Xbox has suddenly closed four of its Bethesda studios, including Redfall’s developer Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks, earlier this week. The other two studios were Alpha Dog Games, developer of Mighty Doom, and Bethesda support team Roundhouse Games. These teams released a closure to their shutdown, while Xbox remained silent on the whole topic.
Four days later, in a Bloomberg interview, host Dina Bass asked Xbox president Sarah Bond about the closure. Sarah stated her desire to keep the Xbox business healthy in the long run, even if it requires her to make hard decisions.
Sarah also mentioned that they haven’t closed these studios out of spite or without considering all the options. She stated that there are many great things coming out later this year as well. But their main goal right now is to support the people to cope with this hard transition.
About Tango Gamework’s Closure
Dina Bass then asked Sarah about the closure of Tango Gameworks after the Hi-Fi rush, which was a big success. To the Question Sarah didn’t answer straightforwardly. Sarah answered about her love for the games in their pure art form and how she likes them to be perfect. She mentioned that when it’s about making big decisions, they look at each game team’s performance and other factors.
While Dina addressed these closures, there isn’t much clarity from one of the biggest companies in the gaming industry. Neither Xbox, nor Microsoft has cleared about their huge transitional decisions and layoffs.
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