Another Xbox game seems to be disappearing, with Bloomberg's Jason Schreier initially reporting on Thursday via Bluesky that Contraband is being canceled. This was quickly followed by an official statement from the developers, which confirmed that work on the project was ceasing.

Xbox Game Studios has chosen to cancel Contraband, a new game that was in development at Avalanche Studios and announced four years ago at E3 2021.

Microsoft says that it has stopped development on Contraband, the co-op action-adventure open-world game in development at Avalanche Studios Group — the studio behind the Just Cause game series. While not explicitly calling it a cancellation,