Microsoft has reportedly stopped development on Avalanche Studios co-op game, Contraband. According to a report from Stephen Totilo at Game File , development on the open-world co-op title, which was initially announced in 2021 , has been put " on hold " following Microsoft's layoff of 9,000+ employees across the company, with cuts to Xbox's publishing division specifically impacting Contraband's development.

After Contraband was announced in 2021, we heard basically nothing about the game, at least from official channels. There were rumors that it had hit some development struggles and had been delayed into this year, and even those rumors came after speculation that it was supposed to have arrived sometime between 2023 and 2024 .

When Microsoft began announcing the its la

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