LightSpeed Japan Studio Launches With Hideaki Itsuno as Leader

LightSpeed Studios announced that it has established LightSpeed Japan Studio with Hideaki Itsuno as its leader. The former Capcom game director will work on new AAA action games in the new studio, which has two offices in Tokyo and Osaka.

Hideaki Itsuno was most recently known for working on Devil May Cry 5 and Dragon’s Dogma 2. However, the latter became the last title he was involved with in Capcom. This is because Itsuno announced his departure from the company he had been working on for over 30 years at the end of August 2024. The new environment Hideaki Itsuno entered in September 2024 has since been revealed to be LightSpeed Japan Studio.

LightSpeed Studios is more known for developing mobile games like PUBG Mobile and Undawn. However, the new Japanese studio will have a focus on AAA action games. One of the studio’s job listings, hosted by LightSpeed’s parent company Tencent, seeks a programming engineer who is proficient in languages like C++, C#, and Python, as well as popular engines like Unreal Engine and Unity. The listing also mentions an expectation of multi-platform development on PC and mobile devices, as well as PlayStation and Xbox consoles.

Hideaki Itsuno is now affiliated with LightSpeed Japan Studio. However, it will take some time until we can learn more about the AAA action games he is working on in the new studio.