Contraband, the open-world “cooperative smuggler’s paradise” game developed by Just Cause creator Avalanche Studios announced in 2021, is no longer in active development, Avalanche Studios announced.
BREAKING: Xbox is canceling Contraband, announced in 2021 from Avalanche Studios (Just Cause), after four years of radio silence, sources tell Bloomberg News. This news arrives weeks after a mass layoff in which Xbox canceled several other big titles.
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