In a heart-wrenching move to many, Clover Studios was shuttered late last year. Fronted by Atsushi Inaba, the studio brought us titles like Okami and GODHAND. We had heard rumblings that Inaba had created another Osaka-based studio. What's more, it apparently had big financial backing.

The website for Inaba's new company SEEDS has gone live. SEEDS was founded way back in August 2006, which was a couple months before Capcom closed Clover. As of January, the new outfit was 51 employees strong. The company's message page boasts a powerhouse staff with the likes of producer Atsushi Inaba, Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami and Devil May Cry/Viewtiful Joe creator Hideki Kamiya.

The company seems to still be in the recruiting phase and sets forth this company philosophy of creating new entertainment for people living in a new world and looking towards the future of gaming (hence, the company name "SEEDS"). States it's always considering "worldwide," because it wants more more to play its games. In the company's site there does seem to be a largely international focus and concentration on the "play" aspect of gaming. If past Clover and Capcom titles are anything to go by, whatever SEEDS does output should be anything but run-of-the-mill. Looking forward to it. Brian Ashcraft

New Clover Studio [SEEDS via NeoGAF]

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