The action role-playing game Dragon's Dogma 2 wasn't really suitable for the masses. Capcom was probably all the more pleased about the good reviews and the associated strong sales figures. The loss of the director must have hurt all the more.
Hideaki Itsuno was employed at Capcom for a whopping 30 years and 5 months. During this time, the developer worked on numerous fan favorites, for example he was part of the team behind Devil May Cry and Street Fighter, and he also worked on the implementation of Jojo's Bizarre Adventures. The last projects he ledas director to the completion and the associated great success before he took his hat off.
And now? Hideaki Itsuno has taken over the leadership of LightSpeed Japan Studio, a fresh branch of Tencent based in Tokyo and Osaka. We don't currently know anything specific about the studio's projects, but it wants to concentrate on the development of triple-A games.
According to a posting by Hideaki Itsuno, development of the next project has already started. In a post on Elon's former Twitter platform, which now goes by the name new people who want to join us to develop the game."
Accordingly, some positions are advertised on the LightSpeed Japan Studio website. The job descriptions require, among other things, expertise in creating opponents and bosses, and the combat system should also include typical elements such as parries and dodge rolls. So we can't wait to see what Hideaki Itsuno is planning. His old employer Capcom is with himandis known to have two major projects in the works.
In Osaka, Capcom gave us a detailed look behind the scenes of Monster Hunter Wilds.
