Toshimichi Mori, the producer and creator of the BlazBlue combating collection, has introduced via a letter on Twitter that he will probably be leaving Arc System Works. Within the assertion, he says that he cherishes his practically 20-year expertise on the developer, however he additionally understands that his departure might trigger concern from followers. Certainly, it’s unclear what this implies for the way forward for the BlazBlue collection, which hasn’t seen a console launch in a number of years.
Mori will probably be creating a brand new recreation within the meantime
Mori mentions that he will probably be specializing in creating an unknown recreation close to the top of his letter (as translated by Gematsu):
I first joined Arc System works after engaged on Responsible Gear X as an worker of PicPac, and I cherish most of the experiences I’ve had throughout my 20 years there, whether or not it was working for numerous combating recreation titles, creating my very own title BlazBlue, or connecting with a lot of our customers.
…In the intervening time I’m considering of making and delivering a recreation for the customers in a roundabout way, and am going to focus my energy on that endeavor.
Given his pedigree at Arc System Works, Mori’s new recreation will seemingly be within the combating style. Along with his expertise with Responsible Gear X again in 2000, he was the director, planner, system and character idea artist (together with quite a few different roles) for BlazBlue: Calamity Set off in 2008. With the recognition of the Responsible Gear religious successor, he then labored principally as producer and basic director for different BlazBlue video games, together with Continuum Shift in 2015, Central Fiction in 2016, and Cross Tag Battle in 2018. In our evaluate, PSLS gave BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle a formidable 8.5/10, noting its accessibility, entertaining story, and all-star roster.
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