If he had a choice, however, Bruce Nesmith thinks "Tokyo would be great." "You could do a lot of very cool stuff out there."
The decision reportedly comes from Build a Rocket Boy, not the publisher, which wants more control over its much-maligned title.
Other countries didn't fare much better, with 28 percent laid off in the last 24 months and 17 percent in the last year alone.
With Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Dark Ties coming soon, Masayoshi Yokoyama says the studio is "releasing everything that we can at the moment."
Both franchises have been seeing stable rises in sales owing to releases like Silent Hill f and Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater.
The two games were spotted as parts of a promotional image showing GameCube titles coming to the Switch Online subscription service.
Housemarque's co-op shooter remains as popular as ever, with Alinea Analytics estimating 3.6 million players in January alone.
"Off-the-shelf engines weren't able to deliver the uncompromised vision that the team set forth to create," says Pearl Abyss's Will Powers.
Fawzi Mesmar also expressed sadness about many of the projects at Ubisoft getting cancelled as part of its organizational overhaul.
While no details about this alleged Partner Showcase have been revealed, games like The Duskbloods or Overwatch 2 wouldn't be out of place.
Wildlight Entertainment has confirmed that the next update for Highguard will bring further optimization improvements and more options.
No other details about this rumored refresh of the PS Portal have been revealed, like whether it will get a resolution bump.
Koshi Nakanishi spoke about how Leon has continued to fight since his previous appearance and that he is now "world-weary".
The next Bounty Pack, Legend of the Stone Demon, lands next month, while the first paid Story Pack and Vault Hunter go live in March.
"If you switch from Grace to Leon in the same location, any enemies Grace took down stay dead for Leon," says director Koshi Nakanishi.
The legend himself is coming to Ubisoft's competitive tactical shooter in Year 11 with a full reveal slated for February 15th.
"Iconic elements like soul absorption and Issen counters are very much present, and we’ve taken a lot of care in crafting them."
For the first time in the series, players can customize the island with unique decorations and rearrange its very shape and size.
The first major update planned for the game will arrive on February 11, and will bring bug fixes, cosmetics, and enemy loot.
New shops, Mii customization tools, room types and more accompany the same social sim engineering that makes the series so great.
