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Tango Gameworks a "great step" for a larger first-party presence in Japan, says Phil Spencer

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Tango Gameworks Is Xbox's First "Great Step" For A Larger Presence In Japan, Phil Spencer Shares
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Tango Gameworks Is Xbox's First "Great Step" For A Larger Presence In Japan, Phil Spencer Shares

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A subsidiary of its publisher Bethesda, Tango Gameworks is told to be a "great step" for Microsoft's aim to establish a presence in Japan.
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I'm ready to go to Tokyo. Yeah, I mean go see Tango [Gameworks], a studio that I have such respect for the history of the creations there. I've talked for a long time about our desire to have more of a first-party presence in Japan. This is a great step there.

So I mean, just thinking about the map of where these teams are, and they just talk about all the games they're working on, but I can't wait to spend more time with the Tango team and get to know them.
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As to what comes after, perhaps Tango Gameworks next game will be with Executive Producer Shinji Mikami at the helm. In a previous interview, Mikami tells he is interested in possibly directing one more game in the future, and that could be one that develops after the acquisition.
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Chaos Legion

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If Microsoft can replicate their success during the 360 days in terms of Japanese support and offerings, that would be great.
 
wwm0nkey

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Tango was a great get, if they actually do get SEGA their Japan support will be nuts.
 
maabus1999

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Weird world now that microsoft is heading to a bigger first party presence in Japan than Sony. It will be interesting how well game pass will be received there once Xcloud to mobile is fully fleshed out.
 
Dreamboum

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I really hope they support the studio a lot. Extremely talented people in there. The Evil WIthin 3 has to happen
 
Sanctuary

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If only they could release some good games. TEW 1&2 have their moments, but they are really rough in many areas, and Ghostwire Tokyo went from "Oh, that looks intriguing" straight to "Oh, nevermind. It looks like a mobile VR game".
 
christocolus

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Pls Phil, give Mikami all the support he needs to make his dream game.

regarding future acquisitions who could be next? Sega? Kojima Productions? 🤔 they definitely need some devs to handle JRPGs and a couple other genres.
 
DGenerator

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Can't help but get a "corporate monopolization is good because it's on the platform I stan" approach when people support top 50 companies in the world expressing interest in gobbling up all the competition.
 
Gatsbits

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Love this studio and I wish that thanks to Microsoft power Shinji Mikami and his team will realize high quality horror titles.
 
headspawn

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I hope the hell they let him do a new IP.. I love The Evil Within but new gen, new game time.
 
Kalor

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Give Mikami all the money that he needs for the last big game he talked about.
 
HououinKyouma

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DGenerator said:
Can't help but get a "corporate monopolization is good because it's on the platform I stan" approach when people support top 50 companies in the world expressing interest in gobbling up all the competition.
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Pretty much this. Unless a company is struggling and could use an influx of money/support in order to keep making games (or perhaps make their "dream game") I don't see how this is good - regardless of whether it's Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo.
 
Bessy67

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It'll be interesting to see what MS does with a Japanese studio. Not that I think it'll matter much in terms of building a precence in Japan; MS could buy Sega, Capcom, Konami and Square and they still wouldn't be able to break in to the Japanese market.
 
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DGenerator said:
Can't help but get a "corporate monopolization is good because it's on the platform I stan" approach when people support top 50 companies in the world expressing interest in gobbling up all the competition.
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Can't speak for everyone but it's more of being excited that talented developers having access to basically unlimited resources to create a dream project they otherwise wouldn't
 

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Please be Noah

The team's bigger idea was a game called Noah, a sci-fi open world "survival adventure" inspired by the movie Dune. As the story went, it had become a challenge to live on Earth, so people started moving to different planets. And a group of people living in a colony lost contact, so a research group went to find them.
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Just waiting for the Shinji + Phil tweets, still cant believe it.
 
smocaine

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Weird times, but I'm more than happy to see it.

Credit where credit is due, Xbox hasn't shied away from showing full-on anime-style games in their big, western press conferences. In a year where Sony relegated games like Gravity Rush 2, an actual exclusive to their platform, to a 1-second snippet reel, Microsoft was showing the likes of the Tales series, etc.
 
TripleBee

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With the Japanese console market seemingly not doing hot, and the push to PC for Japanese developers - now's probably the perfect time for MS to try and get some Japanese studios/deals.
 
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HououinKyouma said:
Pretty much this. Unless a company is struggling and could use an influx of money/support in order to keep making games (or perhaps make their "dream game") I don't see how this is good - regardless of whether it's Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo.
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Well, the assumption is that Bethesda were struggling financially, and if they were to start cutting studios Tango would be among the first on the chopping block. TEW 1 & 2 probably did ok sales-wise but nothing special, and Ghostwire isn't likely to do much either.
 
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Word of mouth matters.
If Tango says good things about Phil, more devs may be interested in being acquired - and Phil has said for the past year that getting more Asian developers on the payroll is a goal.

Really curious to see how the relationship between Phil and Tango develops...
 
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I hope Microsoft heavily invests in Tango Gameworks, they're a great studio. Ghostwire seems to be a great game and it would be nice if they make them bigger to be able to develop more than one project at the same time.
 
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