 6:00 PM on 09.11.2011 |
|
|
Last year Yasuhiro Wada and Yoshiro Kimura, creators of Harvest Moon and Little King's Story, respectively, joined Suda51's Grasshopper Manufacture. It was an exciting addition to the company. Both producers had previously been at Marvelous Entertainment and Wada co-developed Flower, Sun and Rain with Suda51. Wada left to work alone and Kimura was considering ending his career before they moved to Grasshopper. Now, less than a year later, both of them have left the developer.
They have not commented on what led to their decision to leave or what they will do now (however, since Kimura had planned to retire from the industry before, he may decide to follow through on that) and neither of them had been linked to any of the companies announced titles -- Sine Mora, Rebuild of Evangelion: Sound Impact, Codename D, Lollipop Chainsaw and Black Knight Sword. It's not clear how their absence will affect these projects but one could assume that, given their experience, they may have had an indirect involvement. Wada was the Chief Operations Officer and Kimura was the Chief Creative Officer. Two high profile producers leaving at the same time is sure to leave a vacuum. Considering what they worked on before they joined Grasshopper, they seemed like they would be a good fit for Suda51's eccentric vision. Perhaps this is a sign that there are divisions within the organization. It does seem like its direction has changed, with Shadows of the Damned being a lot more conventional than the developer's other titles.
2011 has been one the busiest years for Grasshopper and three of their games are due to be released before it ends. With so many games and the loss of two producers, are they spread too thin?
Harvest Moon and Little King's Story Creators... [Siliconera]
The latest barrage of screens for Killer is Dead focuses on two of the bosses you'll encounter in the game. First there's Hamadayama, who rides around on a freaking tiger. Yes, a tiger. How badass is that? Then there's Samura... While sales of Suda51's games aren't always where publishers would like them to be, if there's one thing to be said, it's that those who do play the designer's titles sure are passionate about them. Speaking to GamesIndustry ...
Here is a new trailer for Killer Is Dead. If my intuition is correct, the underlying message of the video is that women have breasts. This startling revelation may representing a bold step forward for the field of human biol...
Jessica Nigri is reprising her role as a promotional model in Grasshopper Manufacture and Kadokawa Games' latest collaboration, Killer is Dead. After portraying Juliet Starling for Lollipop Chainsaw, Nigri takes on the ... Liberation Maiden is getting a sequel! Well, sort of. It seems like Grasshopper Manufacture has decided to eschew Shoko's roots, following up last year's 3DS shooter with a visual novel for PlayStation 3.
According to Si... Last night we showed you Killer Is Dead's pervy Gigolo missions. A nice little diversion from all the killing you will be doing. Yes, there's killing! So much killing! So much blood! Just look at all these screenshots in our ...
Hello boys and girls, here's today's Destructoid Show for you to rub your dirty little eyeballs all over. Mmmm. Yes, just like that.
Bethesda is done with Skyrim, and they've now begun teasing their next exciting mystery pro... Suda51 teased us Killer Is Dead's Gigolo mode not too long ago, and now we have some more info on just how you'll be pleasing the ladies thanks to Siliconera. One Gigolo missions sees main hero Mondo Zappa trying to seduce Na... Edge has the first word on Grasshopper Manufacture and GungHo's new action game. It doesn't have a title yet, and they haven't locked down which platforms it'll land on, but they are shooting for next-gen platforms and are cu...
Grasshopper Manufacture has released another trailer for Killer is Dead and, as you might expect, it's looking as bizarre as ever. Alongside cutthroat protagonist Mondo Zappa, the video features cyborgs questioning the meani... |
|
surf dtoid with 
Rising (10+)
People you follow
follow
