Earlier this month, Microsoft announced the closure of four of its studios: Arkane Austin, Alpha Dog Games, Roundhouse Games, and Tango Gameworks. All would be shutting down, and all their future projects put on ice.
The latter, founded by survival horror mastermind Shinji Mikami, had most recently released the action rhythm game Hi-Fi Rush, and before that, The Evil Within and its sequel, The Evil Within 2. There had been rumors of a third game in the series, but now that it seems those plans won’t ever come to fruition.
