Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami announces surprise departure from Xbox-owned Tango Gameworks?
Xbox Game Studios has just lost a significant name, as Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami has announced that he is leaving Tango Gameworks, the studio he founded after leaving Capcom., after working there for twelve years. Mikami’s absence will be a huge blow to Xbox Game Studios (the current owner of Tango Gameworks), as he is the creative mind behind games like Dino Crisis, The Evil Within, and Vanquish.
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Mikami’s departure was announced via a letter sent out by the senior vice president of development at Bethesda, Todd Vaughn, which was acquired and verified by TrueAchievements. According to Vaughn, Mikami will be leaving in the next few months, though no reason was given for his departure. Mikami has yet to make an official statement on any of his social media accounts.
Tango Gameworks was founded by Mikami in 2010 and it was bought by ZeniMax Media in the same year. Over the next few years, the company worked closely with Bethesda Softworks, to release The Evil Within, The Evil Within 2, and Ghostwire: Tokyo. When Microsoft bought ZeniMax Media in 2021, Tango Gameworks fell under Xbox Game Studios, and fans had assumed that Mikami would be working with the Xbox brand for years to come.
What’s surprising about Mikami leaving Tango Gameworks is that the company just released the highly-acclaimed Hi-Fi Rush, which was shadow-dropped onto Game Pass during Microsoft’s last Xbox Developer Direct. It’s unclear whether Mikami’s departure is linked to the launch of Hi-Fi Rush, or whether he had always intended it to be his final game with the studio before leaving.
It’s unclear what Mikami plans to do next, but it’s possible that he is planning to retire from
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