Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki creates his own studio Itagaki Games

Passionate about working alongside Xbox again

Looks like there’s a new weapon in town. Charismatic producer Tomonobu Itagaki, creator of the fighting franchise Dead or alive and the honcho head behind the modern Ninja gaiden titles, announced that he had created his own studio – Itagaki Games.

The news was revealed in an excerpt from a recent interview between Itagaki and Bloomberg, which focused on the 20th anniversary of Xbox. Itagaki Games will exist as its own business and is unrelated to studios such as Koei Tecmo, Valhalla or Team Ninja, with which Itagaki has been closely associated in the past.

In the interview (which you can check out on Facebook), Itagaki noted how comfortable he felt when working alongside Microsoft / Xbox in the early 2000s, particularly on the Xbox launch title. Dead or alive 3. In the interview, Itagaki also welcomed the possibility of collaborating with the industry giant again.

“The entire core Xbox team including Seamus Blackley, Ed Fries, Kevin Bachus, their leader Robbie Bach and George Peckham who played golf with me a lot, gave me full support,” Itagaki recalls. “I visited Redmond once every two months and they introduced me to a lot of tools and support that would help speed up game development. […] If they contact me, it will be an honor for me. “

Left on their own, it will be interesting to see what Itagaki and his team have in store for the next generation of games. Now at the helm, Itagaki fans could see a string of releases that stand up against the producer’s past successes such as Dead or alive 4 or Ninja Gaiden Black. So let’s keep our fingers crossed, lest we forget The devil’s third also exists.

Tomonobu Itagaki creates the Itagaki games [Gematsu / Facebook]