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Another Xbox Game Studio Goes Independent

Alpha Dog Games, the former Bethesda studio behind Mighty Doom, appears to have become independently owned again after its 2024 closure.

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A new report claims that another Xbox Game Studio has gone independent. According to insiders, Alpha Dog Games has become independently owned again after Microsoft closed it down in 2024. The former Bethesda-owned studio was the team behind Mighty Doom.

Bethesda Studio Goes Independent After Being Shut Down in 2024

In 2024, Microsoft announced that it had closed down Alpha Dog Games alongside Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks. The studio was originally acquired by Bethesda in 2019 and later developed the mobile title Mighty Doom. However, it now appears that the former Xbox studio has been resurrected from the dead.

According to an update to the LinkedIn profile of........

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