Arkane founder asks Xbox CEO "how much" Microsoft wants for the studio: "I'm asking for a friend"

Raphael Colantonio, the original founder of Arkane Studios, wants to know how much Xbox might take for the studio as it rushes to shed developers in new cost-cutting measures. As part of sweeping layoffs and studio spinouts at Xbox, Microsoft has begun talks, as part of required consultation, with leadership of Dishonored maker Arkane Studios about "strategic options" ahead of the studio's expected divestment. If Arkane is divested, it would be the fifth severed studio in this wave of cuts, join