Hideaki Itsuno, famed former director of the Devil May Cry and Dragon’s Dogma collection, has joined Tencent Games subsidiary LightSpeed Studios.
Itsuno, who left Capcom earlier this 12 months after over 30 years on the Japanese video games firm, introduced the formation of a brand new developer known as LightSpeed Japan Studio, with workplaces in Tokyo and Osaka. Most thrilling for followers, nevertheless, is Itsuno’s plan to concentrate on creating unique AAA motion video games, one thing he constructed his profession doing at Capcom.
Itsuno’s lengthy listing of credit consists of the likes of Rival Schools, Power Stone, the Devil May Cry collection, and most just lately, the Dragon’s Dogma video games. He was the director of Dragon’s Dogma 2, which launched earlier this 12 months and goes down as Itsuno’s ultimate sport for Capcom.
“Joining LightSpeed Studios is an thrilling new chapter for me,” Itsuno commented. “With LightSpeed’s sturdy growth functionality and world community, I sit up for creating unique AAA motion sport titles along with the superb group and constructing aesthetic and progressive experiences for the worldwide participant group. We welcome all gifted and passionate sport creators from the world over to affix our imaginative and prescient.”
LightSpeed Studios is probably finest often known as the co-developer of Krafton’s PUBG Mobile, which is likely one of the hottest cellular video games of all time. Its Los Angeles studio is engaged on Last Sentinel, a narrative-focused, open-world motion sport set in a dystopian future Tokyo.
As for Capcom, its subsequent large sport is Monster Hunter Wilds, though it has new entries within the Resident Evil collection up its sleeve, too.
Image credit score: LightSpeed Studios.
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