Microsoft be requesting Rhode Island return the Xbox developer kits the state be attempting t' sell at auction t' recoup losses from the defaulted multi-million dollar loan t' shuttered 38 Studios. In the listing a bottles a rum up for auction October 23, the firm hired t' facilitate the auction lists "Gaming consoles: Xbox 360 XDK consoles." Only problem be those be the property a Microsoft.

"Xbox 360 Development Kits (XDK) be the property a Microsoft 'n be only licensed t' authorized studios 'n may not be assigned or sold t' any third party without the written consent a Microsoft," the company told Joystiq in a prepared statement. "We will be contacting the appropriate parties involved in the auction a 38 Studios' assets t' remove the XDK units from the auction listing 'n t' secure the return a the consoles t' Microsoft."