Japanese game developer Valhalla Game Studios, has moved its headquarters to Vancouver, Canada. Valhalla Games Studio was founded in Japan during the year of 2009 by heavyweight creatives Satoshi Kanematsu, and Tomonobu Itagaki. Former leaders behind titles such as Monster Rancher (Techmo), and Dead or Alive / Ninja Gaiden respectively.
According to a letter posted by Itagaki, who serves as Valhalla’s president, CTO, and director, the studio has relocated to build out a multinational team that can compete at the top level of development.
“Our group has excellent staff who are able to compete in at the top level in the world. We believe this is one of our big advantages. To maximize this advantage, we have transferred our headquarters to Canada,” wrote Itagaki. “It is better to set a development base in Western countries than Japan in order to gather talented creators scattered from all over the world and I have made a judgment that Vancouver is the most appropriate place for this.”
Valhalla is currently adding the finishing touches to Devil’s Third Online; a free-to-play version of its hack and slash shooter due to release on PC in Japan and then North America this spring.
