Nobody was hurt when bullets struck the building that houses Xbox studio inXile Entertainment in Tustin, California, and police have since arrested a suspect. Kotaku reports that the shots came in an alleged drive-by on 11 November, and investigators haven’t said why that building was hit.
Tustin police received a report of a drive-by shooting at Flight at Tustin Legacy, the office campus that hosts inXile alongside other businesses. Aftermath learned of the incident through an anonymous tip and then confirmed it with police. Kotaku says local news put the shooting in the early afternoon, with “several bullets” striking at least one building and five to eight shell casings left behind. Kotaku understands the bullets hit the bottom floor of inXile’s building, and that police at one point looked into whether the studio was targeted.
A September 2020 post from the fan account GAME CORE, which Kotaku embeds, showed what it called inXile’s new office.
The arrest came quickly. KTLA reports that Tustin police said detectives identified a suspect after extensive crime scene processing and “around the clock” work, and took the person into custody less than 48 hours after the shooting. Police haven’t named the suspect, and the motive is still open. Sergeant Christopher Peterson told Aftermath that the investigation is “still kind of ongoing as to where and why.” That leaves unanswered the question that matters most to the studio, which is whether it was the intended target or simply in the line of fire.
For its part, inXile has kept its response short. A spokesperson told Aftermath, “We’re relieved that no one was hurt at our inXile office,” adding that the focus is on supporting the team and working closely with law enforcement. The studio hasn’t said whether staff have changed how they’re working while the investigation continues.
The incident lands while Xbox’s first-party studios are already in the news, including reports that State of Decay 3 may not launch on Game Pass after the Undead Labs sale. Neither Microsoft nor inXile has linked the shooting to any business decision, and nothing in the police statements suggests a connection.
Does the shooting affect the release of Clockwork Revolution?
Neither inXile nor Xbox has announced any change. Kotaku says the game is still set for 2027.
What is Clockwork Revolution?
It’s inXile’s first 3D action-RPG, and Kotaku describes it as having shades of Dishonored and BioShock. Xbox is positioning it as its big console exclusive for 2027, from a studio best known for CRPGs such as the Wasteland series, which Microsoft bought in 2018.
