Microsoft Closes Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, and More
Microsoft Closes Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, and More
Microsoft has closed a number of Bethesda studios, including Redfall maker Arkane Austin, Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, and more in devastating cuts at Bethesda, IGN can confirm.
RIP Arkane Austin. I know at this point the people who made Prey aren't there anymore but it still stings
lol hi-fi rush came out of nowhere, sold really well and was critically lauded, what are these money freaks thinking
They aren't releasing new games or fat DLC season passes this quarter. This is bad for the stonks.
Is it bad for actual real money? Shut the fuck up. STONKS GO UP.
focus on high-impact games
Oh, so Call of Duty
Great, amazing, thank God we don't have to worry about losing Call of Duty
Within the next two decades, all of art and entertainment will be produced under three companies solely as loss-leaders to get people into their eco-systems. People simply don't have enough disposable income to support these industries and the money that is there is concentrated in a handful of big properties. It's basically inevitable.
nah there's consooomer money for the treats, just not for the treats and the suits picking the pockets of the workers
This is basically the Microsoft Strategy™.
They buy out smaller tech companies, squeeze them dry and then close them down.
This is like what the 15th game studio they've done this to since Rareware in the mid 2000s?
Following in EA's footsteps
It's almost like there's a systemic issue inherent to capitalism
& the inevitable hammer drops after microsoft indulgently overspent on so many acquisitions. phil spenser should learn about something called fiscal responsibility
He should just pull himself up by the bootstraps and save for some rainy-day studios
Utter stupidity. I mean sure redfall had to die, that shit was never gonna get good, but why the hell did they close the studio. Also did hi-fi rush sell poorly or something?
The game director of Prey is working on something that sounds similar with his own studio. I'm holding out hope, even though their last game (Weird West) wasn't that good.
I didn't like Weird West at all really but I'm willing to give Not-Prey 2 a shot for sure
Of course the incompetent fucks at Bethesda game studios are left intact while developers that actually made an interesting game (Tango) gets gutted.