PUBG writer Krafton is bringing over roughly 50 of the 100 workers members employed at Hello-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks whereas it operated beneath (and was shut down by) Microsoft.
Journalist Stephen Totilo mentioned on X/Twitter that Krafton public relations instructed him the corporate “plans to switch roughly 50 improvement workers from Tango Gameworks to Krafton’s Japan subsidiary. Transferred workers will proceed to work on new tasks, together with the enlargement of the HI-FI RUSH IP, at Krafton.”
The studio, alongside the Hello-Fi Rush franchise, was saved when Krafton introduced it had bought the studio from Microsoft earlier in August 2024. “Krafton intends to collaborate with Xbox and ZeniMax to guarantee a clean transition and keep continuity at Tango Gameworks, permitting the proficient group to proceed growing the Hello-Fi RUSH IP and discover future tasks,” it mentioned on the time.
It is unclear why the remaining roughly 50 workers did not be a part of Krafton, nevertheless it’s attainable they’d already discovered jobs elsewhere because the studio’s closure was introduced three months earlier in Could 2024.
Microsoft shut down Redfall developer Arkane Austin on the similar time in a transfer met with shock and anger by builders and followers alike.
Hello-Fi Rush had been deemed “a breakout hit for [Xbox] and [its] gamers in all key measurements and expectations,” in accordance to Microsoft government Aaron Greenberg, however the studio which created it only a yr earlier was nonetheless shut down.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.