Capcom producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi has introduced his departure from Capcom after 27 years. To mark his fiftieth birthday he’ll be filling the identical roll over on the Chinese online game large NetEase.

Kobayashi began out as a programmer on the Resident Evil sequence within the ’90s and took up producer roles for sequence like Dino Crisis, Sengoku Basara and Devil May Cry. He’s additionally credited as a producer on the Dragon’s Dogma sequence and in newer instances was government producer on Mega Man 11. He shared his newest profession transfer by way of social media:

Today, Aug. twelfth is my fiftieth birthday. As such, I want to share one thing very particular with everybody: After serving 27 years with gratitude, I’ve departed from Capcom on March thirty first, 2022, and shall be formally becoming a member of NetEase Games as a producer. Detail plans shall be shared later so please keep tuned. I’ll attempt to repeatedly create extra pleasing leisure experiences for everybody at this new firm, this new period. Thank you for the continued help. Hiroyuki Kobayashi

Kobayashi’s transfer follows a string of comparable tales in latest instances. NetEase final 12 months acquired Suda51’s studio, Grasshopper Manufacture. The Monkey Ball and Yakuza creator Toshihori Nagoshi has additionally based a brand new studio below NetEase.

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