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\nXbox Game Studios has reportedly signed a deal to publish the first project from Hundred Star Games, the new studio established by Rocksteady co-founders Sefton Hill and Jamie Walker.\n<\/p>\n

\nHill and Walker announced their departure<\/a> from Batman Arkham studio Rocksteady in October 2022, and Hundred Star Games was founded the following April. However, the pair’s connection to the studio wasn’t spotted until early this year<\/a>, alongside the discovery a “handful of lead developers and director-level ex-Rocksteady employees” was already working there.\n<\/p>\n

\nWhile little official is known about Hundred Star Games’ activities to date – aside from its stated aim of employing a “small team of only 100 industry veterans and emerging talents” – reliable leaker eXtas1s now reports Microsoft’s Xbox Game Studios has signed on the dotted line to publish and finance the developer’s first title.\n<\/p>\n

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Xbox Game Studios has reportedly signed a deal to publish the first project from Hundred Star Games, the new studio established by Rocksteady co-founders Sefton Hill and Jamie Walker. Hill and Walker announced their departure from Batman Arkham studio Rocksteady in October 2022, and Hundred Star Games was founded the following April. However, the pair’s connection to the studio wasn’t spotted until early this year, alongside the discovery a “handful of lead developers and director-level ex-Rocksteady employees” was already working there. While little official is known about Hundred Star Games’ activities to date – aside from its stated aim of employing a “small team of only 100 industry veterans and emerging talents” – reliable leaker eXtas1s now reports Microsoft’s Xbox Game Studios has signed on…<\/p>\n

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