Gabriel Stanford-ReisingerIn a twist of events, Microsoft had sold the defunct Tango Gameworks, which was shuttered earlier this year, to Krafton. One big question remained around some of the studio’s IPs as it wasn’t clear who owned The Evil Within and Ghostwire: Tokyo. Now, we know and it’s not looking good.
Speaking to MP1st (thanks, Xbox Nerds), a Krafton spokesperson dropped the unfortunate knowledge that Microsoft owns the IPs, with the South Korean studio only acquiring Hi-Fi Rush and the studio staff itself. This does mean both those IPs could be revived with another studio, though, we feel Microsoft would get a great deal of backlash if they do.
Now, it could be that Tango will produce a spiritual successor to its beloved horror series, though, we suspect despite being a solid game, Ghostwire might end up lost in the fray as it’s the “weakest” of the studio’s library.
People still insisting about the evil within game , have no idea the reason Microsoft closed tango games was because the founder of the studio and the person responsible for the games left last year, I seriously doubt current leadership at the revived tango games can continue the franchise , it would be like konami making metal gear survived after kojima was fired ..the current team at tango gameworks was mostly responsible for hi-fi rush so I think Microsoft and krafton had faith in the studio to continue with the hi-fi rush ip. Even though hi-fi rush was given great reviews it didn’t sell very well including sales of the game on playstation.
It could be a pile of trash if it continued, but that doesn’t change the fact it has a wide and competent team. Unlike Metal Gear, which is so closely tied to Kojima, I don’t think people have that same feeling toward any singular person on the Tango Gameworks team as they think they might. For example, TEW 1 and 2 were directed, written, and produced by different people.