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Teruyuki Toriyama announced the establishment of the new game development company Sirius Studio on April 10. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Gz Group, and will be dedicated to large-scale development of console games and VR/XR games.

Until his departure from SIE at the end of 2020, Toriyama was a producer at Japan Studio, with credits on titles like Bloodborne, Demon's Souls, Astro Bot: Rescue Mission and Soul Sacrifice. His next home was Thirdverse, where he developed Soul Covenant. However, due to the company changing its orientation towards casual game development (source: Famitsu), Toriyama decided to establish his own game studio under Gz, with the aim of working on bigger projects. He now serves as director, CPO and general producer at Sirius Studio.

While Gz primarily dabbles in PC/mobile games and VR projects, Sirius Studio will be more strictly oriented towards high-end console and VR/XR games aimed for global release. The studio will work on both new IPs and existing IPs belonging to other companies. Toriyama says that it will likely take some time before they are able to announce anything specific, but the studio intends to start big, going for high-end development from their first project. Their team currently counts 20 staff members experienced in AAA and AA development, with plans for further expansion.

Further updates can be expected via Sirius Studio's official homepage.

Bloodborne, Demon’s Souls producer establishes new game company Sirius Studio following departure from SIE Japan Studio - AUTOMATON WEST

Bloodborne producer Teruyuki Toriyama will lead the new game company Sirius Studio, which aims for high-end console and VR game development.

automaton-media.com

 

[Fabieter]

Belongings to other companies. Bloodborne 2 incoming.

 

[Hudo]

Time to get sirius.

 

[Nocty]

good for them.

The world needs more fresh ideas. Let's hope they succeed.

 

[Kurotri]

 

[Judge Magister]

Duskbloods is Bloodborne 2. This does mean Bloodborne 3.

Source: Bloodbornium

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Some more info via Gematsu:

The studio's founding staff include:

• Executive vice president / executive producer Hideki Irie
  • Credits – SEGA Networks, SEGA, PlatinumGames
• Company director and chief product officer / general producer Teruyuki Toriyama
  • Thirdverse producer credits – Soul Covenant
  • Sony Interactive Entertainment JAPAN Studio producer credits – Demon's Souls (2020), Deracine, ASTO BOT Rescue Mission, Bloodborne and downloadable content "The Old Hunters," Soul Sacrifice Delta, and Soul Sacrifice
• President Tomohiro Suzuki
  • Also president and representative director of gz
• Executive officer / producer Koh Okamura
  • Credits – Soul Covenant, DYSCHRONIA: Chronos Alternate, IA/VT Colorful, Soul Sacrifice Delta, Soul Sacrifice, The Last Story, Blue Dragon, Blinx 2: Battle of Time & Space, Choro Q HG 3, Choro Q HG 2, Godzilla Generations
• Executive officer / producer Tsubasa Miyamoto
  • Credits – Soul Covenant, Altair Breaker, Resident Evil 7: biohazard (PS4), Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown, the Xbox and PC ports of Yakuza 1 to 6, Resident Evil 2 (PS4), Resident Evil Revelations 2 (PS4), Deep Down, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies.

 

[kur07]

Honestly these are just corporate types. Their credits don't really imply what kind of things we can expect from them.

 

[nial]

Kinda weird to point out him being from SIE when he already worked at another company (Thirdverse), which shipped a game last year (Soul Covenant).
The article doesn't mention it, but he also was a producer on Enkaku Sousa, No Heroes Allowed! VR and Déraciné. I was quite a fan of Teruyuki Toriyama's work, especially with him pushing for VR content at SIEI back in the day.

 

[lughnasadh123]

"Gz"

Jizz?

 

[Badlucktroll]

This is who should make a new Castlevania. Konami give them a job to do!

 

[Physiognomonics]

Son many producers and managers. Where are the developers and game directors? They forgot the most important when they created this company.

 

[Roman Empire]

Bring back Soul Sacrifice!