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Rescued The Evil Within and Hi-Fi Rush studio confirms it's making "games that only Tango Gameworks can make" after Krafton saved it from the Microsoft graveyard

"Krafton has a culture that values the fundamental fun and creativity of games"

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After a mixed 2024 for Xbox, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has a chance to prove why Microsoft deserves Bethesda – and all its acquisitions, actually

Year in Review | This year's Xbox exclusives have been overshadowed by corporate movements, but there's hope on the horizon

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Xbox lead Phil Spencer says there are no 'red lines' for what games could come to PlayStation and Nintendo

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer says there's no "red lines" on games coming to PlayStation or Nintendo.

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"We had a great discussion with the Xbox team at Square Enix." Xbox leads Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond share pics from their Japanese game dev charm offensive at the Tokyo Game Show

Microsoft's consistency when delivering for Japanese and other Asian gaming markets has been middling at best. However, the firm has maintained a presence at the big Tokyo Game Show for several years now. Is progress finally being made?

Windows Central

Palworld is headed to mobile, and its devs have teamed up with PUBG's Krafton to make it so as a Nintendo lawsuit brews: "It plans to ... implement the original’s main fun elements to fit the mobile environment"

Palworld developer Pocketpair and PUBG publisher Krafton are teaming up to bring the game to mobile, even as a legal battle with Nintendo looms on the horizon.

Windows Central

'Hi-Fi Rush 2' Could Include More Open-World Settings, Krafton Says

PUBG publisher Krafton talked about details about the potential Hi-Fi Rush 2 game and what the future holds for developer Tango Gameworks.

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Hi-Fi Rush 2 was already 6 months into development when Xbox shut down Tango Gameworks

Why, Xbox, why?

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'We don't think Hi-Fi Rush 2 is going to make us money,' Krafton chief says, but they bought Tango Gameworks anyway 'to maintain their legacy'

Changhan 'CH' Kim says Tango's real value is the creative talent it brings to the company.

PC Gamer

PUBG studio doesn't think Hi-Fi Rush 2 will "make us money," but that's not why they saved Tango Gameworks: "The big hit shouldn't be your goal"

Krafton bought the former Xbox/Bethesda studio to "maintain their legacy"

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Resident Evil creator thought the studio he helped form "would be safe as long as they continued to make Hi-Fi Rush games," but Microsoft shut it down anyway

He feels "it worked out well in the end" after the studio was resurrected by Krafton

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About half—50 in total—of Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks' staff will be taken on by new publisher Krafton

It's likely the other half have found new employment.

PC Gamer

The Developer Behind 2023's Most Exciting Game Is Getting a Second Chance

The company behind PUBG, Krafton, has stepped in to purchase Xbox's defunct Tango Gameworks, and even has plans to continue the Hi-Fi Rush series.

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"We're back, baby!": Hi-Fi Rush and Tango Gameworks have been resurrected by PUBG publisher Krafton, with 50 transferred developers now working on Hi-Fi Rush 2

Microsoft still owns The Evil Within and Ghostwire: Tokyo

GamesRadar

Tango Gameworks gets a second life under PUBG Battlegrounds publisher Krafton

PUBG Battlegrounds publisher Krafton Inc. has acquired Tango Gameworks after its Microsoft closure.

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'Hi-Fi Rush' Dev Tango Gameworks Acquired by PUBG Publisher Krafton

PUBG publisher Krafton has acquired Tango Gameworks and is planning to revive the critically acclaimed Hi-Fi Rush IP.

PC Gamer

Hi-Fi Rush lives: PUBG owner Krafton has acquired Tango Gameworks from Xbox

The move will allow "the talented team to continue developing the Hi-Fi Rush IP".

Windows Central

Former Xbox studio Tango Gameworks and 'Hi-Fi Rush' have been acquired by PUBG's Krafton Inc, saving it from closure

Krafton of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds fame is picking up former Xbox studio Tango Gameworks, known for The Evil Within and Hi-Fi Rush. Microsoft has offered a statement, too.

GamesRadar

Months after Xbot shut down lean teams, Microsoft reportedly forms a "smaller" studio to create AA games based on Blizzard IP

Overwatch on mobile? Warcraft farming sim? Starcraft revival?

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Xbox executives just cannot give a straight answer to questions about Tango Gameworks

"What leadership do you have?"

Windows Central

"We have been really pleased." Microsoft Gaming studios head Matt Booty talks shipping Sea of Thieves on PlayStation 5, Xbox exclusives, and more.

Speaking in a new interview, Microsoft Gaming studios head Matt Booty touches on a number of topics including the Xbox Games Showcase, closing Tango Gameworks, shipping Sea of Thieves on PlayStation, and more.

Windows Central

Microsoft has begun sending out refunds for both the Xbox and Steam versions of the Redfall 'Bite Back' Edition

Xbox is refunding owners of Redfall's doomed "Bite Back Edition," which contained DLC that has been cancelled in the wake of the developer's closure. Here's what you need to know.

PC Gamer

Wizard with a Gun developer Galvanic Games is closing: 'Sales are not strong enough to sustain our studio'

Wizard with a Gun launched just eight months ago.

PC Gamer

Obsidian CEO responds to worries Xbox could shut them down, too: 'I'm not worried about tomorrow'

The beloved RPG maker isn't watching its back after the sudden closures of Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin.

PC Gamer

Phil Spencer continues to dance around Hi Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks' closure, says he has 'to make hard decisions that frankly are not decisions I love'

The line must continue to go up.

GamesRadar

Viral $10,000+ Summer Game Fest billboard paying respects to fallen Hi-Fi Rush and Redfall studios nearly put Xbox boss Phil Spencer on blast, but "it's about the people, our friends who got laid off"

The tribute is "way cooler than just throwing up an ad for one of our games," says the CEO of the publisher behind it

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