Xbox and Avalanche Studios have stopped “active development” on their upcoming “Contraband” video game. First announced by Microsoft Gaming in 2021, “Contraband” is described as “a co-op smuggler’s ...

Development on Contraband has officially ended, with confirmation that the upcoming Xbox Series X game has been cancelled coming our way in August 2025. First announced back in 2021 with a brief ...

Xbox has canceled its plans to publish Contraband, a co-op game that was in development at Just Cause and Rage 2 developer Avalanche Studios for Xbox Series X. Xbox Game Studios had not discussed the ...

Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox gaming unit is canceling Contraband, a multiplayer video game that was in development for years at the Swedish company Avalanche Studios Group. “Active development has now ...

In a statement from Avalanche Studios, the developer said it is no longer actively developing Contraband and will “evaluate the project’s future.” “Over the past several years, Avalanche Studios Group ...