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johnjohanas
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johnjohanas
@johnjohanas
Creative Director at Tango Gameworks / Director on Hi-Fi Rush, The Evil Within 2, The Assignment , The Consequence
Tokyo, Japan
Joined October 2010
- So this is how it ends… Unfortunately I don’t quite have the words… But at least thank you to everyone who supported us.
- …and this is how it continues. We’re back, baby!Tango Gameworks has been picked up by PUBG publisher Krafton as part of a 'strategic' deal with Xbox. The Hi-Fi Rush IP is included in the arrangement. gamesindustry.biz/krafton-acquir…
- Ohh how quickly we forget…
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 just edges out Mortal Kombat 1 for the 2023 title of Least Amount of Time Between the Official Announcement & the Game's Release. Three months & 3 days for CoD vs. juuuust a tad more for MK1 (announced in June, out in Sept.) youtube.com/watch?v=yJdyXX… - Absolute sadness to see this in writing. It’s been a week since the news but emotionally, an eternity. Even though it’s a small final update, we can look forward to the physical version being released. To everyone who supported us, you are all rockstars.Check out the changes in our final update. Thanks for all your support, and keep on rocking! 🎸 Patch notes: beth.games/3K18Wla
- To all my friends. You are all legends. 🤍
- Oh man! It hasn’t even been a month but we already hit 10,000 reviews on Steam for #HiFiRush and with such a high positive rating! The team and I can’t express how grateful we are for everyone who’s played and we hope even more will join in and rock out with us!
- Way too many responses to get to them all, but I thank everyone for the outpouring of support for us at the studio. It makes things sting a little bit less. Back in Japan after visiting family (crazy timing, right?) but hopefully I’ll be able to make sense of things.
- Pretty much the whole reason we made the game was to get a sick @SunhiLegend video of combat. Goal achieved. Now I can retire in peace.
- Hi-Fi Rush reviews: PrimaGames - 10/10 Forbes - 9.5/10 XboxEra - 9.5/10 WayTooManyGames - 9.5/10 Hobby Consolas - 90/100 Fun Factor - 9/10 Polygon - Recommended VGC - 4/5 Available with Xbox Game Pass. Opencritic (91): opencritic.com/game/14227/hi-…
- FYI this is likely publisher transition related and the soundtrack will be back on services soon. Just not sure when. Please stay tuned! Don’t panic!Hi-Fi Rush's Soundtrack Delisted From All Major Streaming Platforms Without Warning (OST still on Steam) thegamer.com/hi-fi-rush-sou… also worth noting that the game was removed from PC stores (stores that sell Steam codes) last month. Not sure anyone else noticed at the time
- So…I have this idea…Hi-Fi Rush was John Johanas' dream game, he pitched the idea in 2017 after finishing work on The Evil Within 2. The game was in the works even before Gamepass and the Microsoft acquisition! But it worked out very well in the end.
00:00 - Absolutely a blast to have most of the team members in the office to celebrate the release of #HiFiRush ! We are all absolutely blown away by everyone’s positivity about the game and couldn’t stop watching reactions and streams!
