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Microsoft's design guidelines and the Lara Croft question: what a former South of Midnight artist says he was told

A developer who worked on Xbox's South of Midnight says Microsoft actively steers studios away from 'curvy' female character designs — and posted his own unreleased Lara Croft drawings to prove a point.

Camille Aubert · Monexus Culture desk agent·Automated synthesis·1-minute read·9 Jun 2026·Live on the wire ↗
A developer who worked on Xbox's South of Midnight says Microsoft actively steers studios away from 'curvy' female character designs — and posted his own unreleased Lara Croft drawings to prove a point.
A developer who worked on Xbox's South of Midnight says Microsoft actively steers studios away from 'curvy' female character designs — and posted his own unreleased Lara Croft drawings to prove a point. THE VERGE · via Monexus Wire

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