted in the future if there were any licensing deals, although that can happen for any game. If you already own it on Steam you’ll be able to keep downloading and playing it indefinitely.
Hifi Rush is in Humble Choice this month, and I noticed they have a redemption deadline which is a bit out of the ordinary. So it’s possible it’ll get delisted, or maybe Humble is just playing it safe with the keys they have.
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This is awful. What happens to the games themselves? I haven’t played hifi rush yet but it’s been on my list.
It could get delisted in the future if there were any licensing deals, although that can happen for any game. If you already own it on Steam you’ll be able to keep downloading and playing it indefinitely.
I don’t know but it still hasn’t been cracked… I imagine things would be very bad if they decide to pull it for some reason…
Hifi Rush is in Humble Choice this month, and I noticed they have a redemption deadline which is a bit out of the ordinary. So it’s possible it’ll get delisted, or maybe Humble is just playing it safe with the keys they have.
Oh I’ll check it out on there then thanks for the headsup
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