Highlights
- Krafton has acquired Tango Gameworks.
- Tango Gameworks will proceed engaged on Hello-Fi Rush, amongst different IPs they personal.
- Regardless of the closure, ex-devs from Arkane are engaged on a mysterious first-person motion RPG.
Krafton, PUBG‘s publishing firm, has acquired Hello-Fi Rush‘s studio, Tango Gameworks, after Microsoft determined to close it down earlier this 12 months.
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Of their official press launch, Krafton mentioned they’re“permitting the proficient crew to proceed creating the Hello-Fi RUSH IP and exploring future tasks” and that their acquisition of the Japanese sport studio could have “no influence on the prevailing sport catalog…”
Krafton’s resolution saved many acclaimed and beloved IPs from going into developer hell, a dreaded place few video games come again from. Had the studio been totally closed down, we might’ve by no means probably visited The Evil Inside‘s Krimson Metropolis, or Hello-Fi Rush‘s colourful Vandelay Island once more.
Tango Gameworks has but to reply to the information.
Hope Rekindled After Microsoft’s Nice Studio Purge
Alongside Tango Gameworks, Microsoft shut down Arkane Austin, Roundhouse Video games, and Alpha Canine Video games in Might of this 12 months.
Workers from these studios have been both let go or moved to Microsoft’s different studios, Bethesda and Zenimax On-line.
Regardless of earlier layoffs at Xbox, followers have been shocked by the choice. Each Tango Gameworks and Arkane, specifically, have been broadly celebrated as profitable sport studios, albeit with a couple of hiccups.Tango Gameworks’ Ghostwire: Tokyo was an admirable open-world title, however didn’t function the money cow the studio might need hoped for, and Arkane’s Redfall was, properly, a flop.
In an admirable however finally fruitless try, Hello-Fi Rush‘s followers tried positively overview bombing it and signing petitions, demanding the studio’s, or the sport’s, revival.
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In a letter despatched to IGN, head of Xbox Sport Studios, Matt Booty, mentioned the rationale behind the closures was, “prioritising high-impact titles and additional investing in Bethesda’s portfolio of blockbuster video games.”
To translate that for you, this basically means they need to work on greater video games that usher in additional cash however apparently missed the memo on Hello-Fi Rush’s huge return on funding.
Bizarrely, in a gathering held solely a day after the announcement, Booty mentioned they wanted “smaller video games that give us status and awards,” and praised Hello-Fi Rush in the identical assembly. This goes some approach to showcase the mess behind the scenes at Xbox Sport Studios.
Though Krafton did not resurrect Arkane, followers of their Dishonored collection, Prey, and Deathloop, have a mysterious first-person motion RPG to stay up for from the studio’s ex-devs. The untitled sport, owing to a couple launched photos, appears to be closely impressed by their previous tasks and is scheduled for a non-public alpha someday subsequent 12 months.
Briefly, it looks as if there’s life after Xbox, and it looks as if there’s a vibrant future for these ill-treated studios but.
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