Was Lifeless or Alive 7 canceled after being in improvement? That’s what a tweet from Hiroaki Morita, who says he’s an worker of Koei Tecmo, has claimed. Nonetheless, the tweet has since been eliminated, and it’s unclear whether or not the assertion is definitely true or even when the consumer of the account is real.
Why the tweet saying Lifeless or Alive 7 was cancelled is suspicious
The since-deleted tweet despatched on Might 3 from @Hiroaki_Morita2, which has been archived here, says the next (as translated into English by Google):
After the discharge of DOA6, a smaller crew was growing DOA7 and DOA6 minor adjustments, however it was determined to disband the crew and cancel the mission simply earlier than P / D Shimbori retired.
This wouldn’t be terribly stunning information and sounds prefer it may very well be true. The tweet refers to Yohei Shimbori, the director for Lifeless or Alive 5 and 6, who retired on March 31, 2022. The consumer claims to be “a programmer belonging to Koei Tecmo Video games,” is “at present growing a brand new open world motion recreation at Group NINJA,” and was beforehand an engineer for R Power Leisure.
Nonetheless, the unverified Twitter account has since gone non-public, was solely just lately created on April 2022, makes use of inventory logos and pictures of Koei Tecmo and Group Ninja, and has since modified the profile hyperlink from the Koei Tecmo web site to a Japanese LinkedIn Account. There’s additionally one other very comparable account, additionally unverified and created on April 2022, for @Hiroaki_Morita_ that merely switches the Koei Tecmo and Group Ninja logos round and claims that he’s a brief worker of the corporate.
この人、勤務風景なんて言ってますけど採用情報のページの写真を使ってますね。画像検索で出てきました。やっぱり怪しい。 pic.twitter.com/xYQcQx10xJ
— れもねーど 🍋 (@LEMONed_JazzMix) May 4, 2022
Moreover, as noted and translated by Twitter user @jetleejun, one other consumer named @LEMONed_JazzMix noticed on May 4 (posted above) that the @Hiroaki_Morita account had been caught utilizing inventory photographs from the Koei Tecmo employment info web page.
A Group Ninja fan named deathofaninja, a self-described content material creator for Lifeless or Alive group discussion board Free Step Dodge, has regarded additional into the legitimacy of the tweet on the web site. He has reportedly tried to ship messages to the supposed electronic mail account within the Twitter biography however has acquired ship failure notices. He additionally tried to search out Hiroaki Morita’s identify within the credit for Lifeless or Alive 6 (I’ve as properly) and for different Koei Tecmo video games, however couldn’t discover it.
In different information, Closing Fantasy devs had been as soon as engaged on a brand new Bloodborne-style IP, and the FTC is reportedly investigating Sony’s acquisition of Bungie.
