Zenimax buys Tango and Shinji Mikami

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Cross-X on 28 October 2010

Boom: Zenimax buys Tango and Shinji Mikami

October 28th, 2010 @ 12:00
By Patrick Garratt

Zenimax just confirmed it’s bought Tango Gameworks and, with it, Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami.

“It’s refreshing to find a publisher who understands, trusts, and supports the development of blockbuster games and works to make it a collaborative effort,” said Mikami.

“The library of AAA franchise titles ZeniMax owns speaks for itself. We are very excited to be joining ZeniMax and working with a company that is dedicated to creating the best games ever made.”

The studio, based in Tokyo, will stay under Mikami’s direction.

“Shinji Mikami has earned a stellar reputation as one of the industry’s finest game developers,” said Zenimax chief Robert Altman.

“He has repeatedly created hit titles that have earned praise from fans and critics around the world. We share his vision for innovative, genre-defining games and look forward to working with Shinji and his team at Tango.”

Nothing was mentioned in the press release of any specific dev project. Mikami’s most recent title is Sega shooter Vanquish, developed at Platinum.

The move is the latest in a string of high profile buys for Zenimax, which include id Software and Arkane Studios.

Source: http://www.vg247.com/2010/10/28/boom-zenimax-buys-tango-and-shinji-mikami/

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Ok I'm seriously confused.

Isn't Shinji Mikami a part of Platinum Games?

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Rainbird on 28 October 2010

Vanquish was his last title with Platinum, he started his own studio some time ago, and is now a part of ZeniMax apparently.

Good move I think.

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iBlah on 28 October 2010

I think its a good thing that Shinji Mikami now has his own studio, with Zinimax they'll also be well funded.

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Rainbird said:

Vanquish was his last title with Platinum, he started his own studio some time ago, and is now a part of ZeniMax apparently.

Good move I think.

Ah right. So Shinji Mikami was collaborating with Platinum Games for Vanquish and Platinum games was working with SEGA as publisher?

And isn't Vanquish also the last Platinum Games game with SEGA?

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MrT-Tar on 28 October 2010

Before I searched them on wikipedia, I had never heard of Zenimax

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Mr Khan on 28 October 2010

An odd acquisition on their part, given that their primary holdings are Bethesda and iD, two of the most set-in-their-ways Western developers, then you just acquire a start-up off-the-wall Japanese company like that?

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badgenome on 28 October 2010

That's weird. But I like it! (Except for all the forthcoming Xbox 360-exclusive DLC.)

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FlyingLotus on 28 October 2010

God no. This is bad news...

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