Microsoft shuts down Bethesda studios behind Redfall and Hi-Fi Rush

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In an email to unit sent this morning, caput of Xbox Game Studios Matt Booty announced nan closure of respective crippled studios, including Redfall developer Arkane Austin, Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog Studios, and more. According to nan email, as first reported by IGN, Booty wrote nan logic for nan closures was owed to a “reprioritization of titles and resources.” Some unit astatine nan affected studios will beryllium relocated while different studios will wholly unopen down.

Redfall developer Arkane “will adjacent pinch immoderate members of nan squad joining different studios to activity connected projects crossed Bethesda,” says Booty. Redfall’s erstwhile update will beryllium its past arsenic Microsoft is ending each improvement connected nan game. Servers “will stay online for players to bask and we will supply make-good offers to players who purchased nan Hero DLC,” says Booty.

Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks is closing, and it doesn’t look that immoderate members of nan squad will subordinate different Bethesda studios. “Hi-Fi Rush will proceed to beryllium disposable to players connected nan platforms it is today,” says Booty. Hi-Fi Rush only conscionable debuted connected PS5 recently.

Alpha Dog Studios is nan 3rd workplace closure today, nan developers of nan mobile Mighty Doom game. “Mighty Doom will beryllium sunset connected August 7 and we will beryllium turning disconnected nan expertise for players to make immoderate purchases successful nan game,” says Booty. Microsoft is besides moving nan squad astatine Roundhouse Games into ZeniMax Online Studios to activity much intimately connected The Elder Scrolls Online.

Booty admits these changes will beryllium “disruptive” to Bethesda arsenic a whole:

These changes are not a reflection of nan productivity and accomplishment of nan talented individuals astatine these teams aliases nan risks they took to effort caller things. I admit that these changes are besides disruptive to nan various support teams crossed ZeniMax and Bethesda that bring our games to market. We are making these reliable decisions to create capacity to summation finance successful different parts of our portfolio and attraction connected our privilege games.

Bethesda remains 1 of nan cardinal pillars of Xbox pinch a beardown portfolio of astonishing games and thriving communities. As we look to nan future, location is an awesome line-up of games connected nan horizon. In 2024 unsocial we person Starfield Shattered Space, Fallout 76 Skyline Valley, Indiana Jones and The Great Circle, and The Elder Scrolls Online’s Golden Road. As we align our plans and resources to champion group ourselves up for occurrence successful this analyzable and changing industry, our teams crossed Arkane Lyon, Bethesda Game Studios, id Software, MachineGames, ZeniMax Online Studios and nan Bethesda publishing and firm teams will beryllium well-positioned to build caller IP, research caller crippled concepts, and grow connected our existing franchises.

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