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Tango Gameworks\u2019 founder Shinji Mikami is departing the studio in the coming months after a 12-year tenure. The news was first broken by <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trueachievements.com\/n52956\/shinji-mikami-leaving-tango-gameworks\">TrueAchievements<\/a><\/em>, who received and verified a company-wide email to ZeniMax staff announcing the departure before Bethesda publicly confirmed the news on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bethesda\/status\/1628751694258479104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.\n<\/code><\/pre>\nBethesda\u2019s statement, posted below, doesn\u2019t cite a reason or a departure date but thanks Mikami for his tenure at the studio:\u00a0<\/p>\n
<img src=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2023\/02\/23\/e64aa25e\/bethesda_shinji_mikami_exit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/>\n<\/code><\/pre>\nWe can confirm that Shinji Mikami has decided to leave Tango Gameworks in the coming months. We thank him for his work as a creative leader and supportive mentor to young developers on The Evil Within franchise, Ghostwire: Tokyo, and, of course, Hi-Fi Rush.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We wish Mikami-san well in the future and are excited by what lies ahead for the talented developers at Tango.<\/p>\n
-Bethesda<\/p>\n
Mikami is credited as the creator of Resident Evil, directing several entries during his long tenure at Capcom, where he also worked on titles such as Dino Crisis, Devil May Cry, and Phoenix Wright. Mikami co-founded Capcom\u2019s Clover Studio in 2004, the team behind Okami, Viewtiful Joe, and God Hand (which he directed), but he departed the publisher after Clover\u2019s closure in 2007. He and former Clover leads would establish Platinum Games later that year, where he directed Vanquish. After leaving Platinum, Mikami founded Tango Gameworks in 2010, which was acquired by ZeniMax the same year. He directed the studio\u2019s first title, The Evil Within, and served as executive producer on its sequel and Tango\u2019s subsequent games, Ghostwire: Tokyo and this year\u2019s Hi-Fi Rush.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear what Mikami will do next, but he\u2019s leaving Tango in a good place for the future. Hi-Fi Rush, the\u00a0colorful musical action game that surprised launched in late January, was\u00a0spearheaded by John Johanas,\u00a0director of The Evil Within 2, and a team of younger designers. It had\u00a0perhaps the\u00a0strongest\u00a0critical reception of Tango\u2019s portfolio thus far, with some calling it an early Game of the Year contender (here\u2019s our positive review). Mikami has seemingly done a good job fostering fresh talent and new ideas at Tango before his departure, and we\u2019re excited to see what\u2019s next for the veteran designer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Source: Game Informer<\/p>\n
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