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Next Gen has some more information on Mikami and others fate:
Thanks to Umon for this one!
The team responsible for games such as Viewtiful Joe, Okami and God Hand has been officially closed by Capcom. You may recall this studio was formed on July 1st 2004. Shinji Mikami himself was appointed to the studio after expressing his desire to move past the Resident Evil series.
With this move, its unknown if Shinji will once again command the reigns of the Resident Evil series, but what is known is that all employee's have been re-intergrated with Capcom.
Rumors are around however that team members will leave Capcom to form their own studio. No word on Shinji's fate however.
Thanks goes to Jon Brittan at the Beyond3d Forums.
Update:
The official Capcom PR is available. The reason stated is:
Read more at Capcom.
Next Gen has some more information on Mikami and others fate:
Q: We’ve heard that the famous creators such as [Resident Evil creator] Mr. [Shinji] Mikami, [Okami producer] Mr. [Atsushi] Inaba and [Devil May Cry director] Mr. [Hideki] Kamiya have quit, is this true? Why didn’t they come back to Capcom?
A: Mr. Mikami had already left Capcom in November 2005 but signed on a separate contract with us. Mr. Inaba and Mr. Kamiya have also left Capcom in June and July of this year respectively. Naturally, we had hoped that Mr. Inaba and Mr. Kamiya to come back to us, however, both of them told us that they wanted a new challenge at a new environment. As far as Capcom’s concerned, now all the resources should be used more effectively and more efficiently since they are centralized.
Q: Don’t you think of Mr. Mikami’s departure as a huge loss? Who’s going to produce Resident Evil series from now on?
A: We have a signed contract with Mr. Mikami separately. In any case, we have many creators that have worked on Resident Evil series titles and have enough knowledge of the series. Mr. Mikami will also work in our R&D. By the way, Mr. Takeuchi is producing Resident Evil 5 (he’s worked on the original Resident Evil).
A: Mr. Mikami had already left Capcom in November 2005 but signed on a separate contract with us. Mr. Inaba and Mr. Kamiya have also left Capcom in June and July of this year respectively. Naturally, we had hoped that Mr. Inaba and Mr. Kamiya to come back to us, however, both of them told us that they wanted a new challenge at a new environment. As far as Capcom’s concerned, now all the resources should be used more effectively and more efficiently since they are centralized.
Q: Don’t you think of Mr. Mikami’s departure as a huge loss? Who’s going to produce Resident Evil series from now on?
A: We have a signed contract with Mr. Mikami separately. In any case, we have many creators that have worked on Resident Evil series titles and have enough knowledge of the series. Mr. Mikami will also work in our R&D. By the way, Mr. Takeuchi is producing Resident Evil 5 (he’s worked on the original Resident Evil).
Thanks to Umon for this one!
The team responsible for games such as Viewtiful Joe, Okami and God Hand has been officially closed by Capcom. You may recall this studio was formed on July 1st 2004. Shinji Mikami himself was appointed to the studio after expressing his desire to move past the Resident Evil series.
With this move, its unknown if Shinji will once again command the reigns of the Resident Evil series, but what is known is that all employee's have been re-intergrated with Capcom.
Rumors are around however that team members will leave Capcom to form their own studio. No word on Shinji's fate however.
Thanks goes to Jon Brittan at the Beyond3d Forums.
Update:
The official Capcom PR is available. The reason stated is:
Clover Studio Co., Ltd. has met the goal of developing unique and creative original home video game software, however, in view of promoting a business strategy that concentrates management resources on a selected business to enhance the efficiency of the development power of the entire Capcom group, the dissolution of Clover Studio Co., Ltd. has been raised and passed at a Board of Directors' meeting.
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