Krafton, the publisher behind PUBG: Battlegrounds and The Callisto Protocol, has acquired Tango Gameworks, the studio chargeable for The Evil Inside video games and Hi-Fi Rush. Tango was shuttered by Microsoft and ZeniMax Media in Could, however the expertise who shaped the Tokyo-based studio will likely be built-in into Krafton, which now owns the rights to Hi-Fi Rush.
In a news release, Krafton mentioned it “intends to collaborate with Xbox and ZeniMax to ensure a smooth transition and maintain continuity at Tango Gameworks, allowing the talented team to continue developing the Hi-Fi Rush IP and explore future projects.” Krafton added that it “intends to support the Tango Gameworks team to continue its commitment to innovation and delivering fresh and exciting experiences for fans.”
The transfer from Microsoft to Krafton is not going to impression Tango’s present recreation catalog, which incorporates The Evil Inside, The Evil Inside 2, Ghostwire: Tokyo, and the unique Hi-Fi Rush, the publisher mentioned. Hi-Fi Rush is accessible on PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, and Xbox Sequence X.
Tango Gameworks was based in 2010 by Shinji Mikami. The studio’s first launch, The Evil Inside, was a survival horror recreation within the vein of Mikami’s work at Capcom, the place he had overseen survival horror video games Resident Evil, Dino Disaster, and Resident Evil 4 as recreation director. Tango Gameworks turned a part of Xbox’s secure of studios when ZeniMax was acquired by Microsoft in 2021. Mikami left Tango in 2023.
The studio discovered nice essential success with Hi-Fi Rush in 2023. The rhythm-action recreation was a shock launch by way of Microsoft’s Recreation Cross subscription, and markedly completely different from the darkish and violent video games Tango Gameworks had come to be recognized for.
Krafton’s announcement comes simply days after former builders from Arkane Austin, which labored on video games Prey and Dishonored, introduced a brand new first-person motion RPG at its Wolfeye Studio.
Microsoft introduced in Could that it deliberate to shut three studios below the Bethesda Softworks umbrella: Redfall developer Arkane Austin, Mighty Doom developer Alpha Canine Studios, and Tango Gameworks. A fourth studio, Roundhouse Video games, had its workers reassigned to different duties.
