On May 8, Microsoft made the decision toshut down several of its key studios, which included Arcane Austin, responsible for Redfall, and Tango Gameworks, responsible forHi-Fi Rush.
In the wake of the studio’s closure, some of Tango’s games are now being reverse review bombed, with Hi-Fi Rush and The Evil Within games seeing a surge of positive reviews on Steam.
Traditionally, a review bomb is when games are hit with an onslaught of scathing reviews, often for a particular reason. Most recently, we saw this withHelldivers 2 as thousands rallied to tarnish the game’s reception on Steamin light of Sony’s controversial PSN requirement, of which they later rolled back. In this case, however, the opposite is happening, as Hi-Fi Rush players are flooding in withpositive reviewsinstead.
From May 7, Hi-Fi Rush saw an increase in positive reviews with nearly a hundred new positive reviews added. Meanwhile, bothEvil Within games, also from Tango, are getting dozens after the studio’s closure.
“Tango, Arkane Austin, and everyone affected today didn’t deserve this,”wroteone reviewer on Hi-Fi Rush’s page. “RIP Tango Gameworks and f*** Microsoft and corporate greed, people lose their jobs and their passion because a greedy executive wants to buy themselves another yacht,” another fiercely criticized Microsoft.
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“RIP Tango Gameworks. Shinji Mikami’s legacy was destroyed by dirty corporations,” a reviewersaidon The Evil Within’s Steam page.
So far, Tango Gamework’s games have amassed hundreds of new positive reviews, with plenty more still filing in.
Jeremy Gan was a Games Writer on Dexerto’s Australia team. He is a journalism graduate and expertly covers CS:GO, Valorant, Overwatch, League of Legends, and Dota 2, as well as trending stories in Twitch and Kick streaming.
