8 director Kohei Ikeda has joined Katsuhiro Harada’s VS Studio.

Ikeda announced his departure from Bandai Namco in June after twenty years with the company. At that time, he did not disclose his future plans but stated he would “continue taking on new challenges as a game developer.”

He has now joined VS Studio as a game designer. “Working on games again with two of my former bosses feels nostalgic in many ways,” Ikeda shared on social media.