Tomonobu Itagaki Steps Down As Representative Director of Valhalla Game Studios

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Tomonobu Itagaki announced that heā€™s stepping down from his position of representative director of Valhalla Game Studios and will be taking up the role of a prime advisor.

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You can read the message from Itagakiā€™s Facebook page below:

 

To the Flowers of the World

Hey everyone, the time has finally come where I can talk about whatā€™s been going on with me. The reason Iā€™ve been silent for this long is because Iā€™ve been waiting for this day.

As of today, Iā€™ll be moving on from my position as Representative Director of Valhalla Game Studios and take up the role of Prime Advisor. At the same time, Iā€™ll also begin working together and creating games with a number of studios around the world.

With my 50th birthday marking a major milestone in my life, Iā€™ve decided I want to change the way I work. My birthday is April 1st ā€“ this picture was taken just before that, making it the last picture of me in my 40ā€™s. It was taken at Kiyosumi Garden in Tokyo by a friend of mine who is a professional cameraman.

Look at the cherry blossoms ready to blossom.

There are a lot of developers all around the world just like this.

I want to help them bloom.

You can find young, passionate developers in any country on the globe with aspirations and passion, the drive that makes them say ā€œIā€™m gonna make an awesome game!!ā€. Starting from now on, I want to share with these young developers my own experiences and knowledge and help them build their games together.

This comes a bit sudden and Iā€™m sure many of you may be surprised. An official press release will be out shortly, so please read that as well.

https://www.valhallagamestudios.com/…

Phew, that felt great to finally get off my chest! Iā€™m really looking forward to the future with you all!

Tomonobu Itagaki


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