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Monkey Ball And Yakuza Creator Is In Talks To Leave Sega For NetEase

Founder of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios reportedly poached.

It seems as though veteran Sega developer Toshihori Nagoshi is about to be snatched up by Chinese video game giant NetEase in the company’s latest effort to stay competitive with their biggest rival, Tencent.

Nagoshi, who’s been at Sega since 1989 and has worked on everything from Sega Rally to Monkey Ball, Virtua Fighter, F-Zero GX and, of course, the behemoth Yakuza series, is expected set up his own team to create new games at the Chinese company.

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