Tango Gameworks Founder Thought Hi-Fi Rush Secured The Company's Future

Blair Marnell
9/6/2024

Resident Evil director Shinji Mikami founded Tango Gameworks in 2010 before leaving the company last year. Around the time of Mikami's departure, Tango Gameworks' Hi-Fi Rush became a critically acclaimed hit. Now, Mikami has revealed that he thought Hi-Fi Rush had secured Tango Gameworks' future before Microsoft shut down the studio earlier this year."I had thought the studio would be safe as long as they continued to make Hi-Fi Rush games," explained Mikami during an interview with IGN. "That's one of the reasons I left Tango Gameworks. So I was surprised when the studio was closed down."The good news is that Tango Gameworks' demise was short-lived. A few months after Microsoft made its decision, Tango Gameworks was purchased by Krafton, which retained the rights for Hi-Fi Rush and any future games in the franchise. Krafton also retained at least half of Tango Gameworks' employees who hadn't already secured other jobs. That gave Mikami a greater sense of hope for his former company.Continue Reading at GameSpot...

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