Tango Gameworks Started Work On Hi-Fi Rush 2 Before Microsoft Closure

This yr has already been a wild experience for Tango Gameworks, the developer behind the fan-favorite rhythm-action sport Hi-Fi Rush. Microsoft shut down the studio in Might, just for Krafton to buy Tango Gameworks in August as a part of a deal that transferred the IP rights for Hi-Fi Rush to the developer’s new proprietor. And in accordance with Krafton’s head of improvement Maria Park, Hi-Fi Rush 2 was already within the works when Tango was initially shut down.

Park instructed GamesIndustry.biz that Krafton “had large followers of Hi-Fi Rush and different titles, and I knew they had been engaged on Hi-Fi Rush 2 after we began speaking. We thought we might stick with it that legacy and provide extra inventive methods to maintain the sport up to date.”

She went on to narrate that Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer was very supportive of Krafton’s bid to avoid wasting Tango and purchase the Hi-Fi Rush franchise, which ought to be sure that the sequel will come to fruition. Throughout the interview, Krafton additionally mentioned that there are greater than the beforehand reported 50 workers of Tango who got here again to the revived studio.

“Once we began speaking, there have been about 90; amongst them, a number of had already discovered new jobs,” recalled Park. “There’s going to be round 70 to 80 becoming a member of us. We’re additionally going to backfill among the positions which can be instantly in want. So the studio whole will most likely add as much as round 90 to 100 in the direction of the tip of the yr or the start of the following.”

Hi-Fi Rush 2 would not at the moment have a launch date, however the authentic Hi-Fi Rush will nonetheless get a bodily launch from Restricted Run Video games sooner or later.