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Xbox Entertainment Studios was a short-lived American television and movie studio based in
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created internally by
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in 2012, in order to create "interactive television content" for
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. On July 17, 2014, Microsoft confirmed that the studio would be closing. On October 29, 2014, both the vice president and the president of the company departed, and the company was officially closed.


Video content

At time of closure, Xbox Entertainment Studios was developing their first projects: a documentary about the
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, a science-fiction drama titled ''
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'' and a live action television series based on the ''
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'' franchise in collaboration with film producer
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. Future projects were to have included a remake of the
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sci-fi series ''
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'', a reboot of the Canadian children's hospital documentary series ''
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'', and an autobiographical series about rapper
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. The studio also intended to co-produce certain live events for Xbox Live, including future editions of the
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Championship, the
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beauty pageant and the VGX. Before the closure was announced, the studio released a street soccer focused reality series titled ''Every Street United'' to coincide with the
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. Before closing, it released the video game documentary '' Atari: Game Over'' and the series spun off from Halo. In September 2014
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reported that
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was in talks to acquire the rights to revive ''Humans'' and that casting was underway. Several years after its closure, it was revealed that the studio were developing additional projects before closing, such as an adult animated series based on the '' Conker'' franchise. https://www.centralxbox.com.br/2022/11/09/um-desenho-animado-de-conker-s-foi-cancelado-pela-microsoft-em-2014-segundo-ex-funcionario/


Content

Xbox Entertainment Studios offered original films and series that were produced in collaboration between professional studios.


References


External links


Official website
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