Ninja Gaiden and Dynasty Warriors studio Koei Tecmo has introduced that it has appointed a brand new CEO, who’s as a result of take workplace in April. He’ll exchange one of many firm’s co-founders within the place.
In line with an announcement on the official Koei Tecmo web site (by way of Sport Developer), Hisashi Koinuma will change into Koei Tecmo’s new CEO on April 1st. He is at present serving as a consultant director and government VP for Koei Tecmo Video games.
Koinuma will exchange outgoing CEO Yoichi Erikawa, who’s additionally one of many firm’s co-founders alongside his spouse Keiko. Yoichi will change into the consultant director for Koei Tecmo Video games, in addition to its chairman, whereas Keiko will change into the consultant director and president of a brand new company finance division.
Very like current strikes at PlayStation, this Koei Tecmo management shake-up means the corporate will go from primarily having two leaders to having a sole head.
As Sport Developer factors out, it is at present understood that Koei Tecmo will not be altering its technique considerably on account of this transformation, so it is unlikely that Koinuma’s appointment may have any affect on upcoming video games like Ninja Gaiden 4.
Should you’re not aware of Koei Tecmo’s work, the studio is finest recognized for franchises like historic hack-and-slash sequence Dynasty Warriors and, uh, ninja-themed hack-and-slash sequence Ninja Gaiden.
Different main Koei Tecmo efforts embrace Useless or Alive, the Atelier sequence of JRPGs, and technique sims like Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Nobunaga’s Ambition, in addition to work on video games in franchises like Hearth Emblem and Ultimate Fantasy.
Proper now, the studio is tough at work on Ninja Gaiden 4, which subsidiary Staff Ninja is co-developing alongside Bayonetta and The Great 101‘s PlatinumGames.
Koei Tecmo can also be gearing up for the PC launch of Rise of the Ronin, its historic open-world actioner set throughout the turbulent Bakumatsu interval of Japanese historical past.
