Ex-Capcom Producer Funds New Studio

Noritaka Funamizu, producer on the classic Street Fighter II series, has left his role as head of Research and Development Division 1 at Capcom, to found a new independent development studio. The new studio is named Craft and Meister. The company currently has only six employees, but is recruiting more in advance of announcing its first title. Funamizu is funding the company with fellow Capcom producer Katsuhiro Sudo, who worked on Auto Modellista. Source: gamesindustry.biz