Dragon’s Dogma director Hideaki Itsuno says he’s leaving Capcom to start a new project

Hideaki Itsuno, who directed the Dragon’s Dogma collection and different main video games for Capcom, introduced on Saturday that he’s leaving the corporate. “From September, I’ll begin creating a brand new recreation in a brand new atmosphere,” he wrote in a submit on . Itsuno has been with Capcom because the ’90s, and labored on a slew of in style collection, together with Satan Could Cry, beginning with the second recreation. He created Dragon’s Dogma, and the latest title underneath his belt, Dragon’s Dogma 2, bought over inside 10 days of its launch earlier this yr. 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 might be as memorable as, or much more memorable than, those I’ve created up to now. Please keep tuned for my subsequent creation!”