Over a yr after Krafton had introduced its acquisition of developer Tango Gameworks in addition to the IP for rhythm-based motion recreation Hello-Fi Rush, the corporate has now introduced that it has totally taken over the publishing and help duties for the title. Whereas this doesn’t imply a lot for the sport itself, gamers will discover the identify of the writer throughout numerous on-line storefronts to say Krafton because the writer quite than Bethesda.
In its announcement, Krafton has famous that Hello-Fi Rush will get updates to mirror this modification within the recreation itself, seemingly changing Bethesda’s emblem in the beginning with Krafton’s. This replace is slated to occur on December 4, and the corporate has mentioned that it’ll convey no different modifications to the core gameplay of Hello-Fi Rush.
Together with this, the Bethesda.web connection function of Hello-Fi Rush will even be disabled from now till the discharge of the replace. Which means gamers would possibly encounter unusual error messages once they attempt to play the title. Nonetheless, gamers don’t have to fret about something affecting their save knowledge, recreation progress, achievements, or some other participant data.
“Different sudden points may happen throughout this era,” defined the corporate in its announcement. “We kindly ask to your understanding, and in case you encounter any issues, please contact Krafton Buyer Help for immediate help.”
Krafton had introduced its acquisition of the Hello-Fi Rush IP together with its developer again in August 2024. The announcement got here in gentle of Microsoft formally shutting the studio down as half of a bigger set of lay-offs and studio closures, which additionally affected Arkane Austin, Alpha Canine Studios and Roundhouse Video games.
“As a part of this strategic settlement, Krafton intends to collaborate with Xbox and ZeniMax to make sure a clean transition and preserve continuity at Tango Gameworks, permitting the gifted group to proceed creating the Hello-Fi Rush IP and discover future initiatives,” mentioned Krafton when it first introduced the acquisition. “Krafton intends to help the Tango Gameworks group to proceed its dedication to innovation and delivering contemporary and thrilling experiences for followers.”
Shortly after this announcement, Krafton additionally confirmed that different Tango Gameworks-developed IPs like Ghostwire: Tokyo and The Evil Inside weren’t a part of the acquisition. Relatively, the rights to each titles stay beneath the possession of Microsoft.
Within the meantime, there have additionally been rumours a few potential sequel to Hello-Fi Rush. Krafton’s head of company growth Maria Park had already confirmed that this sequel was within the works. She additionally famous that the sequel would provide “extra dynamic” environments that give gamers extra freedom due to “a extra open world sort of expertise.”
Earlier this yr, Tango Gameworks had additionally introduced that it had opened up its new workplaces, in addition to the truth that it was actively hiring extra builders to work on a model new recreation. Whereas no particulars about this recreation have been revealed, the developer confirmed that it was an “unannounced motion recreation”. The brand new incarnation of the studio has has fairly a number of of the builders related to it earlier than Microsoft shut it down, together with Jon Johanas, Masaaki Yamada, Kazuaki Egashira and Yosuke Ishikawa.
