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Silent Hill creator and director of upcoming horror title Slitterhead<\/a> Keiichiro Toyama has commented on Microsoft’s shock closure of Tango Gameworks in May 2024.<\/p>\n

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Speaking to VGC<\/a>, Toyama used the example of Elden Ring developer FromSoftware<\/a> as a “successful” studio as, while Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice are different games, they all feature the studio’s signature gameplay loop.<\/p>\n

In contrast, Tango Gameworks, which was founded in 2010 by horror game visionary and Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami, jumped around genres, going from a similarly third-person survival horror franchise The Evil Within<\/a> to rhythm-based action game Hi-Fi Rush<\/a>, via the spooky but not strictly horror, first-person, open-world action platformer Ghostwire: Tokyo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Not changing everything every time might be the key to life and surviving.<\/section>\n

Hi-Fi Rush is a smaller scale game compared to previous Tango Gameworks titles, one absent of the dark themes the studio was previously known for. But Microsoft claimed it was a success, reaching two million players in a month<\/a> and receiving high praise from critics<\/a>. A year after launch, however, Microsoft shocked the video game world by shutting Tango Gameworks down<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t feel it\u2019s my place to give them advice, but I think going back to what I said earlier about the balance of routine and preserving the style of your games is relevant,” Toyama said of the closure. <\/p>\n

“You look at an example like FromSoftware: they keep making different games but certain styles and aspects of their games stay the same. That\u2019s an obvious example of how a studio is successful. Not changing everything every time might be the key to life and surviving.”<\/p>\n

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Tango Gameworks’ closure came alongside other lay-offs at Microsoft, including the shutting down of Redfall developer Arkane Austin<\/a>, amid cuts affecting 1,900 staff.<\/p>\n

Microsoft’s gaming executives have remained vague so far on the exact reasons for the closures, but Xbox boss Phil Spencer later discussed it with IGN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I have to run a sustainable business inside the company and grow, and that means sometimes I have to make hard decisions that frankly are not decisions I love, but decisions that somebody needs to go make,” he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, FromSoftware’s Elden Ring has sold an incredible 25 million copies<\/a>, with DLC Shadow of the Erdtree sold five million in just three days<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

Go to Source (IGN.com)<\/a><\/p>\n

All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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