Raphael Colantonio founded the developer behind imsim heavyweights like Dishonored, Prey, the failed Redfall, and the upcoming Marvel's Blade decades ago, before the studio was eventually sold to Microsoft as part of its Bethesda acquisition, meaning it's now another gear in the megacorp's subscription service strategy.

Xbox Game Pass is "an unsustainable model that has been increasingly damaging the industry for a decade", says Arkane founder.

The designer behind Dishonored has criticised Game Pass in the wake of sweeping Microsoft layoffs, describing it as an 'unsustainable model'.