Shinji Mikami is leaving Tango Gameworks [Update]

Bethesda Softworks senior vice president Todd Vaughn has announced that Tango Gameworks co-founder Shinji Mikami will be leaving the studio in the “coming months.” Real achievements.

“I’m writing today to let you know that studio head Shinji Mikami has decided to leave Tango Gameworks in the coming months,” Vaughn said in the email. Mikami-san has been a creative leader and supportive mentor to young developers at Tango for 12 years through his work on inner evil franchise, GhostWire: Tokyoand, of course, Hi-Fi Rush. “

Mikami, who was known as an innovator vampire During his 16 years at Capcom, he founded Tango Gameworks in March 2010, and was acquired by Zenimax Media, parent company Bethesda Softworks, in October of that year.

At Tango Gameworks, Mikami directed the horror game inner eviland served as an executive producer on The evil within 2And GhostWire: TokyoAnd Hi-Fi Rush.

In the email, Vaughn also said: Hi-Fi Rush It was “one of the most successful launches for Bethesda and Xbox in recent years,” and it “generated huge positive momentum for the company and Tango.”

to update: Here it is formal letter From Bethesda Softworks upon Mikami’s departure:

We can confirm that Shinji Mikami has decided to leave Tango Gameworks in the coming months. We thank him for serving as a creative leader and supportive mentor to young developers on the web inner evil franchise, GhostWire: Tokyoand, of course, Hi-Fi Rush.

We wish Mikami-san well in the future and are excited for what lies ahead for the talented developers at Tango.

– Bethesda