A new development studio has found a place in the immense videogame panorama, UNSEENfounded by none other than the beloved Ikumi Nakamurathe former creative director of GhostWire: Tokyo in his period in Tango Gameworksthat is when he literally stole the show during theE3 2019.
After leaving Tango Gameworks and having visited studios all over the world, Nakamura has made the decision to open one of its own based in Tokyo, Japandescribed as a mysterious and borderless development study.
While this Tokyo studio serves as a terminal where different cultures intersect and artists come together, its goal is to “transcend beyond the dimension of video games”.
If you only know her for the energy and cheerfulness shown in the spotlight ofE3 2019it is good to remember that Nakamura contributed to the development of important titles such as Okami, Bayonetta, The Evil Withinand others.
Although the firm is still looking for staff to fill various roles, for the moment it consists of:
- Naoki Katakai (Ex-Tango Gameworks) as CDO & Environment Art Specialist
- Liam Wong (Ex-Ubisoft) as Visual Director
- Raul Ibarra (Ex-Moon Studios) as Animation Director
- Misuzu Watanabe (Ex-Capcom) as Game Director
- NASS as Concept Artist and Illustrator
- David Steinberg as a CTO
- Futoshi Miyamoto as a CIO
- Aaron Packard as Senior Gameplay Engineer
- Brian Wanamaker as Senior Development Manager
- Eriko Nagasawa as Assistant Manager
- Fumie Kishiwada as US Manager
- Gus Martin as a Gameplay Engineer
- Johnny Byrnes as a Technical Game Designer
- Justin Nesbit as Level Design Director
- Kenan Alpay as a Senior Game Designer
- Never Mattori as a Concept Artist
- Miho Nakagawa as Assistant Producer
- Shane Canning as a Senior Level Designer
Below we offer you the viewing of two videos, the announcement video of UNSEEN and an interview with Ikumi Nakamura!
UNSEEN – Announcement Trailer
Interview
Source: Official site via Gematsu
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