Xbox shuts slew of Bethesda studios, including Redfall, Hi-Fi Rush developers
Xbox has today announced stunning cuts and studio closures affecting a slew of development houses under the Bethesda banner.
Redfall and Dishonored developer Arkane Austin will close, and its online co-op vampire shooter will not be updated further.
Hi-Fi Rush and The Evil Within developer Tango Gameworks will also close. Mighty Doom studio Alpha Dog Games will close and see its game switched off on 7th August.
Roundhouse Studios, born from the ashes of Human Head Studios, will meanwhile be merged with The Elder Scrolls Online developer ZeniMax Online Studios.
In addition to the losses associated with the above four studios, other jobs will go at Bethesda’s publishing and corporate teams.
The news was broken by an email from head of Xbox game studios Matt Booty sent to staff this morning and subsequently shared with Eurogamer (first reported by IGN).
“Today it was announced that Tango Gameworks will close,” a notice posted to the studio’s X account confirmed. “Thank you to everyone that explored the worlds we created. Hi-Fi Rush along with Tango’s previous titles will remain available and playable everywhere they are today.”