.Tango Gameworks was closed by Microsoft in May, and lots of lamented the loss of a studio that had actually run for nearly 15 years as well as generated games like unpleasant surprise 2023 hit Stereo Surge. Seoul-based publisher Krafton Inc. has spared the time, nonetheless, as the company revealed that it has actually obtained each Tango Gameworks as well as the Hi-Fi Rush IP coming from Microsoft.The contract will definitely allow Tango to "carry on developing the Hi-Fi-Rush IP and also explore future tasks" depending on to Krafton's official announcement of the move. The claim additionally verifies that there will certainly be actually "no influence" on various other Tango projects like The Misery Within as well as Ghostwire: Tokyo, which will stay along with Microsoft.We bet there will certainly be actually a lot of fistbumps at Tango when they come back in to the office.Krafton revealed the achievement Monday morning in Seoul-- Sunday night for The United States-- as well as stated that the action "bolsters Krafton's devotion to extending its own global impact and boosting its portfolio along with ingenious and also high-quality content." Talking With Windows Central, a Microsoft representative claimed that the business is actually "collaborating with Krafton to enable the group at Tango Gameworks to remain to build video games together and our company anticipate playing their following wonderful game." Tango Gameworks was among four centers turned off through Microsoft back in May, with the other 3 being actually Alpha Pet Games, Biff Video Games, as well as Arkane Austin. At that time, Microsoft stated in a company-wide email that the fasteners were actually "challenging decisions to develop capacity to improve expenditure in other aspect of our portfolio and concentrate on our priority games." Hi-Fi Thrill initially released in January 2023 for Xbox and computer as a shock launch after the Xbox as well as Bethesda Developer Direct. The video game was then released on PlayStation 5 earlier this year, together with other Microsoft-Studios-developed activities like Pentiment, Grounded, as well as Sea Of Thieves.