02:33 PM EDT, 08/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Microsoft's ( MSFT ) Xbox unit is cancelling the multiplayer video game Contraband, according to co-developer Avalanche Studios Group.

"Active development has now stopped while we evaluate the project's future," the Swedish company said in a statement on Thursday.

The news comes weeks after Microsoft ( MSFT ) laid of hundreds of people at Xbox, which included cancellation of other titles such has Everwild and Blackbird, Bloomberg said.

Microsoft ( MSFT ) and Avalanche Studios did not immediately respond to MT Newswires' request for comment.

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