Tomonobu Itagaki made a name for himself Dead or alive and design of ninja gaiden games. After leaving Koei Tecmo, he founded and published Valhalla Game Studios The third of the devil. Now he’s back with a new company.
Itagaki was interviewed for a major one Bloomberg Play on Xbox in Japan. He was, of course, one of the first Japanese game developers to develop games for Xbox, and continued to support Microsoft consoles during his time at Koei Tecmo.
His comments were edited down, but he posted the interview in full on his Facebook site. Itagaki goes into depth on Xbox and his comments are fully worth reading. However, it ends with:
It’s been 20 years since then and I started my own company, Itagaki Games, which is neither Tecmo nor Valhalla. I know Microsoft is still aggressive. If you turn to me, it will be my honor.
In case you missed it, read on Kotaku ‘s review of The third of the devil exactly here.
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