Hit music recreation ‘Hello-Fi Rush’ might be getting a sequel

The revived Tango Gameworks may be engaged on a sequel to celebrated rhythm-based motion recreation Hello-Fi Rush.

Launched at the beginning of 2023, Hello-Fi Rush went on to win a variety of awards and was described by one Xbox advertising and marketing govt as “a escape hit for us and our gamers in all key measurements and expectations.”

Nevertheless earlier this 12 months, Microsoft closed down a number of studios together with Tango Gameworks, with head of Xbox Sport Studios Matt Booty reportedly telling employees the corporate wished to deal with “high-impact titles” and “additional spend money on Bethesda’s portfolio of blockbuster video games”.

Final month it was introduced that Krafton had acquired Tango Gameworks, saving 50 of the 100 jobs on the studio, and now owned the IP for Hello-Fi Rush.

In a brand new interview with Sport Developer, Krafton boss Changhan ‘CH’ Kim mentioned the “final minute” deal was about “legacy” somewhat than revenue. “Though they didn’t have a giant success of their video games, we noticed many creatives value pursuing. That’s why we wished to work with that organisation.”

“After I take into consideration our followers, I believe what they actually care about is Hello-Fi Rush sequels,” he mentioned. “We don’t assume Hello-Fi Rush 2 goes to make us cash, to be frank, nevertheless it’s a staff that needs to be inspired to create one thing new and proceed their journey,” he added, confirming a sequel is within the works.

Nevertheless, Kim additionally revealed that Tango Gameworks must be scaled again up with employees and might be engaged on “different tasks” as nicely, so there’s no indication of when the following instalment may be launched.

In a five-star evaluate of the unique, NME wrote: “Hello-Fi Rush is a creatively-uplifting journey that looks like a seismic breath of contemporary air amidst copious license bait, remakes and sequels.”

In different information, The Pokémon Firm has confirmed particulars of a brand new cell recreation, Pokémon Buying and selling Card Sport Pocket. The title, which is able to deal with amassing and “informal” battling, is about to launch on the finish of October.