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 growing a brand new recreation in a brand new setting,” he wrote in a publish on . Itsuno has been with Capcom because the ’90s, and labored on a slew of fashionable collection, together with Satan Could Cry, beginning with the second recreation. 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 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 can be as memorable as, or much more memorable than, those I’ve created to this point. Please keep tuned for my subsequent creation!”