Xbox's Contraband Still In The Works As Job Listing Reveals New Details
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A job ad shows that the Koop title Contraband is still in development.
Having deplored the cancellation of several projects (including Everwild and the Perfect Dark reboot) and the dismissal of many employees, one could fear the worst about some projects that have no longer made them talk about for ages. In the image of Contraband, a game announced more than four years ago, and whose development started in 2018. Avalanche Studios (Just Cause, Mad Max, ...), which is in charge of the project, lost its creative direc…
NewsGaming.net Contraband would still be in development, since Avalanche Studios continues to recruit With the cancellation of Perfect Dark and Everwild, no project seems to be really safe today at Xbox, even with third-party partners like Avalanche Studios. After all, Contraband, the next Xbox exclusive (if still the case) of the studio, has not reappeared publicly since its announcement in 2021, and we know that Avalanche Studios has experienc…
Several years ago, Contraband was announced and the project seems to be still alive.
Xbox's Contraband Still In The Works As Job Listing Reveals New Details
Will we see it soon?Prior to the 2025 Xbox Games Showcase, we pondered the thought of Avalanche Studios' Contraband showing up again after a four-year hiatus - and while that didn't turn out to be the case, the project does seem alive and well within Microsoft's games pipeline.As spotted by Tech4Gamers, the Swedish developer has posted a new Contraband job listing within the last week. The team is hiring a 'Product Lead' for the "upcoming AAA co…
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