The 30-year veteran also worked on the Devil May Cry series.
Veteran CAPCOM developer Hideaki Itsuno announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday that he is leaving the company after 30 years to develop a new game in a “new environment.”
— Hideaki Itsuno (@tomqe) August 31, 2024
— Hideaki Itsuno (@tomqe) Director and game designer who directed Devil May Cry 2, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, Devil May Cry 4, Devil May Cry 5, Dragon's Dogma, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, and Dragon's Dogma 2.
He is also known for his work on Street Fighter Alpha, Power Stone, CAPCOM vs. 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001, and the Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne games among many others.
Itsuno began his career at CAPCOM in Arcade Division in 1994 and landed his first director position on Star Gladiator.
The announcement comes after Shin Megami Tensei character designer Kazuma Kaneko left Atlus in April after 35 years with the company.
Source: Hideaki Itsuno's X/Twitter account via Eurogamer
