Dragon’s Dogma director Hideaki Itsuno says he’s leaving Capcom to start out a brand new venture

Hideaki Itsuno, who directed the Dragon’s Dogma sequence and different main video games for Capcom, introduced on Saturday that he’s leaving the corporate. “From September, I’ll begin growing a brand new sport in a brand new atmosphere,” he wrote in a put up on . Itsuno has been with Capcom for the reason that ’90s, and labored on a slew of widespread sequence, together with Satan Might Cry, beginning with the second sport. He created Dragon’s Dogma, and the latest title below his belt, Dragon’s Dogma 2, offered over inside 10 days of its launch earlier this 12 months. It additionally for concurrent gamers on launch day.

“I hope you’ll proceed to assist Capcom’s video games and characters,” Itsuno wrote on Saturday, including, “I hope to create enjoyable, stunning video games which can be as memorable as, or much more memorable than, those I’ve created to date. Please keep tuned for my subsequent creation!”