One of many key producers accountable for the Monster Hunter sequence is being promoted to supervise all of Capcom’s growth divisions.
In a press release made by the corporate asserting varied new personnel adjustments, it was said that Government Company Officer Yoichi Egawa shall be resigning as of April 1, and stepping down from his function as Chief Product Officer answerable for Capcom‘s growth divisions and pachinko enterprise.
Monster Hunter producer Ryozo Tsujimoto, who presently serves as ‘deputy answerable for growth divisions’, shall be promoted to the Chief Product Officer function and turn into the primary particular person answerable for Capcom’s growth divisions as of April 1.
He is not going to, nevertheless, have to guide the corporate’s pachinko enterprise too, with these duties shifting to Capcom’s present COO Haruhiro Tsujimoto.
Ryozo Tsujimoto has been at Capcom since 1996, the place he joined instantly after graduating from college. Whereas he was initially given planning roles on arcade video games resembling Battle Circuit and Tech Romancer, it will be his work on Monster Hunter that may come to outline his profession.
Initially working as a planner on the primary Monster Hunter on PS2 and its PSP port Monster Hunter Freedom, Tsujimoto went on to supply Monster Hunter Tri, Monster Hunter Freedom 2 and Monster Hunter Moveable third.
He has since held senior producer or govt producer roles on each main Monster Hunter sport, together with as senior producer of Monster Hunter World, Monster Hunter Rise and the just lately launched Monster Hunter Wilds.
Monster Hunter World would go on to promote greater than 25 million items worldwide, making it Capcom’s best-selling sport of all time. Its successor, Monster Hunter Rise, has bought greater than 15 million.
The newest sport within the sequence, Monster Hunter Wilds, seems to be set to take pleasure in equally spectacular gross sales numbers, hitting a peak of almost 1.4 million concurrent gamers on Steam throughout its first weekend.
