These changes come at a time when we have more players, games, and gaming hours than ever before,” said Xbox head Phil Spencer in an email to staff.

Xbox's recent 'restructuring' outright led to the cancellation of many games, but it has done little to offer relief for other projects like Fable.

In a report coming out of Romero Games' native Ireland, it's said Microsoft met with the studio just a day before cutting its funding without warning.