4Gamer.net has published the 2024 edition of its annual end-of-year creator interviews. The website interviewed 176 creators this year, several of which tease new titles and announcements to come in 2024.
Get the notable tidbits below.
■ SNK
Naoto Abe
(Known for The King of Fighters series, Samurai Shodown (2019), Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves)
—Ambitions for 2024
“Please look forward to the continuous release of new information for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, which we have already announced is in development.”
Kazuhiro Fujishige
(Known for Romance of the Three Kingdoms series, Nobunaga’s Ambition series, Kessen III, Dynasty Warriors Online, One Million People’s Nobunaga’s Ambition, Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!, One Piece: Bounty Rush)
—Ambitions for 2024
“We are currently working on AAA title(s) at our newly established Tokyo studio. If you ‘want to go on a grand adventure‘ together, we look forward to meeting you!”
■ M2
Naoki Horii
(Known for DoDonPachi Blissful Death Re:Incarnation)
—Ambitions for 2024
“Next year, a new M2-original title should come out, so I hope you can look forward to it. When I use vague phrases like ‘should come out,’ it might sound like it won’t come out, but that’s because we like to include ideas that we come up with in the final stretch… you know, things like that.”
■ Enhance
Takashi Ishihara
(Known for Tetris Effect: Connected, Rez Infinite, Child of Eden)
—Ambitions for 2024
“While I cannot share details, Enhance is currently working on its next game! While the timing of our announcement might be a bit further down the road, please look forward to it!”
■ Grasshopper Manufacture
Goichi “Suda 51” Suda
(Known for The Silver Case, killer7, No More Heroes series, Shadows of the Damned)
—Ambitions for 2024
“2024 will be a lively year for Grasshopper. A remaster of Shadows of the Damned will be released. And we are hard at work on a new title!
Ren Yamazaki
(Known for No More Heroes III)
—Ambitions for 2024
“In 2024, we will continue to work hard to create fun games. I think we should be able to announce something in 2024.”
■ Koei Tecmo Games
Tomohiko Sho
(Known for Dynasty Warriors 3 to 6, Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below, Dragon Quest Heroes II, Dragon Quest Champions, Fate/Samurai Remnant)
—Ambitions for 2024
“I see 2024 as an important year for delivering the best games to everyone over the next few years. And I hope to make it a year where I can announce such games, so I ask that you please look forward to it with anticipation.”
Akihiro Suzuki
(Known for Dynasty Warriors series)
—Ambitions for 2024
“I am very sorry that we were unable to release any new information regarding the Dynasty Warriors series in 2023. We will do everything we can to be able to do so in 2024, so please continue to give us your support.”
■ GPTRACK50
Hiroyuki Kobayashi
(Known for Resident Evil series, Devil May Cry series, Sengoku Basara series, Dragon’s Dogma, etc.)
—Ambitions for 2024
“Our staff is having fun developing a new action RPG that will be unique to our company. While I hope to be able to make an announcement in 2024, I’d like to consider it as I watch over our development progress.”
■ Synthese (scenario-writing company)
Yukinori Kitajima
(Known for Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius, 428: Shibuya Scramble, Senran Kagura series)
—Ambitions for 2024
“The title we have been unable to announce for quite a long time is finally on its way… It’s a game that many people have been anticipating, so I hope you can look forward to it.”
■ Square Enix
Yosuke Saito
(Known for NieR series, Voice of Cards series, Gems Company)
—Ambitions for 2024
“I’m working hard! Will I finally be able to announce something new? Or will I not? Please wait just a little longer.”
■ Too Kyo Games
Kotaro Uchikoshi
(Known for AI: The Somnium Files series, Zero Escape series, Ever17)
—Ambitions for 2024
“Sorry that I can’t officially announce it yet, but I hope to announce a crazy-insane title that will go down in video games history during the year. Stay tuned!”
Kazutakaa Kodaka
(Known for Danganronpa series, Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE)
—Ambitions for 2024
“This year, we released Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE, and while in the past I would have been able to take some time off after a project launched, now that I’m the president of a young company, I don’t have any free time, for the sake of our finances, and am already at the critical phase of our next project. Additionally, the project after that is also nearing its critical phase, and new projects are starting up. The reason why I work so hard is because I want to release as many works as possible to the world. We’re not cutting corners with any—if anything we’re putting in more than 100 percent of our effort. When that happens, what’s the result? Naturally, it places a heavy burden on all of our staff. However, the ‘too kyo’ in our company name Too Kyo Games means ‘too crazy.’ We exist to go crazy making new works, and for that reason I will work even harder next year. I’ll make sure of it. Our next project is particularly befitting of the name ‘too kyo’ (too crazy), being a game that can only come off as insane, and I hope to be able to announce it next year. It’s a game that we’re all extremely passionate about, and are all vomiting blood while making, so please support us when the time comes.”
■ Dragami Games
Yoshimi Yasuda
(Known for Lollipop Chainsaw, GOD WARS series, Root Letter series, Demon Gaze series)
—Ambitions for 2024
“In 2024, we will complete and release Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP. By ‘walking the righteous path’ of carrying over the worldview and scenario from the original game that were so well received, while revising elements that users requested we improve and adding carefully selected new elements, we’re aiming to create a title that many players on modern hardware can fall in love with. And another thing—while we’re not at the stage where we can announce it yet, we’re developing a new title outside of Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP. I think we will be able make an announcement in 2025, but we’re aiming to make it a good game that will satisfy many players.”
■ Nagoshi Studio
Toshihiro Nagoshi
(Known for Like a Dragon series)
—Ambitions for 2024
“2024, like 2023, will surely be a year that I put all my effort into the content we’re currently creating. I know there are many saying ‘I want information soon!,’ but now that I’ve decided to carefully create something that I find truly interesting and suitable for a new era, I’d like to proceed without being rushed. Of course, if we come across any information we can share, we will actively share it, so please continue to give us your support.”
■ Nihon Falcom
Toshihiro Kondo
(Known for Ys series, Trails series)
—Ambitions for 2024
“We’re thinking of setting about and focusing on not only Falcom’s familiar series, but also other new titles. Some preparations are already underway, so I would like to make an announcement at some point this year (2024). However, first I would like to work hard to bring you the latest entry in the Trails series, Kai no Kiseki. Trails has been going on for many years and is celebrating its 20th anniversary, but in the next entry, the truth behind the continent of Zemuria, which has been a mystery throughout the series, will finally be unveiled. Don’t miss it!”
■ Bandai Namco Entertainment
Keishu Minami
(Known for SAND LAND, Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet)
—Ambitions for 2024
“While the [SAND LAND] game is currently under development, the entire team is oorking hard, and we hope to deliver it in the not-too-distant future that is 2024, so please look forward to it with anticipation!”
■ Bandai Namco Studio
Katsuhiro Harada
(Known for Tekken series, Summer Lesson, Pokken Tournament, Soulcalibur series, etc.)
—Ambitions for 2024
“We’re also developing various other things beyond Tekken, so please allow us to advertise them again [on 4Gamer.net] when the time comes.”
■ Bokeh Game Studio
Kazunobu Sato
(Known for SIREN series, Puppeteer, The Last Guardian)
—Ambitions for 2024
“Bokeh Game Studio continues its hard work on the development of Slitterhead. I think next year will be a special year for the project.”
Keiichiro Toyama
(Known for Silent Hill series, SIREN series, Gravity Rush series)
—Ambitions for 2024
“2024 will be a decisive year in which our studio’s first title Slitterhead will really begin being shown. Given that it will significantly influence our future, it will be an important year, so I would like to face it with enthusiasm.”
