Microsoft Announces Closure of Four Bethesda Studios Due to Budget Cuts and Focus on Larger Games

It came earlier this week Microsoft with the news that four Bethesda studios will close due to budget cuts and a focus on bigger games. Studios Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog Studios and Roundhouse Studios will close.

Gamers are angry, especially with closure Tango games, studio responsible for Hi-Fi Rush. This was a candidate for the game of the year 2023. This leaves a lot to be desired by a game studio, because it is one thing to close a development house if it has delivered a bad game, but in terms of Tango Gameworks was one thing. high yield.

Xbox President Sarah Bond was interviewed at the Bloomberg Technology Summit and was also asked about closing four game studios. Bond was very blunt in her words.

“Yeah, you know it’s always very difficult when you have to make decisions like that. I’ll go back to what I was saying about the business. When we looked at these basic trends we feel that we have a great responsibility to make sure that the games we make, the tools we build, the services we offer are there through times. Even when the business is not growing, when you are going through a period of transition. The news we announced earlier this week is a result of that, in our commitment to ensure that the business is healthy in the long term.”

“Really right now for us and our teams, our focus is on the people who are affected and doing what we can to help them through this difficult transition.”