Bloodborne Producer Masaaki Yamagiwa Joins Team Ninja - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 08 October 2021 / 1,994 Views

Team Ninja announced Masaaki Yamagiwa has joined the company. Yamagiwa was a producer at Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Studio before leaving in February. He worked on Bloodborne, Deracine, and Tokyo Jungle.

Team Ninja is currently developing Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin and is best known for developing the Nioh, Dead or Alive, and Ninja Gaiden series.

Team NINJAにBloodborne、TOKYO JUNGLEなどを開発してた山際@giwamasa が参加することになりました。よろしくお願いします。 https://t.co/ClCyOYeR0b
— Team NINJA (@TeamNINJAStudio) October 8, 2021

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4 Comments

JackHandy (on 08 October 2021)

I still need to beat Bloodborne. I pushed my way through that game until around the midway point, then got to a place where the save points are just way too far apart and said screw it. The game has been sitting in that stasis for like five years now lol.