{"id":45333,"date":"2025-03-06T19:19:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T10:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=45333"},"modified":"2025-03-06T19:23:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T10:23:22","slug":"level-5-takes-over-all-operations-of-keiji-inafune-subsidiary-level-5-comcept-establishing-new-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/level-5-takes-over-all-operations-of-keiji-inafune-subsidiary-level-5-comcept-establishing-new-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Level-5 takes over all operations of Keiji Inafune\u2019s subsidiary Level-5 Comcept, establishing new office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It was reported on March 6 that all business operations of Level-5 Comcept, a game studio originally founded by Capcom veteran Keiji Inafune, have been transferred to the parent company, Level-5. At the same time, Level-5 also announced that they have set up a new office in Osaka, which will focus on game planning and production (Source: GameBiz<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This follows on from the recent news<\/a> that founder and former head of Comcept, Keiji Inafune, left the company in mid-2024, complicating the development of FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time. As a result, development of this new Fantasy Life game has been transferred to Level-5, which has been Comcept\u2019s parent company since 2017. Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino took over Inafune\u2019s role as producer of the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for Inafune, he is now an executive officer of Rocket Studios, a game development studio headed by former Hudson developer Takashi Takebe. In recent years, the company has worked on Konami titles, including Momotaro Dentetsu and Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Volume 1.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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