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The Capcom director of games like Devil May Cry 3, Dragon’s Dogma, and Power Stone, Hideaki Itsuno, will announce his next game sometime in the new year.
One of Capcom’s most creative game directors is planning make a splash in 2017. As Hideaki Itsuno announced on Twitter, known for being the director of Devil May Cry 2, 3, and 4, along with other titles like Dragon’s Dogma, Rival Schools, and Power Stone, will announce his next video game project at some point in the new year. It’s still a matter of question as to what his project will be, but there’s a hard evidence in favor of it being a sequel to one of his earlier games.
One specific possibility is that Hideaki Itsuno’s new game is Devil May Cry 5. After the financially disappointing reboot, it would make sense for Capcom to put Itsuno back in charge for the next game in the series. Having Itsuno more actively involved with the game’s development could ease fans’ concerns, plus a voice actor already revealed the existence of Devil May Cry 5. Since Itsuno served as the director for all games except two in the series, it’s possible that he will direct the probable fifth game.
There’s one other game Itsuno could be directing, which is Dragon’s Dogma. His last directorial effort was 2013’s Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen, and there were lots of teases in the past that a new Dragon’s Dogma could already be in development. Unless Itsuno is hard at work on a new Devil May Cry title, his next game might very well be a Dragon’s Dogma followup.
Apart from Devil May Cry and Dragon’s Dogma, Itsuno has also worked on some of Capcom’s most beloved cult classics, like Rival Schools and Power stone. Capcom recently showed interest in reviving dormant franchises, so maybe Itsuno has been put in charge of bringing one of his old IP back to life for modern gaming consoles. This will most likely take on the form of brand new installments in the Power Stone and Rival school franchises, but the games could also be brought back as remasters.
