He actually wanted to leave the studio he founded eight years ago, and also wanted to get rid of the horror genre – the creator of the Resident Evil series spoke about his future plans and career so far.
Shinji Mikami has been involved in video game development since the 1990s, during which time he co-created several Resident Evil games, two of The Evil Within, Ghostwire: Tokyo, and Hi-Fi Rush.
In February of last year, it was revealed that the creator was leaving the Tango Gameworks studio he founded, which was acquired by Zenimax Media, Bethesda's parent company, immediately after his birth. In March of this year, it was revealed that he founded another studio called Kamuy.
now VikingHe conducted an interview with (and he automatically Summary in English), in which he talked about the details of his departure. He said that he had actually wanted to leave the studio 8 years ago, and that, even though everyone was attached to him, and he had the word producer next to his name, in reality he wasn't much different from a simple employee, so he didn't really feel like his own.
Additionally, as he's talked about before, he wanted to move away from the horror genre (which he eventually succeeded in with Ghostwire: Tokyo and Hi-Fi Rush), and wanted to put more energy into educating the next generation. In the past, it has been stated that they will create a masterpiece approximately every decade, but in the meantime they will be happy to work on smaller projects.
In the end, this was not possible in the case of Tango Gameworks, but he still felt a sense of responsibility towards his peers, which is why he stayed there for so long. And with Kamuy, his goal will be to achieve these things again. He is currently working on the Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered project with several other studios.
