Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios, has suggested that the decision to close down Tango Gameworks was influenced by a change in creative leadership at the studio. Booty emphasized that Microsoft's decision was not solely based on prior work but also on a 'forward-looking situation.' This marks the closest anyone at Xbox has come to indicating that the departure of key personnel, such as Mikami, played a role in the closure of Tango Gameworks. The decision was described as 'forward-thinking.'
Xbox's Matt Booty implies Tango Gameworks closure was partly due to leadership change https://t.co/tOU2pA9dyH https://t.co/cYNyxLDDaD
Matt Booty implies Tango Gameworks closure was partly due to leadership change https://t.co/tOU2pA9dyH https://t.co/zUmBPQAW9q
Xbox Game Studios boss: Tango Gameworks closure was 'forward-thinking' decision It was also implied that personnel changes within Tango influenced the decision makers at Microsoft https://t.co/4iAcA4PYxp https://t.co/1EnP8FYvSC
Although Booty doesn't explicitly say it here, this is the closest anyone at Xbox has come to suggesting that Tango was closed down because Mikami left and couldn't be replaced https://t.co/CYiS7Zcg1U
Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty has implied that the decision to close down Tango Gameworks was partly due to a change of creative leadership at the studio. https://t.co/oEX3mCM4Ye https://t.co/DH8WHX0BwL
The head of Xbox Studios Matt Booty commented on shutting down Tango Gameworks, saying that prior work is not the only thing Microsoft looks at when making such decisions. It's a "forward-looking situation" as well: https://t.co/KUcZXfutfX #games #gamenews #videogames https://t.co/Zg2iyVAILG
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Tango Gameworks developer documents the studio's final day The Hi-Fi Rush and Ghostwire Tokyo developer has been shut down by Microsoft. https://t.co/o4QxZ2r9MY https://t.co/Hwq0UGekIM