Beloved Ex-Ghostwire Tokyo Developer Ikumi Nakamura Opens New Studio
One of the PlayStation 5's most anticipated releases for this year is Ghostwire: Tokyo, the latest game from The Evil Within developer Tango Gameworks and Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami. The game was first revealed at E3 2019, shown to audiences by then-creative director Ikumi Nakamura. Her energetic performance was seen as a wholesome highlight of E3 2019, which led to her getting an online following as well. Before Ghostwire: Tokyo she was an artist working on beloved properties for Capcom's Clover Studio, along with PlatinumGames after the former was shut down. She later rejoined Mikami at Tango Gameworks, contributing art to The Evil Within and its sequel.
Before development on Ghostwire: Tokyo was completed however, Nakamura left Tango Gameworks. Due to declining health and other reasons behind closed doors, she left the company, citing creators over-exerting themselves working on their projects. After leaving the studio, she continued to do consulting and freelance work, until she announced in 2021 that she would be heading up her own independent game studio. This studio is now officially open, known as Unseen.
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Ikumi Nakamura's new game studio was announced in a YouTube video, where she briefly goes over her career, including how she had a spotlight during the E3 2019. She also goes on to explain that many colleagues and game industry veterans that she had worked with in coming on-board to her new studio. Based in Tokyo, Unseen is described to be a terminal that allows artists of different cultures to gather and to «transcend beyond the realm of video games.»
This establishment of Unseen is broken down further in an interview with IGN,
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