FromSoftware composer Yuka Kitamura has left the corporate and is now pursuing freelance work. She’s labored on video games such Dark Souls III, Bloodborne, and Shadows Die Twice.
Over on X (previously generally known as Twitter), Kitamura mentioned, “Thank you all in your continued assist. Today I’ve an announcement to make. I’ve determined to depart FromSoftware, the corporate I labored for, and to start out working new as a contract composer on this August.”
She continued, “I want to proceed to specific myself in recreation music by numerous genres of music. I hope you’ll sit up for my music sooner or later! I’ve created a brand new web site.” Her web site notes that she makes a speciality of orchestral, folks, and easygoing types of music.
Thank you all in your continued assist.
Today I’ve an announcement to make.
I’ve determined to depart FromSoftware, the corporate I labored for, and to start out working new as a contract composer on this August.— Yuka Kitamura (@_Yuka_Kitamura_) August 1, 2023
Kitamura joined From Software in 2011 and one among her first credit as a sound designer was with 2012’s Armored Core: Verdict Day. Her final recognized contribution was composing for final 12 months’s Elden Ring. It’s at the moment unknown whether or not she is within the credit for From Software’s upcoming Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon. However, that ought to be revealed quickly because it’s launching on August 25 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.
In IGN’s Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon preview, we mentioned, “Armored Core 6 seems like a brand new starting for this storied franchise, one which’s benefitted from the success and expertise gained from From Software’s different titles, however one that’s nonetheless true to the unique imaginative and prescient of the sequence.”
George Yang is a contract author for IGN. He’s been writing in regards to the business since 2019 and has labored with different publications corresponding to Insider, Kotaku, NPR, and Variety.
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