Followup: Clover Studios returns as SEEDS
Posted by inpheaux on February 14th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
Clover Studios being disbanded last October was some of the most depressing gaming news of 2006. They had just shipped their long-awaited and now critically acclaimed Okami, and Capcom showed them the door. Luckily, the rumors we brought up in the previous article - that Clover wanted to break from Capcom, and do stuff on their own from here on out - seem to have come true.
Yesterday, the ever-on-top-of-things guys at Neo GAF found that Atsushi Inaba, Clover's former CEO, has in fact started a new independent game development company called SEEDS, Inc.. Furthermore, it looks like he has managed to take most of his crew with him, including big names like Shinji Mikami, creator of the Resident Evil series, and Hideki Kamiya, creator of the Devil May Cry and Viewtiful Joe series.
Now, since they're an incredibly new company and all, they haven't exactly announced anything in the way of what they're working on, what platform(s) they're working on, who they'll have publishing their stuff, etc, there's not really a whole lot else to say. Just that they exist, they're not dead, and that they have a hell of a lot of potential, just like Clover always did. There's not really a ton of stuff on their site right now, but they do have an introductory message, which Wired's Game|Life blog has translated:
"Atsushi Inaba. Hideki Kamiya. Shinji Mikami. And a specially selected staff.
We are the Seeds that caused the vibrant flowers Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, Steel Battalion, Viewtiful Joe, and Okami to come into bloom.
Although we alight upon a different earth, even though the soil is different, our hearts -- closely pursuing the dream of "play" -- have not changed.
Now, with a renewed spirit, we want to once again challenge the world of entertainment. But to do this, we need many, many more seeds.
So, we are currently searching far and wide for people who want to work alongside us. For people who want to build their future. People who are currently making games elsewhere.
Would you like to make some "preposterously amazing" games with us?"
Preposterously amazing indeed. Now we all just have to wait to see what brilliant gems they churn out for this new generation of console hardware.
Source: Wired: Game|Life
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