{"id":14603,"date":"2025-07-21T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/ex-devil-may-cry-resident-evil-dragons-dogma-producer-to-reveal-new-action-rpg-this-year\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T16:00:00","slug":"ex-devil-may-cry-resident-evil-dragons-dogma-producer-to-reveal-new-action-rpg-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/ex-devil-may-cry-resident-evil-dragons-dogma-producer-to-reveal-new-action-rpg-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ex Devil May Cry, Resident Evil, Dragon&#8217;s Dogma Producer to Reveal New Action RPG This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/ex-devil-may-cry-resident-evil-dragons-dogma-producer-to-reveal-new-action-rpg-this-year\/#Ex_Devil_May_Cry_Resident_Evil_Dragons_Dogma_Producer_to_Reveal_New_Action_RPG_This_Year\" >Ex Devil May Cry, Resident Evil, Dragon&#8217;s Dogma Producer to Reveal New Action RPG This Year<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ex_Devil_May_Cry_Resident_Evil_Dragons_Dogma_Producer_to_Reveal_New_Action_RPG_This_Year\"><\/span>Ex Devil May Cry, Resident Evil, Dragon&#8217;s Dogma Producer to Reveal New Action RPG This Year<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"body body-text article-text\">\n<section class=\"text\">\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Ex Capcom Producer Action RPG\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/e12476882ad38\/ex-capcom-producer-action-rpg.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/e12476882ad38\/ex-capcom-producer-action-rpg.450x.jpg 450w, https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/e12476882ad38\/ex-capcom-producer-action-rpg.900x.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 450px, (min-width: 800px)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/e12476882ad38\/ex-capcom-producer-action-rpg.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Ex Capcom Producer Action RPG\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>For the past couple of years or so, ex-Capcom producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi has made a habit of mentioning his new project \u2014 and we may finally be on the cusp of actually seeing it.<\/p>\n<p>Having left the company in 2022, Kobayashi had worked at Capcom for close to 30 years, overseeing the original Devil May Cry and Dragon&#8217;s Dogma games as a producer. He was also a producer on Resident Evil 4, and the Sengoku Basara series.<\/p>\n<p>Just to be clear, Kobayashi is not to be confused with Hideaki Itsuno, who left Capcom a couple of years after Kobayashi, in 2024. He was the <em>director<\/em> on Devil May Cry, Dragon&#8217;s Dogma, and more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"for-mobile insert insert-label\">\n<div id=\"inject-primis-player\" data-src-primis=\"https:\/\/live.primis.tech\/live\/liveView.php?s=117168&amp;vp_content=plembed39b4tigwxqjz&amp;cbuster=%%CACHEBUSTER%%&amp;playerApiId=primis_player_float&amp;schain=1.0,1!ziffdavis.com,22392450815,1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Anyway, <em>both<\/em> of them have gone on to head their own development studios, and as the headline suggests, Kobayashi is working on an action RPG. His company, GPTRACK50, is a subsidiary of Chinese tech giant NetEase.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While I can\u2019t reveal any details yet, everything is going as planned,&#8221; he said, in a new interview with Famitsu (as translated by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/devil-may-cry-and-dragons-dogma-producer-to-announce-new-action-rpg-by-the-end-of-the-year\/\">Automaton<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In our New-Year\u2019s greeting card for 2025, I said I wanted to announce it by the end of the year, and as a man of my word, I want to keep that promise,&#8221; Kobayashi teases.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019ve already entered the second half of the year, but rest assured that our studio is already preparing to make the announcement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, this is the <em>announcement<\/em>, but when can expect to be playing this thing (assuming it&#8217;s targeting PlayStation platforms to begin with)?<\/p>\n<p>Well, Kobayashi says that the team&#8217;s currently in the process of recording voicework, which suggests that it&#8217;s pretty far along.<\/p>\n<p>What are you hoping from this supposed action RPG? Does Kobayashi&#8217;s past experience fill you with confidence for it? 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