Shinji Mikami Is Leaving Tango Gameworks – Gaming Reviews

Bethesda has confirmed that Tango Gameworks studio head Shinji Mikami is formally leaving the corporate. After 12 years on the studio that he helped type, Mikami will exit it later this yr. The information of Mikami’s departure initially got here from an e mail despatched to ZeniMax workers (through TrueAchievements) from Bethesda senior president Todd Vaughn, which thanked the veteran designer for his work on the studio.

“I’m writing immediately to let you already know that studio head Shinji Mikami has determined to go away Tango Gameworks within the coming months,” Vaughn wrote. “Mikami-san has been a inventive chief and supportive mentor to younger builders at Tango for 12 years by his work on the Evil Inside franchise, Ghostwire: Tokyo and, after all, Hello-Fi Rush.”

Bethesda confirmed the information on Twitter, and added that it wished Mikami nicely in his future endeavors. Mikami leaves behind a strong physique of labor at Tango Gameworks, because the studio has developed cult-classic video games since its formation greater than a decade in the past. The Evil Inside, The Evil Inside 2, and Ghostwire: Tokyo have all been well-received, whereas the surprise-dropped Hello-Fi Rush has obtained crucial acclaim.

Mikami himself has had a protracted and illustrious profession exterior of Tango Gameworks, with credit on cult-classic video games similar to Vanquish, Shadows of the Damned, in addition to the legendary Resident Evil 4. Again in 2020, Mikami additionally spoke about how he has the will to direct another recreation earlier than he retires from the sport trade, as he nonetheless has loads of concepts to deliver to life. “I get outdated, and so it might be extra of a matter of how a lot vitality I’ve,” Mikami stated to Selection then.

In an analogous transfer, Silent Hill director Keiichiro Toyama left Sony to type Bokeh Sport Studio again in 2020. Joined by Kazunobu Sato and Junya Okura, who labored on The Final Guardian and Gravity Rush, respectively, the studio’s debut recreation is Slitterhead. A survival-horror with some very unnerving imagery, the primary gameplay for the title debuted again at The Sport Awards 2021.