Following a successful fiscal year ending March 2025, Ninja Gaiden and Nioh developer Koei Tecmo Games is expanding its development capacity. The company announced that it has acquired floors 5 through 9 of the East Tower of the Yokohama Symphostage complex. Located across Koei Tecmo’s existing headquarters in Yokohama City, the new office space set the company back roughly $173 million USD. This comes after Koei Tecmo announced plans to double its workforce to 5,000 employees and lean further into AAA development.
According to Koei Tecmo’s official statement, the floors were acquired to “further expand the development system and create an attractive work environment where employees can maximize their creativity.” The new development hub will include “cutting-edge, environmentally-friendly technologies” as well as a large floor space that fosters communication between staff members.
Given Koei Tecmo’s recent refocus on creating high-quality AAA games in favor of mobile titles, it’s likely that the new offices will be occupied by the company’s console and PC game development staff. Koei Tecmo isn’t the only Japanese developer that’s upsizing its operations, as Capcom also recently announced plans to open two new development bases in Osaka.
