FromSoftware composer Yuka Kitamura has left the corporate and is now pursuing freelance work. She’s labored on video games such Darkish Souls III, Bloodborne, and Shadows Die Twice.
Over on X (previously often called Twitter), Kitamura mentioned, “Thanks all on your continued assist. Right now I’ve an announcement to make. I’ve determined to go away FromSoftware, the corporate I labored for, and to begin working new as a contract composer on this August.”
She continued, “I wish to proceed to precise myself in recreation music by numerous genres of music. I hope you’ll sit up for my music sooner or later! I’ve created a brand new web site.” Her web site notes that she makes a speciality of orchestral, people, and easygoing kinds of music.
Thanks all on your continued assist.
Right now I’ve an announcement to make.
I’ve determined to go away FromSoftware, the corporate I labored for, and to begin working new as a contract composer on this August.— Yuka Kitamura (@_Yuka_Kitamura_) August 1, 2023
Kitamura joined From Software program in 2011 and one in every of her first credit as a sound designer was with 2012’s Armored Core: Verdict Day. Her final identified contribution was composing for final yr’s Elden Ring. It’s at the moment unknown whether or not she is within the credit for From Software program’s upcoming Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon. Nonetheless, that must be revealed quickly because it’s launching on August 25 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Sequence X|S.
In IGN’s Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon preview, we mentioned, “Armored Core 6 looks like a brand new starting for this storied franchise, one which’s benefitted from the success and expertise gained from From Software program’s different titles, however one that’s nonetheless true to the unique imaginative and prescient of the sequence.”
George Yang is a contract author for IGN. He is been writing in regards to the trade since 2019 and has labored with different publications similar to Insider, Kotaku, NPR, and Selection.
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