Hideaki Itsuno, director of numerous games including the Devil May Cry series and Dragon’s Dogma, is leaving Capcom after 30 years.
“Dragon’s Dogma 2” is the long-awaited sequel to 2012’s “Dragon’s Dogma”. It was just launched in March this year, but five months later Itsuno announced that he will no longer work at Capcom by the end of this month. . “I announce this news to all my followers,” Itsuno wrote on his personal Twitter account. “At the end of August 2024, after 30 years and 5 months, I will be leaving Capcom. Thank you all for your long-term support.” Support for the games and characters I am responsible for. I hope everyone will continue to support Capcom’s games and characters.”
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This will obviously be a bit sad for fans of Itsuno’s work at Capcom, but it’s not all bad news, as the developer continued: “Starting in September, I will start developing a new game in a new environment. I hope to create Fun, beautiful games that are just as memorable, if not more so, than the ones I’ve created so far, so stay tuned for my next one, considering Itsuno said he’ll be starting in September! Time will tell what that is, so don’t get too excited just yet.
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Itsuno started out at Capcom directing and co-directing fighting games such as Rival Schools: United by Fate and Power Stone before taking over as director of Devil May Cry 2 and continuing to direct all but the rebooted games in the series. All other major works except Of course, he also directed Dragon’s Dogma and did the same thing with this year’s sequel, a game so good that our own Alex called it the greatest game of all time in his review One, as long as you have the right constitution, is.
