Microsoft Shuts Down Tango Gameworks, Arcane Austin - SNGP 95

Send us Fan MailWhile amazed at how bad Silent Hill Ascension continues to be,  David Radd played the uncooperative co-op game Runbow and played the seminal action prequel to Symphony of the Night in Castlevania: Rondo of Blood.  Meanwhile, Tuesday switched Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine to easy because they're an adult and didn't need the hassle and experienced an anime plot about luminous energy in Endless Ocean Luminous.  In news, Nintendo confirms a Direct in June 2024 while also specifying that the next Switch will not be revealed there.  Meanwhile Dragon's Dogma 2 led the March 2024 U.S. sales period according to Circana while Helldivers 2 is the seventh best selling Sony game of all time.  In other news, Take-Two Interactive reportedly shutters Intercept and Roll7 while laying off most of Private Division and Capcom posts its seventh year of growth off of the strength of Resident Evil 4 and Street Fighter 6.  For the topic, David and Tuesday talk about Microsoft shuttering four Bethesda studios, recall their favorite games from Tango Gameworks and Arcane Austin, detail what this means for the future of planned (and sold) Redfall content and ponder the fate of other similarly sized studios owned by Xbox. If you enjoy the podcast, visit us at Patreon.com/SNGP!