Tango Gameworks had deliberate a sequel to Hello-Fi Rush earlier than the studio was unexpectedly closed earlier this week. In accordance with the most recent stories, the studio was placing collectively a pitch for Hello-Fi Rush 2 to capitalize on the success of final 12 months’s highly-praised motion recreation and was trying to recruit extra employees to assist with its improvement.
Hello-Fi Rush was a breakout hit for Microsoft
Hello-Fi Rush was an sudden hit for Microsoft final 12 months. Head of Xbox Sport Studios Matt Booty had beforehand described the sport as “a breakout hit for us and our gamers in all key measurements and expectations.” In accordance with sources who spoke to Bloomberg, Booty nonetheless had reward for the sport throughout a city corridor assembly with Zenimax employees this week, making the closure of Tango Gameworks much more shocking to outsiders.
The city corridor did trace in the direction of the explanations behind the studio’s closure, though specifics weren’t mentioned. Booty stated that sources at Zenimax have been unfold too thinly, like “peanut butter on bread,” and several other studios felt understaffed. Head of ZeniMax studios Jill Braff added that “it’s exhausting to assist 9 studios all internationally with a lean central group with an ever-growing plate of issues to do” and that “I believe we have been about to topple over.”
Tango Gameworks was within the strategy of pitching a sequel to Hello-Fi Rush, whereas fellow shuttered studio Arkane Austin needed to pitch “a brand new single-player immersive sim recreation” akin to the Dishonored franchise. As each have been additionally trying to rent new employees, it’s inferred that the studios have been simply on the incorrect stage of improvement on the incorrect time when Zenimax wanted to consolidate its sources to assist its current tasks.
The horrible irony is that Booty additionally commented how Microsoft “want smaller video games that give us status and awards” throughout the identical assembly in line with The Verge. Hello-Fi Rush 2 was an ideal candidate to suit that standards, however I assume we’ll by no means understand how properly the sport might even have carried out.
