Microsoft closes: arkane austin, Tango gameworks, Alpha dog studio, Roundhouse games

Microsoft sucks, mostly.

Tango gamework has made four quite solid highlyreviewed games. Evil within 1, 2 ghostwire Tokyo and high-fin rush.

Fuuuuck.

Crazy how microsoft forced Arkane into making a game nobody wanted and then closed them after its failure.

For me, Prey (2017) is one of the best things I had the honor to play. I have to give it a second playthrough someday.

Noooo not Tango D: (Also it's Prey)

We were taking recently about Sony's absurd decisions and now it's Microsoft's turn. (and then there's Embracer selling Gearbox)

I would not be surprised if Warner stated they won't sell AAA games anymore and will focus on GaaS and mobile games.

Oh wait, I think they did.

Why did they close hi fi rush game studio? That was the only good exclusive beside Forza that sold well for Microsoft

I can't say I'm surprised. Micro$oft is obviously on an acquisition/concentration rampage and I wasn't expecting them to keep everyone employed and happy.
They are absorbing studios, acquiring IPs, sucking the marrow out of every companies and spitting out the rest.
Typical of this kinda of bender really.
Even the EU has bowed down to the campaign of gaming domination that M$ started so I guess we can only hope someone remains in the end to give them some competition.

To be fair, Shinji Mikami left the studio after finishing Hi-Fi Rush, then founded Kamuy Inc. where most of the staff went to. And Ikumi Nakamura had already left as well, so, the studio was basically BioWare 2.0 (Reputation plus name, but literally no director), but, instead of giving them funds to flop a game, they just closed it, because the talent had already left... Well, John Johanas did get shafted, but, without Shinji, I imagine they didn't want to support the studio anymore.

And Arkane Austin had their closure coming from a mile away, it still suck thou, because Hi-Fi Rush was a great game, and its creator (John) was still on the company.

So much for Microshaft being supposedly happy with Hi-Fi Rush.And they were also aware of Redfall being a dumpster fire in the making & still gave the green light to release it instead of scrapping it like Arkane Austin wanted.But,as per usual,its the studios that pay the price for publisher stupidity.
Just another in the gaming industry,I suppose.

predictable - they only need id software (best fps engine in the world), fallout and elder scrolls franchise

Idc, Tango is the only big loss IMO as any talented guys from Austin should be able to be absorbed into main Arkane if they want.
Am more interested whether MS will take the axe to Activision. That I wanna see.

Terrible decision... Specially tango

The circle of bad ceo's never stops. Place your bets on who's next.

Closing Tango is one of the worst decisions I have ever seen
Also, if they are "focusing on their main games" I guess we will never see a The Evil Within 3 ever.

The month of May has just started. Waiting for Ubisoft next do do some equally dumb decision and take the 1st place