http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png http://kotaku.com/tag/keiji inafune http://kotaku.com/tag/keiji inafune Chalk this up as Japanese developer minutia, but Keiji Inafune, creator of Dead Rising and Onimusha, pulled a muscle in his calf while playing tennis. Recovery will take a month. More »
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Keiji Inafune gave us Mega Man, one of gaming's immortal heroes and mascot for Japanese publisher Capcom. But then Inafune had a seemingly tense break with his longtime employer over creative differences. News of his new companies Comcept and Intercept followed his departure and the first new game from Inafune just went live for iOS and Android in Japan. More »
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Keiji Inafune, former Mega-Man producer and Dead Rising designer, is hard at work on a new title. It's called Kaio: King of Pirates and it's for the Nintendo 3DS. It stars a penguin pirate. More »
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Keiji Inafune split from Capcom about a year ago, clearly burned out—at one point he said he "hated" his job. However, he still was committed to finishing the 3DS game Mega Man Legends 3, whose cancellation set off a firestorm of anger this summer. Inafune threw more gasoline on the blaze when he suggested that Capcom turned down his offer to finish the game under contract. More »
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Well, it's a social game. But that's not unexpected—Keiji Inafune already said he was working on a social game. More »
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This week, Capcom shitcanned Mega Man Legends 3. The game was supposed to be produced by Mega Man producer Keiji Inafune, but he's not at Capcom anymore. Hrm, that might have something to do with it? More »
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Turn off your computer sound. Right now. This clip's audio quality (and picture quality) is horrid. However, it does show off a special attack, the likes of which gaming has never seen. More »
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At the 2009 Tokyo Game Show, game designer Keiji Inafune, then at Capcom, said the Japanese game industry was "finished". At this year's E3, one Square Enix exec seemed to realize just that. More »
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"I was all bloody," Keiji Inafune said recently. The game developer, best known for titles like Dead Rising and Mega-Man, was recalling a time before he made video games, the time he was in junior high school, growing up in one of Japan's toughest areas and getting punched. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5802208&view=rss&microfeed=true Former Capcom developer Keiji Inafune said recently at Ritsumeikan University that there was a time his old studio had a rule that 70 or 80 percent of games were sequels and the rest new games. New games weren't usually approved—something Inafune hinted to Kotaku in 2006 when he said Capcom rejected both Dead Rising and Lost Planet. [ファミ通] More »
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Hyperdimension Neptunia, a game that should have been more exciting, is getting a sequel. With very young girls. And Keiji Inafune. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5795675&view=rss&microfeed=true Former Capcom big wig Keiji Inafune is starting two new game development companies: Comcept and Intercept. "Comcept" is a combination of "computer" and "concept". Oddly, "Capcom" is a shortened version of "capsule" and "computer". More »
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Mega Man Universe was supposed to be out this year on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade. It won't be. Capcom, the game's developer, is shutting the title down and ceasing development. Mega Man Universe has been canned. More »
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Zombie horror game Dead Rising was inspired by George Romero's zombie horror films, like Dawn of the Dead. But that wasn't enough! Former Dead Rising producer Keiji Inafune made his first — and last — film for Capcom, Shibyou Osen DEAD RISING. More »
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Keiji Inafune of Mega-Man and Dead Rising fame made no secret that he hated his job. Late last week, the game designer finally left Capcom, a company he worked at for 23 years. The developer's Osaka headquarters says why. More »
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When Keiji Inafune leaves Capcom, his blog leaves the internet, it seems. Late last week, the famed game producer stated he was leaving Capcom and Capcom subsidiary Daletto. His blog won't be up for posterity. More »
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Capcom spent the week and a half following Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune's resignation from the Japanese developer reassigning producers to his games and reorganizing the company, Capcom told Kotaku today. More »
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Late last month, Capcom revealed Mega Man Legends 3 for the Nintendo 3DS. The game's executive producer Keiji Inafune said, "I want it to be good, really good." Inafune, however, is leaving the project. More »
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Guess Capcom legend Keiji Inafune wasn't kidding around when he said he hated his job : the Capcom exec said today he's leaving the company he's been with for 23 years at the end of the month. More »
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Keiji Inafune produced Dead Rising, which is influenced by George Romero's Dawn of the Dead. It wasn't just that classic horror flick that inspired the creation of Dead Rising. More »
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In a recent interview, Capcom's Keiji Inafune (of Dead Rising and Onimusha fame) talks about the impossible, doing the impossible and how that makes game developers grow as people. He also says he hates his job. More »
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In the last couple of years, Keiji Inafune (Dead Rising, Mega Man) has become a somewhat controversial figure in the Japanese game industry. That's what happens when you say things like the Japan makes "awful games". More »
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Osaka-based studio Capcom is already working on Super Street Fighter IV and Resident Evil for the Nintendo 3DS. That's not all. More »
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As part of a promotion for Dead Rising 2, Capcom had pin-up model Izumi Hinata play through the game in a bikini. She sits on a blue inflatable ball. She bounces on it. Up and down, up and down. More »
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If you have played any of Hideo Kojima's games, you have probably noticed the "A Hideo Kojima Game" title card. Other game designers have started using this type of crediting. The MGS creator, however, contests that he actually means it. More »
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The Japanese game industry is dead. This week has been a flashback of last year's Tokyo Game Show — complete with gloom and doom from Capcom's Keiji Inafune. More »
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So says Capcom's Keiji Inafune, hanging not only his countrymen but his own company out to dry. More »
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Things are getting underway at Capcom's pre-Tokyo Game Show event in Roppongi. The Osaka-based game developer is expected to reveal up to four new titles. Click on over for the liveblog. More »
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At last year's Tokyo Game Show, Capcom's Keiji Inafune (Mega-Man, Dead Rising) famously declared that the Japanese game industry was "finished". It was a wake-up call. But Japan, he says, still slumbers. More »
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Capcom, the studio behind Resident Evil, loves sequels. That's fine, people love Capcom sequels. How does another Resident Evil game sound? More »
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Is Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune as adept at directing movies as he is creating video game icons? Find out, as we take apart the first three episodes of the live-action Dead Rising zombie flick, Zombrex Dead Rising Sun. More »
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The creator of Mega Man, Keiji Inafune, and producer on the recently announced Mega Man Universe, Akiko Ito, explained—as best as they could—just what the hell this mysterious game is today at Comic-Con. More »
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Zombies invade a fictional Las Vegas dubbed Fortune City in Dead Rising 2, but the original location was something wildly different. Capcom's Keiji Inafune told Comic-Con attendees today it was previously set in an undead-filled version of Disneyland. More »
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Keiji Inafune, creator of Dead Rising, has directed a movie version of Dead Rising, pegged for digital distribution. As seen on Game Watch Impress. More »
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And not *just* Japanese developers, but some of the biggest names in the business. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5586593&view=rss&microfeed=true Zombrex Dead Rising Sun, the movie inspired by Dead Rising and directed by Mega-Man creator Keiji Inafune, will be distributed digitally for free in North America and Europe. Free? That's the nice price! More »
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Last year's "main visual" for the Tokyo Game Show gaming expo featured a hodgepodge of images and a very bland slogan: "Game, it's so energetic". This year's? More »
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The man behind Mega Man is very busy these days. More »
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The man behind some of Capcom's biggest video game creations is now in charge of personally assuring that all of the developer's titles are hits. More »
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Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune doesn't even need a pen and paper to whip up a drawing of his youthful robot hero, not when there is an iPad around. More »
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