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

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 sport 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 common sequence, together with Satan Might Cry, beginning with the second sport. He created Dragon’s Dogma, and the newest title beneath 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 assist Capcom’s video games and characters,” Itsuno wrote on Saturday, including, “I hope to create enjoyable, lovely video games which can be as memorable as, or much more memorable than, those I’ve created up to now. Please keep tuned for my subsequent creation!”