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'Too Focused On The Past' Ori and the Blind Forest Studio Head Comments on Xbox Layoffs

Thomas Mahler, Moon Studios' co-founder and the director of Ori and the Blind Forest, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, and No Rest for the Wicked, has just made a statement regarding the recent layoffs rumored to be occurring across several Xbox-owned studios. Mahler says that Xbox was "too focused on the past" during de...

Thomas Mahler, Moon Studios' co-founder and the director of Ori and the Blind Forest, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, and No Rest for the Wicked, has just made a statement regarding the recent layoffs rumored to be occurring across several Xbox-owned studios. Mahler says that Xbox was "too focused on the past" during development of the Ori series, and that "nostalgia alone is not enough" for Xbox to be a successful business.

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