{"id":171600,"date":"2021-01-19T16:21:56","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T16:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/dead-alive-creator-new-studio-working-with-microsoft-interest\/"},"modified":"2021-01-19T16:21:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T16:21:56","slug":"dead-or-alive-creator-says-it-would-be-an-honor-for-his-new-studio-to-work-with-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/01\/19\/dead-or-alive-creator-says-it-would-be-an-honor-for-his-new-studio-to-work-with-microsoft\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead or Alive Creator Says It Would Be An ‘Honor’ For His New Studio to Work With Microsoft"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Only yesterday,\u00a0Dead or Alive\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>creator and\u00a0Ninja Gaiden\u00a0<\/em>director Tomonobu Itagaki revealed that he had opened a new studio, simply called Itagaki Games<\/a>. The announcement was part of an interview with Bloomberg that had to be cut, but Bloomberg gave Itagaki permission to share said interview on his Facebook page.<\/p>\n

The purpose of the interview, though, was to discuss the 20th anniversary of the Xbox and its history. With Microsoft openly on the hunt for new studios<\/a> it can buy to make exclusives for its consoles, Itagaki was asked what he would say if Microsoft approached his studio and Itagaki very much implies that he’d not only be open to working with the company, but\u00a0with Itagaki Games being bought out.<\/p>\n

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‘I would start again with questions that I made to Seamus [Blackley] two decades ago. Back then, I asked him, are you confident that you will beat PS2? He said yes. Xbox is called \u2018Project Midway\u2019 and I\u2019ll gain the supremacy with it. That\u2019s why I trusted him and actually created Xbox-exclusive games for about 10 years. 20 years have passed since then, and I established my own company, Itagaki Games, which is not Tecmo, nor Valhalla. I know Microsoft is still aggressive. If they reach out to me, it will be an honor for me.’<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As he said, Itagaki already has a strong relationship with Microsoft thanks to his tenure at Tecmo.\u00a0Dead or Alive 3\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a04\u00a0<\/em>were an Xbox and Xbox 360 exclusive respectively and the first two\u00a0Ninja Gaiden\u00a0<\/em>games he directed were Xbox exclusives too, though they were later ported to PlayStation consoles.<\/p>\n

Despite Itagaki’s statement, it’s obviously far too early to tell whether Microsoft will approach him. While having a Japanese studio under its belt could help improve Microsoft’s standing in Japan, a country where it has always struggled financially (the PlayStation 5 sold five times more<\/a> than the Xbox Series X\/S did), Itagaki\u00a0Games is still fresh and hasn’t released any games.<\/p>\n

Itagaki did state that he opened the studio so he could re-enter game development, but there is no news on what new game he’s working on or if he’s even started. On top of that, there’s no guarantee that his next game will be successful enough to warrant Microsoft’s interest in acquiring the studio.<\/p>\n

The last game Itagaki directed,\u00a0Devil’s Third<\/em>, went through a troubled development and was met with negative reviews when it released as a Wii U exclusive in 2015. It’s currently still the only game released by Valhalla Game Studios, which Itagaki also helped founded and later stepped down from.<\/p>\n

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Microsoft isn’t the only company reportedly looking for more acquisitions either. One analyst recently shared information that the likes of Google and Amazon<\/a> are on the hunt too. In fact, there are apparently three specific targets for acquisition right now and if they should be bought, their identities will become known later in the year.<\/p>\n

As for the\u00a0Dead or Alive<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Ninja Gaiden\u00a0<\/em>series, there have been no formal announcements for new entries. There have been rumors of a\u00a0Ninja Gaiden Sigma Trilogy<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>re-release due this year, which would ironically release for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch, but not the Xbox One.<\/p>\n

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