Teruyuki Toriyama, formerly of PlayStation’s Japan Studio, has announced the opening of Sirius Studio — a new Tokyo-based development outfit that’ll focus on “high-end console and VR” games.
Toriyama’s track record is what makes this move interesting. Before leaving Japan Studio in 2020, he was producer on FromSoftware classic Bloodborne, the PS5 remake of Demon’s Souls, and PS Vita action RPG Soul Sacrifice. He also produced Astro Bot Rescue Mission, which is perhaps where the acknowledgement of VR projects comes from.
That said, Toriyama did work for VR-focused developer Thirdverse after his departure, but apparently, he wasn’t keen on the company’s push towards a more casual market. As such, he’s established this new studio under Japanese publisher gz.
gz itself has mostly stuck around mobile and VR projects since its inception in 2013, and so Sirius Studio seems to be positioned as the company’s first real foray into a more ‘hardcore’ space.
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