No One Injured After Gunman Opens Fire on Xbox-Owned inXile Studio
A gunman opened fire on the Tustin, California building where the Xbox-owned studio inXile Entertainment operates. The shots were fired around 1:13 p.m. on November 11, and the Tustin Police Department called it a drive-by shooting on its official Facebook account.
Local news reported that “several bullets struck at least one building in the area” and that five to eight shell casings were left behind. Kotaku reports that the bullets struck the bottom floor of the building inXile is housed in, and that police at one point explored whether the game studio was being targeted.
inXile Entertainment confirmed that no one was hurt. The studio provided this statement to Aftermath and Kotaku:
“We’re relieved that no one was hurt at our inXile office. Our focus is on supporting our team, and we are working closely with law enforcement as they investigate,”
A suspect was taken into custody on the morning of November 13. Tustin police Sergeant Christopher Peterson told Aftermath that the investigation is still ongoing as to where and why the shooting occurred.
inXile Entertainment was founded by Interplay co-founder Brian Fargo in 2002 and was acquired by Xbox Game Studios. The studio is known for the Wasteland games, The Bard’s Tale 4: Barrows Deep, and Torment: Tides of Numenera. It is currently working on Clockwork Revolution, set to release in 2027.
