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09-15-2011, 11:20 PM
<span class="articleText">At a pre-TGS press conference earlier this week, Namco revealed that its internal Soul Calibur development team is getting some external help to create Soul Calibur 5. On its own, this is nothing unusual -- outsourcing is common in game industry development, whether via individuals or other teams -- but it's rare to see a publisher get up on stage and announce such a thing. Capcom, for instance, only admitted Dimps' involvement in Street Fighter 4 after the media found out on their own.
So following the presentation, I sat down with SC5 producer Hisaharu Tago, and asked him to clarify the relationships that each company has on the game. CyberConnect2 -- best known for Naruto fighting games and also currently working on Asura's Wrath -- he said, is "basically doing all the cut-scenes and the story mode." Creative Intelligence Arts -- also known as CIA -- then, along with Forcewick Sound Design, is "basically doing all the music" for the stages, cut-scenes, and characters in the game.
More... (http://www.1up.com/news/tgs-namco-details-multiple-teams)
So following the presentation, I sat down with SC5 producer Hisaharu Tago, and asked him to clarify the relationships that each company has on the game. CyberConnect2 -- best known for Naruto fighting games and also currently working on Asura's Wrath -- he said, is "basically doing all the cut-scenes and the story mode." Creative Intelligence Arts -- also known as CIA -- then, along with Forcewick Sound Design, is "basically doing all the music" for the stages, cut-scenes, and characters in the game.
More... (http://www.1up.com/news/tgs-namco-details-multiple-teams)