The creator of Suikoden and Eiyuden Chronicles, Yoshitaka Murayama, died on February 6 resulting from “problems with an ongoing sickness,” as introduced by his firm, Rabbit and Bear Studios.

Murayama joined Konami again in 1992 and labored his means as much as direct and write his personal recreation, Suikoden, which was launched on the finish of 1995 in Japan earlier than reaching North America in 1996. He continued engaged on the collection via to 2002, when he left Konami a month earlier than the discharge of Suikoden III. He shaped Blue Moon Studios, the place he labored on 2005’s 10,000 Bullets.

Lately, he was head of Rabbit and Bear Studios and was engaged on Eiyuden Chronicles: Hundred Heroes, which is about to launch April 23, 2024.

The assertion from Rabbit and Bear studios reads, “His laborious work on Eiyuden Chronicle as state of affairs author was completed however as his co-workers and associates, it saddens us to know that he received’t get to see the reactions from his followers.”

A remaster compilation for the primary two video games within the Suikoden collection, Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars, can be prone to be launched this yr. It’s heartbreaking that he received’t be right here for the discharge of his follow-up and the celebration of the video games he helped construct. We at Destructoid provide our honest condolences to his family and friends.

_{Lead picture by way of Rabbit and Bear Studios.}