The year 2023 was full of good games, one of them was Hi-Fi Rush, the title released by the developer Tango Gameworks, which surprised many users by combining different aspects at the gameplay level, both for being a hack and slash as well as having many aspects of a rhythm game. But now the bad news comes for fans of the company, since in the last hours, Microsoft confirmed the definitive closure of this and other very famous developers, generating all kinds of reactions from gamers around the world.
Tango Gameworks, creators of Hi-Fi Rush, Ghostwire Tokyo and The Evil Within closes its doors
Through its official accounts, such as Twitter/X, the renowned studio Tango Gameworks communicated a news that has shocked many fans, and that is that the company will close its doors after several years in the market. Tango Gameworks is recognized in the world of video games for being the developer of great franchises such as Ghostwire Tokyo and The Evil Within and last year surprised many with the launch of one of the most acclaimed titles: Hi-Fi Rush.
And this news comes to end the story of a studio which in recent weeks had already been in the news, since its founder, Shinji Mikami, had left the developer in its entirety, something that could have foreshadowed what actually ended up happening. Mikami, for those who do not know him, is one of the most influential people in the world of video games, being the creator of iconic titles such as Dino Crisis or Resident Evil, so his distancing from the company that created Hi-Fi Rush initially gave fans a bad feeling.
Although his distancing was very shocking, he continues to be very supportive of the video game industry, as he founded Kamuy, a small studio which will focus on helping inexperienced young people to gain experience in the creation of smaller titles with a slower development time. With the departure of Mikami from Tango Gameworks, John Johanas took control of the company as director, and it was he himself who was saddened by the closure of the developer on his Twitter/X account, with a short but effective message as not having words to explain what happened, but grateful to the fans.
Although this closure was one of the most shocking, Tango Gameworks was not the only one affected by the cuts made in recent hours by Microsoft, and Arkane Austin also had the same fate as the creators of The Evil Within, although in this case it was more expected within the gaming world. This company, for those who do not know it, stood out in recent years for having been the developer of Redfall, the infamous title that had much more criticism and ended up being more defenestrated than Tango Gameworks titles, although one of its branches, Arkane Lyon, is still standing.
Finally, although this wave of studio closures by Microsoft has greatly impacted the gaming community, this was not the first, nor the last wave of closures and layoffs by the multinational, and is that earlier this year more than 1900 people lost their jobs at Activision Blizzard and Xbox. This is why it is expected that in the coming months more studios, as well as workers, have this same end and from the networks users do nothing but wait for the news that this will happen again, so this 2024 will be a tough year for the gaming industry.
