Passionate about working with Xbox again
There seems to be a new weapon in town. The charismatic producer Tomonobu Itagaki, creator of the wrestling franchise Live or die and the honcho head behind the modern Ninja Gaiden titles, has announced that it has formed its own studio: Itagaki Games.
The news was revealed in an excerpt from a recent interview between Itagaki and Bloomberg, which focused on the 20th anniversary of Xbox. Itagaki Games will exist as its own endeavor and is not related to studios such as Koei Tecmo, Valhalla or Team Ninja, with which Itagaki has been closely related in the past.
In the interview (which you can check out on Facebook), Itagaki noted how comfortable he felt when working alongside Microsoft / Xbox in the early ’00s, specifically in the Xbox release title. Dead or Alive 3. In the interview, Itagaki also expressed his pleasure at the possibility of collaborating once again with the industry giant.
“The entire major Xbox team, including Seamus Blackley, Ed Fries, Kevin Bachus, their leader Robbie Bach and George Peckham, who often played golf with me, supported me,” Itagaki recalls. “I visited Redmond once every two months and they introduced me to a lot of tools and support that would help speed up the development of the game. […] If they come to me, it will be an honor for me. “
Left at your disposal, it will be interesting to see what Itagaki and his team have in store for the new generation of games. Now, in the driving seat, Itagaki fans could see a series of releases facing the producer’s past successes, such as Dead or Alive 4 or Ninja Gaiden Black. So fingers crossed, not to forget us The third of the devil it also exists.
Tomonobu Itagaki establishes Itagaki Games [Gematsu / Facebook]
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