Tango Gameworks’ founder and CEO, Shinji Mikami, is leaving the studio after spending more than 12 years with the studio. The news was announced by a company-wide email sent to ZeniMax employees in which Bethesda senior vice president Todd Vaughn broke the news.
“I am writing today to let you know that studio head Shinji Mikami has decided to leave Tango Gameworks in the coming months. Mikami-san has been a creative leader and supportive mentor to young developers at Tango for 12 years through his work on the Evil Within franchise, Ghostwire: Tokyo, and of course, Hi-Fi Rush.”
Mikami is credited with creating the original Resident Evil and worked on multiple entries in the franchise until Resident Evil 4, while also working on games such as Dino Crisis, Viewtiful Joe, and Vanquish. Mikami founded Tango Gameworks in early 2010, and the studio was purchased by ZeniMax later that year. He then worked on the survival horror game The Evil Within and its sequel The Evil Within 2, and also worked as an executive producer on Ghostwire: Tokyo and Game Pass hit Hi-Fi Rush.