NetEase Video games introduced the formation of Nagoshi Studio Inc. on its web site on Monday. The creator of Sega‘s Yakuza (Ryū ga Gotoku) sport collection Toshihiro Nagoshi will function the Consultant Director and CEO of the corporate whereas former Yakuza collection producer Daisuke Satō will function a producer.

The opposite founding members of the studio embody artist Kazuki Hosokawa, programmer Koji Tokieda, sport designer Masao Shirosaki, engineer Mitsunori Fujimoto, artist Naoki Someya, director Taichi Ushioda, and artist Toshihiro Ando.

The studio will develop “high-quality console titles that will probably be launched globally.”

NetEase Video games is the web video games subsidiary of NetEase, Inc. Whereas NetEase Video games is situated in Guangzhou, China, Nagoshi Studio Inc. is situated in Tokyo.

Nagoshi and Satō left Sega final October. Nagoshi stepped down from his function as chief inventive officer of Sega in April 2021, however continued on the firm as inventive director. He had been working for Sega since 1989.

Sources: NetEase Video games‘ web site, Nagoshi Studio Inc.’s web site, IGN (Adam Bankhurst)