Cancelling out rumors that he left purely for ongoing health issues, Swery65 is back in the game business with a new company and - presumably - a new game.
Calling time on his employment with Full Access games last year, the Deadly Premonition developer was looking like our next retiree from the game industry.
Shouting "I AM BACK!!" through Twitter on Monday morning, we can assume it's the developer's first day back at work with White Owls Inc - a new Osaka-based start-up which already has an active Facebook page that's allegedly managed by the only other employee listed on its official website - Sharapova - a stuffed chimp Swery comfortably has his hand up in the announcement photo.
Back in 2012, there were a few ideas floating around for Deadly Premonition 2
Making mention of a new title in development, the new company's official blog doesn't give us many clues. With a name still to be determind, the only possible hint we're given is the inclusion of a VR section. Back on their company page, Suehiro said he’s “developing very hard to deliver a wonderful game to you all over the world”
Starting out as a scenario lead back in the later days of the Neo Geo, Swery took on the role of Designer for Tomba 2: The Evil Swine before eventually putting out Deadly Premonition and D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die between other PSP/PS2 projects. But we'll likely be waiting a little while to see what the man is getting up to with his new CEO position with a chimp.
