When Microsoft purchased ZeniMax they squired a whole host of talent. Bethesda themselves to smaller branches such as Arkane and Tango Gameworks. So that’s games like Prey, Dishonoured, and Wolfenstein all part of the Xbox family. Tango is expected to bring Ghostwire Tokyo to Xbox next month. If you want to know more about that then check out our review here. Tango also has a popular well-known director Shinji Mikami.
Shinji Mikami was the director of the original Resident Evil and produced the sequel. He was involved with Resident Evil 4 and several Dino Crisis games. Later on, he directed The Evil Within and Ghostwire Tokyo. So what is Mikami on the news for
The Story With Shinji Mikami
At first, we had an article from True Achievements. They claimed to have seen emails regarding Mikami and him potentially leaving Tango Gameworks. Since then we’ve seen an official announcement on Twitter. So, let’s look at the correct state of play.
So Mikami has indeed left the company. Bethesda senior vice president Todd Vaughan was reported to have spoken about this. This we mentioned just before as True Achievements reported on leaked emails. Baugh said he was “writing today to let you know that studio head Shinji Mikami has decided to leave Tango Gameworks in the coming months.
Mikami-san has been a creative leader and supportive mentor to young developers at Tango for 12 years through his work on the Evil Within franchise, Ghostwire: Tokyo, and of course, Hi-Fi Rush”.
As to why and what future plans we don’t know as yet. We’d also love to hear your thoughts on this news.
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