Bloodborne producer Masaaki Yamagiwa is leaving Sony

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Today on Twitterproducer Masaaki Yamagiwa announced that he is leaving Sony’s Japan Studio in Tokyo. However, he is not leaving the game industry.

“I’m leaving Sony Interactive Entertainment at the end of this month,” he says wrote“I’m going to keep working hard on making games. Many thanks to everyone! “

At Sony Yamagiwa produced Blood borne Bloodborne The Old Hunters, Déraciné, and Tokyo Jungle

This is the second high-profile departure from Japan Studio in recent months. In December, Keiichiro made Toyama, the creator of Siren and Gravity Rush disclosed that he had left the company to start his own outfit, Bokeh Game Studio. Toyama was joined by Kazunobu Sato, who designed Puppeteer and was a producer on it The last protector, as well as Junya Okura, who as designer Gravity Rush

There is no remember where Yamagiwa is going.

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