He made Tango to train young directors. Johannas directed TEW2 and HiFi Rush, the 2 games that define Tango.
Job well done, Mikami-san.
Enjoy your retirement in peace !
people already speculated heavily that studio will be closed. m$ is having non of this Tango.Watch the mass exodus that follows him.
I found this tweet
Could be nothing though, he probably checks out all Indies in Japan
Perfect dark MIASo we can add this to the studios in turmoil at MS
Tango loses Shinji Mikami
343 gutted
The Coalition gutted
The Initiative disbanded for a third party developer
Playground Games lost its founder and Forza Horizon directors - Fable in dev hell
Ninja Theory in Dev hell with Hellblade 2
Rare - Everwikd in development hell
Mojang - can't even get a ray tracing patch done
Compulsion Games - bet you forgot MS even bought this dev half a decade ago
Undead Labs - State of Decay 3 still in preproduction, has apparently been a hell hole since the founder left in 2019
He made Tango to train young directors. Johannas directed TEW2 and HiFi Rush, the 2 games that define Tango.
Job well done, Mikami-san.
Enjoy your retirement in peace !
Is he retiring? I hope not.