Yakuza Creator becomes Sega Creative Director, and retires as CCO

Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi acts as Sega’s Creative Officer and takes on the role of creative director – a move seen by some as Nagoshi’s closer to active game development, as opposed to a supervisory role. the move comes under several changes in executive staff at Sega and a wider restructuring – although parent company Sega Sammy makes clear that there has been “no change in the names, locations, business content, capital or financial year end” of Sega’s companies a consequence of the changes.

No specific reasoning was given for Nagoshi’s role change, but many believe that the creator will once again move into a more active development.

Nagoshi is best known for the creation of the Yakuza series and the subsequent establishment of the Ryu Ga Gotoku Development Studio, which develops the series for Sega. He has also created Daytona USA, Virtua Striker, Super Monkey Ball and Binary Domain, among many other credits. In recent years, his role has been less practical and he has served as executive director in every Yakuza game since 2015’s Yakuza 0.

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We praised the latest Ryu Ga Gotoku game, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, with a 7/10 review and said it takes some daring steps in a new direction for the series, but does not maintain its balance . ‘

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