Xbox Sport Studios head Matt Booty has reportedly mentioned Microsoft wants smaller video games that may earn it “status and awards” a day after shutting down Tango Gameworks.
Following the information earlier this week (Might 7) that Microsoft can be shutting down 4 Bethesda Softworks studios, together with Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin, Booty, alongside head of ZeniMax studios Jill Braff, held a city corridor assembly with ZeniMax staff to debate the division’s future plans.
In keeping with a report from The Verge, Booty instructed employees on Might 8, “We want smaller video games that give us status and awards.”
This assertion got here from inside sources near the state of affairs who additionally remarked how shocked they have been by the purpose since Microsoft had lately shut down Tango Gameworks, the studio behind the critically acclaimed rhythm-action sport Hello-Fi Rush.
Throughout the identical assembly, Booty reportedly praised Hello-Fi Rush however did not present clarification on Microsoft’s latest resolution to shutter Tango Gameworks.
The same sentiment was shared final 12 months following the sport’s launch, with Aaron Greenberg, vice chairman of Xbox video games advertising, writing on X (previously Twitter) that, “Hello-Fi Rush was a escape hit for us and our gamers in all key measurements and expectations. We couldn’t be happier with what the staff at Tango Gameworks delivered with this shock launch.”
Elsewhere, it was additionally reported throughout the identical city corridor assembly that Tango Gameworks had pitched a sequel to Hello-Fi Rush earlier than its closure, alongside Arkane Austin who wished to return to its roots and was within the strategy of pitching a brand new single-player sport, equivalent to a possible new Dishonored entry.
Booty later mentioned that he felt Microsoft’s studio system was “unfold too skinny” like “peanut butter on bread” and determined the closure of Tango and Arkane Austin would “unlock sources elsewhere”.