
This one's a head-scratcher. Less than a day after shutting down both Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks—the latter of which created Hi-Fi Rush—Microsoft's Matt Booty held a town hall wherein he proclaimed: "We need smaller games that give us prestige and awards."
That's as per a report shared by The Verge. I won't start rapid-firing quote tweets here because there are so damn many, but dipping into Twitter, you'll see widespread bafflement to the tune of 'wait, didn't you just kill the studio that did that for you?'