Dragon’s Dogma director Hideaki Itsuno says he’s leaving Capcom to begin a brand new undertaking

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 recreation in a brand new atmosphere,” he wrote in a publish on . Itsuno has been with Capcom because the ’90s, and labored on a slew of standard sequence, together with Satan Might Cry, beginning with the second recreation. He created Dragon’s Dogma, and the newest title below his belt, Dragon’s Dogma 2, bought 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 help Capcom’s video games and characters,” Itsuno wrote on Saturday, including, “I hope to create enjoyable, stunning video games which are as memorable as, or much more memorable than, those I’ve created up to now. Please keep tuned for my subsequent creation!”