Tomonobu Itagaki to create a brand new studio in Italy

The outfit will be located in Rome.

During the latest edition of GameRome, the Italian event dedicated to video games, renowned Japanese developer Tomonobu Itagaki - creator of the Dead or Alive series and revivor of the Ninja Gaiden franchise - announced the birth of a brand-new development outfit in Italy, headquartered in Rome.

As a guest of the event, Itagaki said that he's interested in setting up a high-budget production studio in Italy that can compete with the whole world, making great games for PC, PS4, and Xbox One, as well as mobile games of course. At the moment no further details are known, but it's really interesting that some international figures seem interested in investing more and more in the European gaming market, and in particular in the growing Italian gaming industry.

What do you expect from Itagaki's new Italian studio?