Resi creator to form new Tokyo studio

Wants to make a true 3D horror game.

Shinji Mikami, creator of the hugely successful Resident Evil franchise, has revealed that once his work on Platinum Games' Vanquish is complete he plans to fold his current company and set up a new studio (named Tango) in Tokyo.

"One of the reasons I'm building a company is to raise the game makers of the future, people who haven't gone pro yet," Mikami told Famitsu. "Game development is often overseen from a pure business perspective here, which is unique to Japan, and I have the impression that environment tends to prune away young talent.

"I really want to make Tango a company run from a creator's perspective, one that expands upon new talent."

He told the magazine that he'd like to see the new studio grow to around 100 people in five to seven years. What Tango studio will work on hasn't yet been decided, but Mikami did reveal he'd love to make a 3D horror game.

"When it comes to my personal desires, I'd like to make a true-3D horror game, something where you'd use glasses like in the Avatar film," he said. "It's been my goal since the original Resident Evil to be the first in the industry to make a 3D game. There needs to be a large 3D television-owning userbase before that can happen, but I always like trying out new things first."

3D horror sounds great.

Via 1UP