<svg width="110" height="18" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g clip-path="url(#a)" fill="#000"><path d="M79.42 9.335c0-.484.523-.672 1.085-.672.908 0 1.769.282 1.769.282V7.628c-.59-.174-1.193-.241-1.89-.241-1.528 0-2.6.725-2.6 1.908 0 2.299 3.162 1.708 3.162 2.823 0 .551-.495.7-1.218.7-.51 0-1.327-.2-1.916-.406v1.304c.49.195 1.18.378 1.862.378 1.487 0 2.907-.444 2.907-2.043 0-2.218-3.162-1.64-3.162-2.715l.001-.001Zm8.337 1.345c0-1.491.817-2.003 1.783-2.003.643 0 1.32.19 1.774.364V7.696c-.536-.174-1.01-.31-1.802-.31-2.104 0-3.404 1.291-3.404 3.375 0 1.975.938 3.333 3.31 3.333.75 0 1.333-.148 1.976-.364v-1.317c-.723.282-1.279.39-1.775.39-1.044 0-1.862-.484-1.862-2.124v.001ZM42.273 8.596h-.054V7.548h-1.474v6.384h1.581v-3.804c.496-.94 1.099-1.25 2.105-1.25h.16V7.494s-.227-.027-.428-.027c-.858 0-1.448.336-1.89 1.13Zm19.837 0h-.053V7.548h-1.474v6.384h1.58v-3.804c.497-.94 1.1-1.25 2.105-1.25h.16V7.494s-.227-.027-.428-.027c-.857 0-1.447.336-1.889 1.13Zm45.76-1.21c-.682 0-1.46.377-2.171.848l-.187.12c-.335-.712-1.005-.967-1.742-.967-.683 0-1.461.35-2.171.82v-.66h-1.501v6.385h1.594V9.35c.59-.39 1.219-.632 1.676-.632.523 0 .844.282.844 1.183v4.032h1.581v-4.57c.59-.39 1.219-.645 1.676-.645.523 0 .845.282.845 1.183v4.032h1.581V9.524c0-1.237-.738-2.137-2.024-2.137h-.001Zm-12.262 5.431c-1.032 0-1.58-.671-1.58-2.07 0-1.398.548-2.07 1.58-2.07s1.568.673 1.568 2.07c0 1.398-.536 2.07-1.568 2.07Zm0-5.43c-2.184 0-3.216 1.411-3.216 3.36 0 1.95 1.032 3.347 3.216 3.347s3.216-1.399 3.216-3.347-1.045-3.36-3.216-3.36ZM73.664 9.336c0-.484.523-.672 1.086-.672.907 0 1.768.282 1.768.282V7.63c-.59-.174-1.193-.241-1.889-.241-1.527 0-2.6.725-2.6 1.908 0 2.299 3.163 1.708 3.163 2.823 0 .551-.496.7-1.22.7-.508 0-1.325-.2-1.915-.406v1.304c.491.195 1.178.378 1.862.378 1.487 0 2.908-.444 2.908-2.043 0-2.218-3.163-1.64-3.163-2.715v-.001Zm-6.86.7c.094-.887.576-1.452 1.366-1.452.845 0 1.099.673 1.099 1.452h-2.466Zm1.38-2.648c-2.037 0-3.096 1.586-3.096 3.32 0 2.38 1.245 3.387 3.267 3.387.817 0 1.523-.109 2.347-.363v-1.32c-.664.244-1.263.391-1.905.391-1.178 0-1.967-.323-2.008-1.72h4.074c.027-.256.054-.497.054-.94 0-1.345-.71-2.756-2.734-2.756ZM56.3 9.483h-1.254V6.257H56.3c1.019 0 1.527.564 1.527 1.573s-.469 1.653-1.527 1.653Zm-.013-4.556h-2.928v9.004h1.688V10.8h1.24c1.916 0 3.31-1.035 3.31-2.97 0-1.935-1.394-2.903-3.31-2.903ZM49.82 12.09c-.51.47-.992.725-1.5.725-.871 0-1.435-.578-1.435-1.935 0-1.465.697-2.231 1.903-2.231.375 0 .764.094 1.032.202v3.239Zm0-4.557c-.47-.094-.805-.149-1.193-.149-2.184 0-3.377 1.466-3.377 3.603 0 2.137 1.193 3.105 2.6 3.105.697 0 1.54-.323 2.05-.753v.591h1.5V4.926h-1.58v2.608Zm-13.565 5.282c-1.031 0-1.58-.671-1.58-2.07 0-1.398.549-2.07 1.58-2.07 1.032 0 1.569.673 1.569 2.07 0 1.397-.537 2.07-1.569 2.07Zm0-5.43c-2.184 0-3.216 1.41-3.216 3.36s1.032 3.347 3.216 3.347c2.185 0 3.216-1.399 3.216-3.347s-1.044-3.36-3.215-3.36Zm47.372 6.545h1.587v-1.64h-1.587v1.64ZM31.608 4.926 29.82 11.82 28.03 4.926h-1.805l.42 1.477-1.575 5.65-1.712-7.128H21.62l2.441 9.005h1.892l1.462-4.815 1.37 4.815h1.892l2.563-9.005h-1.634.001ZM8.973 0C4.025 0 0 4.037 0 9s4.025 9 8.973 9 8.973-4.038 8.973-9-4.026-9-8.973-9ZM.906 9c0-1.173.25-2.287.698-3.293l3.849 10.575A8.095 8.095 0 0 1 .906 9Zm8.067 8.092a8.052 8.052 0 0 1-2.28-.329l2.42-7.055 2.48 6.814c.017.04.037.076.059.112a8.02 8.02 0 0 1-2.68.458Zm1.111-11.885a16 16 0 0 0 .924-.077c.435-.052.383-.693-.051-.667 0 0-1.307.103-2.15.103-.793 0-2.126-.103-2.126-.103-.435-.026-.485.64-.051.667 0 0 .411.052.846.077L8.733 8.66l-1.766 5.311L4.03 5.206c.486-.026.924-.077.924-.077.434-.052.383-.693-.052-.667 0 0-1.306.103-2.15.103-.151 0-.33-.004-.519-.01A8.049 8.049 0 0 1 14.42 3.033c-.035-.003-.069-.007-.105-.007-.792 0-1.355.693-1.355 1.436 0 .667.384 1.231.792 1.897.307.54.666 1.232.666 2.232 0 .692-.266 1.496-.614 2.615l-.806 2.697-2.915-8.698.002.002Zm5.967-.088a8.077 8.077 0 0 1 .989 3.882 8.09 8.09 0 0 1-4.012 6.994l2.464-7.146c.461-1.155.614-2.078.614-2.9 0-.297-.02-.573-.055-.831v.001Z"/></g><defs><clipPath id="a"><path fill="#fff" d="M0 0h109.895v18H0z"/></clipPath></defs></svg>{"id":380455,"date":"2025-08-07T19:01:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T18:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=380455"},"modified":"2025-08-07T19:01:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T18:01:48","slug":"xboxs-contraband-video-game-on-hold-after-more-than-five-years-in-development-variety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=380455","title":{"rendered":"Xbox\u2019s \u2018Contraband\u2019 Video Sport on Maintain After Extra Than 5 Years in Growth &#8211; Selection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"robot-feature-image\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Contraband.png?w=1000&#038;h=563&#038;crop=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy  <a class=\"c-link  lrv-a-unstyle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/author\/jennifer-maas\/\" \t\t\t> \tJennifer Maas<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>TV Enterprise Author<br \/> \t<a  href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/xbox\/\"  id=\"auto-tag_xbox\"  data-tag=\"xbox\"  >Xbox<\/a> and Avalanche Studios have stopped &#8220;lively improvement&#8221; on their upcoming &#8220;<a  href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/contraband\/\"  id=\"auto-tag_contraband\"  data-tag=\"contraband\"  >Contraband<\/a>&#8221; online game.<br \/> \tFirst introduced by Microsoft Gaming in 2021, &#8220;Contraband&#8221; is described as &#8220;a co-op smuggler&rsquo;s paradise set within the fictional world of Nineteen Seventies Bayan.&#8221; The title from Avalanche Studios and Xbox Sport Studios was deliberate as an unique to Xbox Collection S and X consoles, and set for launch on Xbox Sport Cross, Steam, and Home windows 10 PC.   <\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-1\" >\n<h2 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-padding-t-075 lrv-u-padding-b-050 lrv-a-font-secondary-l u-color-black\">  \t \t \t\t \t\t\t\t\tAssociated Tales\t\t \t <\/h2>\n<div class=\"lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1\" >\n<div class=\"lrv-u-display-block lrv-a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--light-grey-tint-two\" >\n<article class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex lrv-u-padding-tb-075\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-width-125 lrv-u-margin-r-1\"> \t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/oscars-festival-strategy-venice-telluride-toronto-1236476825\/\" class=\"c-lazy-image__link lrv-a-unstyle-link\" \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t> \t \t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-3x2\" style=\"\"> \t \t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/JKELLY_20240528_16696r.jpg?w=250&#038;h=167&#038;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/JKELLY_20240528_16696r.jpg?w=250&#038;h=167&#038;crop=1\" alt=\"Jay Kelly. George Clooney as Jay Kelly in Jay Kelly. Cr. Peter Mountain\/Netflix \u00a9 2025.\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"> \t\t\t \t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t \t\t\t<\/a> \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content u-width-180\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-font-primary-xs lrv-u-font-weight-bold lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-display-block u-margin-b-075@tablet u-color-medium-grey:hover a-content-ignore\">  \t \t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/oscars-festival-strategy-venice-telluride-toronto-1236476825\/\" class=\"c-title__link lrv-a-unstyle-link a-content-ignore\"  \t\t  > \t \t\t \t\t\t\t\tThe Awards Season Gamble: Why Festival Strategy Can Make or Break Oscar Dreams\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex lrv-u-padding-tb-075\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-width-125 lrv-u-margin-r-1\"> \t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/the-secret-agent-us-release-dates-neon-wagner-moura-1236473855\/\" class=\"c-lazy-image__link lrv-a-unstyle-link\" \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t> \t \t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-3x2\" style=\"\"> \t \t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Secret-Agent-Photo-Credit-Victor-Juca.jpeg?w=250&#038;h=167&#038;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Secret-Agent-Photo-Credit-Victor-Juca.jpeg?w=250&#038;h=167&#038;crop=1\" alt=\"The Secret Agent\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"> \t\t\t \t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t \t\t\t<\/a> \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content u-width-180\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-font-primary-xs lrv-u-font-weight-bold lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-display-block u-margin-b-075@tablet u-color-medium-grey:hover a-content-ignore\">  \t \t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/the-secret-agent-us-release-dates-neon-wagner-moura-1236473855\/\" class=\"c-title__link lrv-a-unstyle-link a-content-ignore\"  \t\t  > \t \t\t \t\t\t\t\tCannes Winner &#039;The Secret Agent&#039; Starring Wagner Moura Sets U.S. Release Dates by Neon (EXCLUSIVE)\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p> \tSources inform <em>Selection<\/em> that &#8220;Contraband&#8221; manufacturing is on maintain whereas the artistic crew behind the sport figures out subsequent steps for the title, which has been within the works for greater than 5 years.  \t<\/p>\n<div class=\"admz\" id=\"adm-inline-article-ad-1\">\n<div class=\"adma boomerang\" data-device=\"Desktop\" data-width=\"300\">\n<div style=\"min-width:50px;min-height:75px;\" \tclass=\"pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text\" \tdata-priority=\"10\" >\n<div id=\"gpt-variety-article-mid-article-uid0\" \t\tclass=\"adw-300 adh-250\" data-is-adhesion-ad=\"\"> \t\t<script type=\"application\/javascript\">\n\t\t\tblogherads.adq.push(function () {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tblogherads\n\t\t\t\t\t.defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-variety-article-mid-article-uid0' )\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.setTargeting( 'pos', [\"mid-article1\",\"mid-articleX\",\"mid\",\"mid-article\"] )\n.setTargeting( 'viewable', 'yes' )\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.setSubAdUnitPath(\"ros\/mid-article\")\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.addSize([[300,250],[2,2],[300,251],[2,4],[4,2],[320,480],[620,366]])\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.setClsOptimization(\"minsize\")\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t<\/script> \t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\" data-pmc-adm-ad-id=\"1234758890\">\n<h3> \t\t\tWidespread on Selection\t\t<\/h3>\n<div id=\"connatix-contextual-player\"> \t\t<script id=\"connatix_contextual_player_div\">\n\t\t\tif ( !window.pmc.harmony?.isEventAdScheduledTime() ) {\n\t\t\t\tpmcCnx.cmd.push(function() {\n\t\t\t\t\tpmcCnx({\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsettings: {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tplugins: {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpmcAtlasMG: {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tiabPlcmt: 2,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\t\tplayerId: 'fdaee7b3-292f-4a85-89bb-29a56b567de3',\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tplaylistId: '073c6e70-0010-4b87-92d0-d891f87f5cd8',\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}).render(\"connatix_contextual_player_div\");\n\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ This should only be get called when page cache is not cleared and it's event time.\n\t\t\t\twindow.pmc.harmony?.switchToHarmonyPlayer();\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t<\/script> \t<\/div><\/div>\n<p> \tThe cease for &#8220;Contraband&#8221; comes on the heels of layoffs throughout Microsoft final month, together with within the gaming division, and the cancellation of some titles. Nonetheless at the moment, sources say that no jobs at writer Xbox are being impacted by the choice to place &#8220;Contraband&#8221; improvement on maintain. <br \/> \tAs for different exterior initiatives, the Xbox Publishing crew at present has video games within the works with exterior groups together with Kojima, Koei-Tecmo, Platinum, Asobo and extra.<br \/> \t&#8220;Over the previous a number of years, Avalanche Studios Group and Xbox Sport Studios Publishing have collaborated on &#8216;Contraband,&#8217;&#8221; Avalanche Studios <a  href=\"https:\/\/avalanchestudios.com\/stories\/contraband-update\"  data-type=\"link\"  data-id=\"https:\/\/avalanchestudios.com\/stories\/contraband-update\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  target=\"_blank\"  >said in a statement titled<\/a> &#8220;An Replace on &#8216;Contraband&#8217;&#8221; posted to its web site Thursday. &#8220;Lively improvement has now stopped whereas we consider the undertaking&#8217;s future. We&#8217;re grateful for the joy we&#8217;ve seen from the group since we introduced and can give an replace on what&#8217;s subsequent as quickly as we will.&#8221; <br \/> \tThe information that improvement has been paused on &#8220;Contraband&#8221; was first reported by <a  rel=\"nofollow\"  data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gamefile.news\/p\/breaking-microsoft-stops-development\"  data-type=\"link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefile.news\/p\/breaking-microsoft-stops-development\"  target=\"_blank\"  >Game File&#8217;s Stephen Totilo<\/a>.<br \/> \t\t\tA Selection and iHeartRadio Podcast\t\t<br \/>The Enterprise of Leisure<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxQeTdJNmZod1c0Unc5bXVZTHhva0p5bHlVeHNjT3lndk9FelRMQjBna1ZId21WOHppNWFwQm9QbEF4ZFdSYW5nVGVVQ1YtZVlVcjlEektGeDNlVm82V0E0a24wWFdHb3FoMU4xNmREdnJCMVE1akx4cTdvcXExRGJVSFdvLWtaYU0?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jennifer Maas TV Enterprise Author Xbox and Avalanche Studios have stopped &#8220;lively improvement&#8221; on their upcoming &#8220;Contraband&#8221; online game. First introduced by Microsoft Gaming in 2021, &#8220;Contraband&#8221; is described as &#8220;a co-op smuggler&rsquo;s paradise set within the fictional world of Nineteen Seventies Bayan.&#8221; The title from Avalanche Studios and Xbox Sport Studios was deliberate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-380455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Xbox\u2019s \u2018Contraband\u2019 Video Sport on Maintain After Extra Than 5 Years in Growth - Selection - Gaming News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=380455\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Xbox\u2019s \u2018Contraband\u2019 Video Sport on Maintain After Extra Than 5 Years in Growth - Selection - Gaming News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Jennifer Maas TV Enterprise Author Xbox and Avalanche Studios have stopped &#8220;lively improvement&#8221; on their upcoming &#8220;Contraband&#8221; online game. First introduced by Microsoft Gaming in 2021, &#8220;Contraband&#8221; is described as &#8220;a co-op smuggler&rsquo;s paradise set within the fictional world of Nineteen Seventies Bayan.&#8221; The title from Avalanche Studios and Xbox Sport Studios was deliberate [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=380455\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gaming News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-07T18:01:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-07T18:01:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Contraband.png?w=1000&#038;h=563&#038;crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alexiswalsh4378\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alexiswalsh4378\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Xbox\u2019s \u2018Contraband\u2019 Video Sport on Maintain After Extra Than 5 Years in Growth - Selection - Gaming News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=380455","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Xbox\u2019s \u2018Contraband\u2019 Video Sport on Maintain After Extra Than 5 Years in Growth - Selection - Gaming News","og_description":"By Jennifer Maas TV Enterprise Author Xbox and Avalanche Studios have stopped &#8220;lively improvement&#8221; on their upcoming &#8220;Contraband&#8221; online game. First introduced by Microsoft Gaming in 2021, &#8220;Contraband&#8221; is described as &#8220;a co-op smuggler&rsquo;s paradise set within the fictional world of Nineteen Seventies Bayan.&#8221; The title from Avalanche Studios and Xbox Sport Studios was deliberate [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=380455","og_site_name":"Gaming News","article_published_time":"2025-08-07T18:01:47+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-07T18:01:48+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Contraband.png?w=1000&#038;h=563&#038;crop=1","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"alexiswalsh4378","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"alexiswalsh4378","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=380455#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=380455"},"author":{"name":"alexiswalsh4378","@id":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/#\/schema\/person\/66bd3a503af6f4a359422150c24d1775"},"headline":"Xbox\u2019s \u2018Contraband\u2019 Video Sport on Maintain After Extra Than 5 Years in Growth &#8211; Selection","datePublished":"2025-08-07T18:01:47+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-07T18:01:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=380455"},"wordCount":345,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/#\/schema\/person\/abf11620d7b4805f5f298fb9c0a56d0d"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=380455#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Contraband.png?w=1000&#038;h=563&#038;crop=1","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=380455#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=380455","url":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=380455","name":"Xbox\u2019s \u2018Contraband\u2019 Video Sport on Maintain After Extra Than 5 Years in Growth - Selection - Gaming News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=380455#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=380455#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Contraband.png?w=1000&#038;h=563&#038;crop=1","datePublished":"2025-08-07T18:01:47+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-07T18:01:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=380455#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=380455"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=380455#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Contraband.png?w=1000&#038;h=563&#038;crop=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Contraband.png?w=1000&#038;h=563&#038;crop=1"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=380455#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Xbox\u2019s \u2018Contraband\u2019 Video Sport on Maintain After Extra Than 5 Years in Growth &#8211; Selection"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/","name":"Gaming News","description":"Video Gaming News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/#\/schema\/person\/abf11620d7b4805f5f298fb9c0a56d0d"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/#\/schema\/person\/abf11620d7b4805f5f298fb9c0a56d0d","name":"pley2win","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Main-logo-.png","url":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Main-logo-.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Main-logo-.png","width":700,"height":250,"caption":"pley2win"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Main-logo-.png"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.pley2win.com"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/#\/schema\/person\/66bd3a503af6f4a359422150c24d1775","name":"alexiswalsh4378","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/06ef96c8507abfb87ce69ac0e5886906075ede4b7853c3e0dbe1bfac35fc66fb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/06ef96c8507abfb87ce69ac0e5886906075ede4b7853c3e0dbe1bfac35fc66fb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/06ef96c8507abfb87ce69ac0e5886906075ede4b7853c3e0dbe1bfac35fc66fb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"alexiswalsh4378"},"url":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?author=31"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=380455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":380456,"href":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380455\/revisions\/380456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=380455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=380455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=380455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}