Director Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil, God Hand, Evil Within) Leaves Tango Gameworks

[BobbyWojak]

Tango Gameworks' founder Shinji Mikami to leave the studio

Tango Gameworks' founder and CEO Shinji Mikami is leaving the Evil Within studio. The news was reported by True Achieve…

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Founder and studio head Shinji Mikami to leave Tango Gameworks

Tango Gameworks' founder and CEO, Shinji Mikami, is set to leave the studio after more than 12 years with the developer.

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In a company-wide email sent to ZeniMax employees seen by TrueAchievements and verified authentic by Bethesda, senior vice president of development at Bethesda Todd Vaughn announced that legendary game designer Shinji Mikami is leaving Xbox Game Studios' Tango Gameworks.

"I am writing today to let you know that studio head Shinji Mikami has decided to leave Tango Gameworks in the coming months," Vaughn said. "Mikami-san has been a creative leader and supportive mentor to young developers at Tango for 12 years through his work on the Evil Within franchise, Ghostwire: Tokyo, and of course, Hi-Fi Rush."

Tango Gameworks will continue work supporting Ghostwire: Tokyo and Hi-Fi Rush while Bethesda higher-ups work with Tango leadership on what comes next for the studio.
With a career spanning 33 years, Mikami has one of the most impressive CVs in the industry and is credited with creating the original Resident Evil and working on numerous games within the franchise up until Resident Evil 4. Over the years, he also worked on other notable games such as Dino Crisis, Viewtiful Joe, God Hand, and Vanquish.

 

[Hey_zeus]

Woah the legend. Wonder what he's up to next.

 

[ORDER_66]

Sounds like he fits better at sony than bethesda tbh...

 

[Legal]

Well, damn. Wonder what caused the move. It kind've seemed like Zenimax/Bethesda were fine with letting him do whatever he felt like.

 

[FromStLouis]

He's been hinting at retirement for awhile now. Let's use this thread to celebrate his work and NOT console war.

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“I am getting old, and so it would be more of a matter of how much energy I have.”…

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[BobbyWojak]

He's been hinting at retirement for awhile now. Let's use this thread to celebrate his work and NOT console war.

Resident Evil 4’s Mikami says he could direct ‘one last game’ | VGC

“I am getting old, and so it would be more of a matter of how much energy I have.”…

www.videogameschronicle.com

 

[Instant Classic]

I think he's been saying he had one more project in him. From what I've read he's been hinting at retirement or taking a backseat in a consulting role. He also said he built tango to nurture young talent and he seemed to have done a good job with Johanas who made hifi rush

 

[The Mad Titan]

Woah the legend. Wonder what he's up to next.

He been talking about retirement for some years after his next project. Guess hifi rush was it

 

[Legal]

I don't follow him all that closely, so I didn't know he was talking about retirement. If this is really it, it's nice to see that he went out on a high note.

 

[Champion]

Top 5 DOA.

 

[Jaguar93]

Go back to Capcom!!!! We need God Hand 2!!!!

 

[Canon]

damn

 

[Kingshango]

I heard Platinum is hiring.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Cant wait to hear about his new studio early next year

 

[Piffiztheanswer]

Viewtiful joe was fun piff