During the latest edition of GameRome, the Italian event dedicated to video games, renowned Japanese developer Tomonobu Itagaki - creator of the Dead or Alive series and revivor of the Ninja Gaiden franchise - announced the birth of a brand-new development outfit in Italy, headquartered in Rome.
As a guest of the event, Itagaki said that he's interested in setting up a high-budget production studio in Italy that can compete with the whole world, making great games for PC, PS4, and Xbox One, as well as mobile games of course. At the moment no further details are known, but it's really interesting that some international figures seem interested in investing more and more in the European gaming market, and in particular in the growing Italian gaming industry.
What do you expect from Itagaki's new Italian studio?
So he’s outright left Valhalla after standing aside in favour of that Mickey Mouse “advisor” role a few months back?
Luke Martinez
more t&a
Matthew Ramirez
I wish him luck. I expect him to make something unabashedly edgy, as he's always done. Let's just hope it's fun to play this time.
Anthony Nelson
he fled Japan amidst sexual assault allegations
Jordan Gomez
Nothing. Devils Third made me realize he's a hack
Christopher Smith
is he going to hire african migrants that took over the local hotels?
John Rivera
Let's hope he figures out what the fuck he's doing this time.
Noah Hill
He was cleared over the sexual harassment allegations, but it lead to him being fired and his wife leaving him. His defence was that it was a consensual affair, but Tecmo at the time had a zero tolerance policy amongst office relationships.
Lucas Peterson
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Anthony Cook
>in Rome why couldn't he open a studio in a civilized city?
Nolan Scott
DT may be shit but there's something about the character designs I find really appealing. Maybe it's just my inner twelve year old loving all the edge.
Kevin Nguyen
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Christian Peterson
has he made one good game since NGB?
Camden Martin
The doa games he made were also solid in presentation. They just never took off much competitively because of its heavy guessing nature. Ninja Gaiden 2 suffered from him being on his way out.
Also, a big reason he and several others left was a promised pay bonus from completion of doa4 not being respected. Itagaki felt swindled.
Robert Moore
I bet he took the inspiration from the Tripple X movies
Ayden Bailey
Will he have the Pope playtest his wholesome games?
Grayson Parker
It seems Metalmark faggot man is involved, anything with that guy is never a good idea, he's a scammer to his heart
Why is it not OK to have a sex with your co-worker? In armenia all girls are having sex with their co-workers.
Nolan Thompson
Some companies don't like it because it can complicate things. Like what if someone's only dating a coworker to get a promotion. What if she dumps him and he's her boss and he acts petty and vindictive against her. Stuff like that. Too much potential hassle, so they forbid it. The other problem is that he was doing that while also being married
Lincoln Brooks
I'm glad he's making games again.
Hudson Moore
>Inb4 neapolitans show up
Nicholas Sanders
>Making a new development team in Italy >not chosing Milan
good luck with that Itagaki...
David Nelson
Content-wise it's just fucking tasteless. Funny thing, the concept of taste is even explicitly raised by all those collections of souvenirs you find along the way (like, it's obviously supposed to elicit "Dude, what a classic", "So cool", etc.). But taken together it's such a brainless mishmash. It's like trying to eat, I dunno, chocolate and tuna together.
Christopher Wilson
>he's interested in setting up a high-budget production studio in Italy >Italy Yup, he's full of shit. DIdn't the last game he dev was flopped so hard it literally sommersaulted?
Luke Hernandez
not a single good game ever came out from Italy
Joseph Ross
Redout
Jack Clark
There's nothing wrong with extramarital sex as long as it's not rape. It's a humans right first and foremost. Only backwards countries prohibit it.
Nicholas Brown
>italy What the fuck is in italy even? You got a bunch of lazy, corrupt, mafia imbeciles and that's it. Worse than fucking greece. Got pizza but pizza is literally done better by americans ffs
Wyatt White
It went into development hell because THQ went bankrupt before the meat of the content was developed. Then it was picked up by Nintendo years later and rushed out the door.
Probably wouldn't have been that great of a game regardless, but it's obvious development on that game wasn't smooth.
Daniel Williams
This guy looks dumb and obnoxious.
Leo Flores
i feel really bad for those acne scars
Luke Wilson
we have a fucking spaghetti expert on the scene here
Nolan Davis
Nah, i'm a bong that had the misfortune of spending some time there to teach them english. Had i known first i'd have taken Poland as my choice
Adam Murphy
American pizza is an offense to God, stick to your burgers goblin
Mason Hall
>British Cuisine Thank god you’re getting blacked, kebab taste way better then anything that comes from your shitty rainy dress pressing excuse of a country
Zachary White
At least they work unlike you mamabois
Caleb Campbell
>pizza is done better by american
whatever you say, pineapple boy
Joshua Thomas
>Got pizza but pizza is literally done better by americans
The anglo menace is real
Josiah Gray
>What do you expect from Itagaki's new Italian studio? Two sequels for Devil's 3rd, as it was promised by Itagaki-san.
>Got pizza but pizza is literally done better by americans ffs lmao
Dominic Smith
That was created by a leaf, don't blame us for that abomination
Brandon Garcia
Best MGS since Peace Walker.
Adrian Turner
>i feel really bad for those acne scars
Caleb Jones
assetto corsa, just dance 4, mario rabbids, sbk 2001, Screamer, splinter cell n-gage
Camden Hernandez
How do you think he feels about DOA VR?
Ayden Mitchell
I think he jerks on to it while crying, à la Shinji
Jayden Baker
Devils Third.
Just give me a port on Switch with the online back and no microtransaction currency.
>game has the best shooting and melee mechanics of last gen that are actually fluid > the single player levels are not designed to showcase the parkour >multiplayer is offline so new players will never understand why it was so good
Henry Jenkins
fuck you first alma IS the BEST boss battle of that generation
Angel Sanders
Tommy Wiseau?
Carter Rodriguez
Awesome, a new game from the genious that gave us Devil's turd and that its absolutely nothing without team ninja I cant want for his new game
Caleb Johnson
Don't pay much attention on critics, they're all corrupted and fake. Have your own opinion about games.
