Game News - Clover Studio (Okami) Ex-Devs Form Seeds Studio

Game News - Clover Studio (Okami) Ex-Devs Form Seeds Studio

   No time to mourn the loss of Clover Studio, one of Japan's most creative studios that is just a few weeks away from being completely shut down by Capcom, because some of the developers that last worked on Okami and God Hand have already started anew. Their new studio is called Seeds, and if Japanese is your thing, you're more than welcome to visit their company's website at Seeds-Inc.jp to read their start-up message and what Seed's spirit is all about. Otherwise, Kotaku's translation, interpretation and speculation will have to suffice:
"The company seems to still be in the recruiting phase and sets forth this company philosophy of creating new entertainment for people living in a new world and looking towards the future of gaming (hence, the company name "SEEDS"). States it's always considering "worldwide," because it wants more more to play its games. In the company's site there does seem to be a largely international focus and concentration on the "play" aspect of gaming. If past Clover and Capcom titles are anything to go by, whatever SEEDS does output should be anything but run-of-the-mill."    Curiously enough, it seems that Seeds was formed back in August 2006, two months ahead of Capcom's tragic announcement. It then comes as little surprise that over 50 people are already working at Seeds - including a number of prominent ex-Clover and Capcom staff - and they're still looking to hire more. To what end? And for what platforms? That, we have absolutely no idea as of yet.

   What we do know is that Seeds is headed by Clover Studio's former CEO, Atsushi Inaba, who is credited with having worked on / produced several great Capcom games, such as Devil May Cry, Viewtiful Joe, Phoenix Wright and Okami. So as a wise man once said, "Nothing is f***ed up here, Dude. Nothing is f***ed".

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