In the Wake of Xbox Layoffs, Founder of Dishonored and Prey Dev Arkane Slams Game Pass: 'Why Is No-One Talking About the Elephant in the Room?' H ot on the heels of the layoffs that have swept through Xbox, the founder of Microsoft-owned Arkane Studios has hit out at Game Pass, whose subscription model he called “unsustainable.”

Raphael Colantonio founded the developer behind imsim heavyweights like Dishonored, Prey, the failed Redfall, and the upcoming Marvel's Blade decades ago, before the studio was eventually sold to Microsoft as part of its Bethesda acquisition, meaning it's now another gear in the megacorp's subscription service strategy.

Xbox Game Pass is "an unsustainable model that has been increasingly damaging the industry for a decade", says Arkane founder.