Analysis: Who is working for Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi’s new studio?
Developers from the Final Fantasy, Dark Souls, Monster Hunter and Judgment series are working on the first game from Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi‘s new studio, it’s been revealed.
Nagoshi officially announced the creation of his new development studio, Nagoshi Studio, back in Janaury.
The studio, which is a “wholly owned subsidiary” of Chinese company NetEase Games, has already started work on its first game, which will be a “high-end title for worldwide release”.
At the announcement of the studio’s creation, nine members of staff were confirmed. However, a new article in Japanese magazine Weekly Famitsu covers the studio in more depth, listing 24 staff members and their previous work.
The picture painted is one of a team with a wealth of experience, covering many of Japan’s top game developers and publishers.
Many of the senior members of the team joined the company with Nagoshi when it was initially formed, and as such a number of them came directly from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, the developer behind the Yakuza games.
Other team members include former members of Square Enix, Capcom, FromSoftware, Level-5 and Koei Tecmo.
As well as the obvious ties to the Yakuza franchise, the staff’s combined past experiences take in numerous high-profile games and series, including Final Fantasy, Bloodborne, Panzer Dragoon, Mega Man, Dead or Alive, Ni No Kuni, Sekiro, Monster Hunter and WWE.
With more light shed on the team, then, we’re able to build a better picture of who’s working on the next game to be led by the creator of the Yakuza series.
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Nagoshi joined Sega in 1989. As part of its AM2 team and he worked on the likes of Virtua Racing, Virtua Fighter and Daytona USA, before leading the newly established Amusement Vision
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