Hello-Fi Rush and Ghostwire: Tokyo developer Tango Gameworks has revealed that it is nonetheless trying to make “distinctive and attention-grabbing” video games following its acquisition by PUBG writer Krafton earlier this yr.
In an interview with Japanese information platform 4Gamer (with further reporting and translation by Automaton Media), Tango Gameworks execs Colin Mack, John Johanas, and Kazuaki Egashira focus on their studio’s future and its method to creativity.
As a reminder, Microsoft washed its arms of Tango (alongside Redfall developer Arkane Austin) earlier this yr, main many to imagine that the studio’s days had been accomplished. Nevertheless, Krafton then swept in to buy Tango Gameworks, in addition to the Hello-Fi Rush IP.
Within the interview, Egashira confirms that Tango Gameworks’ total aim is “nonetheless IP creation”, and that slightly than making inventive selections, Krafton’s half in issues is to assist Tango “broaden”.
That seems to be a sentiment echoed by Krafton itself, by the way. Again in September, CEO Changhan Kim stated he did not assume Hello-Fi Rush 2 could be a worthwhile endeavor, however that his firm desires to “strive one thing new” and take dangers, which is a slightly refreshing outlook.
Johanas chips in by saying that he desires Tango to be someplace folks consider video games as “their child” slightly than as “some process to be accomplished”, and Mack says Tango’s aim is to proceed to create “distinctive and attention-grabbing video games” for the studio’s followers.
In brief, should you had been apprehensive that Krafton would rework Tango right into a sequel mill or a DLC producer for PUBG: Battlegrounds, then it appears such as you needn’t fear; the aim for the time being seems to be to let the studio retain its distinctive identification.
In fact, the interview stops wanting Tango asserting precisely what it is engaged on subsequent, though we do know that there are plans to broaden Hello-Fi Rush, so we could nicely get a sequel announcement within the subsequent couple of years.
For now, although, relaxation assured that no matter Tango does subsequent, it is prone to come out of leftfield in an identical approach to their earlier initiatives. Keep tuned for extra.
