{"id":51373,"date":"2025-08-26T18:25:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T09:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=51373"},"modified":"2025-08-26T18:25:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T09:25:38","slug":"devil-may-cry-and-dragons-dogma-director-hideaki-itsunos-new-triple-a-action-game-combines-the-best-of-everything-hes-worked-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/devil-may-cry-and-dragons-dogma-director-hideaki-itsunos-new-triple-a-action-game-combines-the-best-of-everything-hes-worked-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Devil May Cry and Dragon\u2019s Dogma director Hideaki Itsuno\u2019s new triple-A action game \u201ccombines the best of everything he\u2019s worked on\u201d\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Devil May Cry series director and Dragon\u2019s Dogma creator Hideaki Itsuno<\/strong> recently shared an update about his game studio\u2019s in-the-works project in an interview with Famitsu<\/a>. Itsuno left Capcom in August 2024 after a 30-year run at the company, becoming the head of LightSpeed Japan<\/a>, a new studio founded by Tencent-owned company LightSpeed Studios. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Directed by Itsuno, LightSpeed Japan\u2019s first project was announced as an original AAA action game targeting the global market. While he\u2019s not ready to go into the details about the upcoming title yet, Itsuno says that his goal is to \u201cCreate a game that brings together the best of everything I\u2019ve made so far.\u201d Specifically, he mentions the fighting game elements of his Rival Schools series, the invisible skill ceiling-style action of Devil May Cry, and the AI of Dragon\u2019s Dogma.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Additionally, he notes that the influence of Rival Schools is not literal (his new game won\u2019t be a versus fighting game), but rather a natural extension of ideas that have already trickled into Devil May Cry previously. Itsuno confirms that he intends to draw from Rival Schools\u2019 combos and varied techniques, as well as the series\u2019 tendency to feature characters with an intense and distinct flair. \u201cCharacters have always been a crucial part of my work, so I plan to invest a lot of effort into character creation.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Promisingly, Itsuno mentions that his new project was approved more or less the way he originally pitched it, without any particular changes from the company\u2019s side. Further announcements may still be far off, but although LightSpeed Japan\u2019s new game is a triple-A project, Itsuno says he\u2019d like to keep the development period relatively compact \u2013 so we probably won\u2019t be looking at a five or six-year development cycle. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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