Resident Evil and The Evil Within creator Shinji Mikami’s new studio, Unbound Inc., has joined Shift Up, the developer behind Stellar Blade<\/em> and Goddess of Victory: Nikke<\/em>. The two companies announced their partnership on Wednesday in a video that offers strong hints about Mikami’s next game.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mikami, who serves as founder and CEO of Unbound, says he\u2019s \u201cactively creating and producing a new game title\u201d and that he’s been “fully involved on-site” in developing what he describes as a “large game.”<\/p>\n \u201cI think you can expect a lot from us soon,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n Based on the content of the video announcement for Unbound and Shift Up’s partnership, it certainly looks like Mikami is working on a new horror game. While the video presents a tour of Unbound’s Tokyo-based office and offers soundbites from the studio’s game developers, those scenes are filled with terrifying-looking creatures skulking in the backgrounds: winged demons, imps, and what appears to be a “biblically accurate angel.” Even a team dinner shows staff about to dine on a horrifying anglerfish.<\/p>\n Mikami is best known for the games he created while working at Capcom in the ’90s and ’00s. Mikami served as director on the original Resident Evil<\/em> and Resident Evil 4<\/em>, and as producer on games like Devil May Cry<\/em> and Dino Crisis<\/em>. He left Capcom in 2006 to co-found PlatinumGames, where he directed Vanquish<\/em>. The veteran game designer then formed Tango Gameworks in 2010, where he directed and produced games The Evil Within<\/em>, Hi-Fi Rush<\/em>, and Ghostwire: Tokyo<\/em>.<\/p>\n Unbound was founded in May 2023, after Mikami left Tango Gameworks. According to the company’s website, Unbound aims to “grow into a team of around 100 people, and to be deeply involved from the inception of a new original IP project aimed at a worldwide audience.” Shift Up says it has completed the acquisition of Unbound by acquiring all the company’s shares as of April 1.<\/p>\n Unbound says it’s working on a “high-end” original IP project powered by Unreal Engine 5 for PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox platforms.<\/p>\n ![\"Resident](\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/chorus\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/13698258\/E3_ropeway_SS_cut_01_OS.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=140&h=98&dpr=2\"\/)
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