Earlier this week, we got some surprise news about the Hi-Fi RUSH developer Tango Gameworks being resurrected by the South Korean company Krafton - known for publishing titles like PUBG.
In the announcement, it was mentioned how this deal included the rights to the developer's 2023 Game Pass hit. However, in case you were wondering, game website MP1st has now confirmed with Krafton that the publisher has acquired "only the Hi-Fi Rush IP and the development staff of Tango Gameworks".
MP1st: We reached out to Krafton [asking] whether this acquisition meant that Krafton now owns the rights to The Evil Within, Ghostwire Tokyo franchises, and a PR rep confirmed it’s only Hi-Fi Rush stating, “It does not, KRAFTON is acquiring only the HI-FI RUSH IP and the development staff of Tango Gameworks.”
To reiterate, series like The Evil Within and Ghostwire: Tokyo are no longer under the guidance of Tango Gameworks. As noted by the source, it means if Tango ever wanted to do another entry for one of its existing series, it might need to jump through a few hoops. Keep in mind that the founder Shinji Mikami has also left the studio.
Of course, there's also nothing necessarily stopping the Japanese developer from making games inspired by certain series it may have worked on in the past.
In the same announcement earlier this week, Krafton said its acquisition of Tango Gameworks would have "no impact" on the availability of the developer's existing game catalog.
What are your thoughts about Tango walking away with Hi-Fi Rush? Let us know in the comments.
[source mp1st.com]
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I wouldn't be surprised if Hi-Fi Rush was the only one they wanted. I doubt we'll ever see another entry for those other games from either Xbox or the former Tango studio anyway
Seems like the only one with real worth. Unbelievably, Xbox has lost ownership of only new IP I liked they created this whole gen.
With Shinji Mikami gone, that might be along the lines of the types of games the team at Tango wants to do anyway instead of horror, which also might be part of why Shinji departed too. Either way, Hi Fi Rush is certainly the best thing I’ve played from this team, and they’ve practically improved release after release. I’m happy for the team at Tango. Can’t wait to see what they do next.
I hope Bethesda will give as another The Evil Withing game witch was the best game Tango had developed and equivalent to Resident Evil series. Hi fi rush is a special game but it didn't managed to find audience on Gamepass, pc and ps, wish them better luck on the sequel.
It was easily my favorite of their games, so I’m good with that.
That's great news. And maybe they are finally releasing Hi-Fi Rush on a disc how it should already been done.
Very stupid they should’ve kept the ip like crash and just hire them When they wasn’t a new drop
@Arxagelos so it’s ugly art style and first
Person ? No I’ll pass
@TheSimulator what first person? you're talking about hi fi rush? It's artstyle is amazing and it's not a first person game. It's a nitch game, the game mechanics with beat synchronization and combos is not for everyone.
What does that mean in terms of the game being in gamepass? should we expect it to be removed from there "soon"?
Hi Fi rush was well loved and deserves a path forward, which is why its nice that it will live on. I didn't really like it, but I dont like that genre.
Im more excited about the dev staff moving on in a collective unit. I did enjoy a lot of their other works. (everything MS retained for example)
@Stamnoso I wouldn't be surprised if MS had a clause to keep it on game pass in the agreement.
I find the whole resurrection of Tango so bizarre. Most of the staff presumably left when it originally shut several months ago, its founder is gone, and it no longer owns most of the IP it worked on. It would have made sense for someone else to have bought it before it shuttered but now it just feels like a reanimated corpse?
@TheSimulator Tell me you know nothing about Hi-Fi Rush without telling me you know nothing about Hi-Fi Rush.
@Arxagelos I meant they would change it .. was being sarcastic
Removed - flaming/arguing
They can always make something new, I hope they do.
I am happy because that most likely means we re going to see hi-fi rush 2! But i am expecting a much better game gameplay wise... The story was great but the gameplay was mid at best...
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