hirokazu yasuhara

Saturday, March 7, 2009
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New Pac-Man in the Works for 2010

1:00AM Brian Crecente | Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator Hirokazu Yasuhara is working on a new Pac-Man title set for a release on the original game’s 30th anniversary in 2010, Gamasutra reports. More »
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
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Westerners Destroy, Japanese Create

11:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Hirokazu Yasuhara has been lucky enough to work in both the Japanese game industry and the Western game industry. In Japan, he was the third member of the first Team Sonic and fleshed out the level design for the early Sonic titles. In the West, he clocked time at Naughty Dog, working on the Jak series. Now, he’s currently senior design director at Namco Bandai Games America. In an interview with game site Gamasutra, Yasuhara talks his level design philosophy (fascinating stuff) and offers insights like: More »
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