{"id":44955,"date":"2025-02-28T13:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T04:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=44955"},"modified":"2025-02-28T13:06:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T04:06:23","slug":"monster-hunter-wilds-artist-who-worked-on-the-game-for-over-3-years-not-credited-because-they-quit-capcom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-wilds-artist-who-worked-on-the-game-for-over-3-years-not-credited-because-they-quit-capcom\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Hunter Wilds artist who worked on the game for over 3 years not credited because they left Capcom\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former Capcom concept artist Masashi Kageyama has shocked Monster Hunter fans by revealing that he is not credited on <strong>Monster Hunter Wilds<\/strong> despite having worked on the game for three and a half years \u2013 more than half of its total development period.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason why Kageyama has been omitted from the title\u2019s credits is that he left Capcom prior to the game\u2019s launch. According to his LinkedIn profile, Kageyama worked at Capcom for 3 years and 8 months before leaving in November 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u9000\u8077\u3057\u305f\u306e\u3067\u30af\u30ec\u30b8\u30c3\u30c8\u306f\u4e57\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093\u304c\u30013\u5e74\u534a\u80cc\u666f\u30b3\u30f3\u30bb\u30d7\u30c8\u30a2\u30fc\u30c8\u63cf\u304b\u305b\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3060\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4iSjNXMDbQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/4iSjNXMDbQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Masashi Kageyama (@MasashiKageyama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MasashiKageyama\/status\/1895131861065834977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During his time at the company, Kageyama did concept art for Monster Hunter Wilds\u2019 environments. While the artist himself did not make any specific\u00a0comments nor express dissatisfaction \u2013 merely letting his followers know of his involvement in the game \u2013 his revelation on X has prompted <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MasashiKageyama\/status\/1895131861065834977\/quotes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a lot of shocked reactions<\/a>, as many people were not aware of the practice of companies omitting staff from credits if they leave.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, such cases are shockingly common in the game industry, one notorious example being when over 50 Rockstar North employees had their contracts terminated and were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video-games\/2021\/05\/18\/video-game-credits-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">subsequently removed from GTA V\u2019s credits<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1343\" height=\"751\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1343px) 100vw, 1343px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250228-44955-001.jpg\" alt=\"Monster Hunter Wilds\" class=\"wp-image-44959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250228-44955-001.jpg 1343w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250228-44955-001-380x212.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250228-44955-001-768x429.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the practice is frustrating and feels unfair, companies are, in most cases, not legally obligated to credit staff, let alone former employees. This makes it difficult for creators to do anything about being left out or removed from the credits of projects they\u2019ve worked on.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those who\u2019d like to show support for Masashi Kageyama, you can find a lot of his artwork <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MasashiKageyama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on X<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/masashikageyama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ArtStation<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A concept artist who worked on Monster Hunter Wilds for three and a half years is not credited on the game because he left Capcom in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":44957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-44955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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