Yuji Naka, founding Sonic the Hedgehog developer, has joined Square Enix

Naka tweeted earlier as we speak to say “I joined Square Enix in January. I’m joining game development as before, and strive to develop games at Square Enix.” He gives no additional info on what undertaking he’ll be engaged on, or what is going to grow to be of his personal studio, Prope, which was based in 2006.

Just a fast word to let you already know, I joined SQUARE ENIX in January.
I’m becoming a member of sport improvement as earlier than, and try to develop video games at SQUARE ENIX.
I purpose to develop an fulfilling sport, please stay up for it.

— Yuji Naka / 中　裕司 (@nakayuji) January 22, 2018

Naka joined Sega in 1983, engaged on early relationship sim Girl’s Garden and RPG Phantasy Star, amongst others. In 1991, he was the lead programmer of the unique Sonic the Hedgehog, a sequence he continued to work on till 1994’s Sonic & Knuckles, earlier than turning into a producer at Sega Enterprises.

In 2006, he left Sega to discovered Prope. The studio labored on a number of cell video games, in addition to titles for the Wii, PlayStation three, and Xbox 360.