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[ReBurn]

Microsoft should buy Krafton.

Someone woke up today and chose violence

 

[semiconscious]

the best kind of news (for a change). very good to hear...

 

[Jesb]

Finally some good news for once. Microsoft are so fucken stupid. I don’t get it.

 

[Luipadre]

I just saw this news on twitter. Fucking awesome. I loved hi fi rush

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

...huh. Interesting.

 

[Moriarty1889]

Splendid news! Now bring on Hi Fi Rush 2.

 

[Nonehxc]

Now MS, if you feel so inclined, get rid of Arkane so Harvey Smith & co can rejoin Colantonio, Avellone and others, or the other way around, them going back to Arkane, and we can keep getting amazing immersive sims.

 

[Zones]

Krafton is closing down Tango Gameworks after the disappointing sales of Hi-Fi Rush 2.

Gamers: Goddamn, fuck this greedy piece of shit industry.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Good to see Tango picked up.

But watch out Tango. Krafton will hype up your next game as AAAA.

 

[onnextflix5]

Fuck Microsoft. Closing talented studios to meet some stupid revenue requirements when they are making billions in profits. Will never support u ever again.

 

[TGO]

Hopefully some people's unfavorable opinion of The Callisto Protocol hasn't put them off horror games and they allow Tango to make something other than Hi-Fi Rush.

Good to see Tango picked up.

But watch out Tango. Krafton will hype up your next game as AAAA.

Like Ubisoft, amirite

 

[Dirk Benedict]

MS owns the rights to Ghostwire and Evil Within.

They deserve evil within. Bastards.

 

[Zephyranthes]

In case it wasn't abundantly clear that Phil Spencer is an abject buffoon, instead of trying to pitch Tango for sale from the start, MS massively devalues the studio and IP by announcing its closure and THEN sells it. I haven't seen any report of the details of the sale, but Krafton probably got them for peanuts.

 

[Spooky Scary Skeleton]

Hopefully some people's unfavorable opinion of The Callisto Protocol hasn't put them off horror games and they allow Tango to make something other than Hi-Fi Rush.

Tbh, Calisto Protocol's polarizing gameplay mechanic was entirely on Glen Schofield and he's a one trick pony as a game designer. Krafton rarely chimed on Striking Distance development other than hyping the fuck out of their game, but then again which producer wouldnt.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Im gonna buy Hi fi rush

There's a physical release from LRG in the works also. Having said that, I do wonder what kind of impact this Krafton news (if any) will have on it.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.

 

[balls of snow]

So I take it any sale of HFR now goes to Krafton not ms. Would refund my psn copy and buy it again if I could. Shame they couldnt get the Evil Within ip too.

 

[64bitmodels]

Krafton is closing down Tango Gameworks after the disappointing sales of Hi-Fi Rush 2.

Gamers: Goddamn, fuck this greedy piece of shit industry.

Game has been sandbagged by gamepass and Xbox console exclusivity. If they were to make a sequel it'd probably outsell the first game even if it skipped deaf & dumbox.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

I wonder if we will get HF Rush anime

 

[lh032]

hifi rush 2 ps5 exclusive for the lolz

 

[Hudo]

Hopefully some people's unfavorable opinion of The Callisto Protocol hasn't put them off horror games and they allow Tango to make something other than Hi-Fi Rush.

Tango doing a Callisto Protocol 2 would be interesting

 

[Draugoth]

 

[Punished Miku]

I'd love a Ghostwire 2.

 

[anthony2690]

Genuinely super happy that someone saved Tango Gameworks!

Especially after Xbox was stupid enough to shut them down, they were one of the studios I was most excited for, especially after Hi Fi Rush & Ghost wire Tokyo!

 

[splattered]

Fuckin weird... glad they sold them as a studio with IP instead of just disbanding though.

 

[diffusionx]

So does Ghostwire stay with MS?

 

[Fbh]

That's great news!.
I like that they specifically mention Hi Fi Rush a bunch, love that game and I'd love to get a sequel. It's also great that they are keeping key talent, already saw John Johanas tweeting about it which I asume means he is staying at the studio.

 

[_Idea_of_Evil_]

So does Ghostwire stay with MS?

Unfortunately. My excitement deflated a bit after learning Krafton didn't acquire The Evil Within or Ghostwire. I couldn't care less about the possibility of Hi-Fi Rush 2.

 

[NeverYouMind]

I hope the studio is more or less in one piece and will be able to deliver another game as entertaining as The Evil Within 2 and Hi-Fi Rush.

 

[splattered]

Maybe this is a toys for bob situation where they let go of the studio but are going to help fund development of their next title? Prob not tho

 

[Arsic]

Microsoft should buy Krafton.

Hilarious if they shut them down twice.

 

[Three]

Well, right now this is one of their upcoming game that are pretty big:

That looks graphically impressive

 

[SkylineRKR]

Hi Fi Rush is really good. I had a blast with it, an old school, fun action platform game.

Tango is a good studio in general, perhaps not top tier selling potential but TEW and even Ghostwire were good IP that brought something different.

 

[onnextflix5]

Unfortunately. My excitement deflated a bit after learning Krafton didn't acquire The Evil Within or Ghostwire. I couldn't care less about the possibility of Hi-Fi Rush 2.

nah it’s cool as long as the team is intact and given a decent budget, they will make good games.

 

[NanaMiku]

That looks graphically impressive

Steam page is up and the minimum spec is here

From some gameplay videos, it looks like the game is still not optimized very well. Hopefully it'll good when it's launched

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

 

[Bridges]

This is really incredible and surprising news, super talented team that deserved to live another day. Smart move by Krafton

I'm kinda shocked though how little buzz this is getting compared to the news of the studio shutting down

 

[Punished Miku]

You just know that Hi-Fi Rush 2 is going to be absolutely insane. The fact they fought this hard to hold onto that IP and keep the team together tells me they just couldn't not make this game.

 

[Ribi]

I mean it didn't sell well for a reason

 

[Golgo 13]

Wasn’t there a few month time gap between when Tango was closed and when Krafton purchased them? This inevitably means some of the original Tango staff will have moved elsewhere - who knows if the studio will ever be the same.

 

[64bitmodels]

I mean it didn't sell well for a reason

Xbox exclusivity and gamepass

 

[Puscifer]

I dunno if I would rather they be closed or saved with a publisher like that. Yeesh.

 

[ProtoByte]

Krafton is closing down Tango Gameworks after the disappointing sales of Hi-Fi Rush 2.

Gamers: Goddamn, fuck this greedy piece of shit industry.

Same thing happened to Embracer.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

still no tweet from Phil or Sarah?

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Krafton shared some details with investors on its acquisition of Tango Gameworks! via
@stephentotilo

- Deal was effective August 1st
- With the studio closed, Krafton did an "acqui-hire" (Acquisition with the primary focus of getting talent)
- "We wanted to inherit the entire development team"

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Some added info via Totilo: