Shinji Mikami is still heavily involved in The Evil Within 2

At E3 this year Bethesda's Pete Hines took to the stage in Los Angeles to tell us that The Evil Within 2 is coming, although the original director Shinji Mikami (who is also the founder of Tango Gameworks), wouldn't be directing it. That won't stop Mikami from being involved, however, and IGN recently conducted an interview with both Mikami and new director John Johanas to talk about the sequel and Mikami's involvement.

"I want Tango Gameworks to be a studio where young and talented creators are given a chance to succeed," Mikami said when asked about Johanas' role as director. "John has a lot of talent. An opportunity like this would have come his way sooner or later."

"This time around, Mr. Ishimine, our scenario writer, had the most influence on the main story. He and the team worked with Trent Haaga to build the story ideas into this sequel. The difference between this game's story and the first one is that we tried to focus on making it simpler and easier to understand. Compared to the first game where the protagonist got caught up in the story, this time of his own volition—albeit warily—he heads into a frightening world in order to rescue his daughter."

When asked about whether this would be a 'Shinji Mikami game', though, here's what he had to say: "You will see my influence here and there. It was a team effort, with John at the helm and me there supervising."

Are you glad that more talent is being brought on board for the sequel and pulling it in different directions?