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Star Ocean lead programmer leaves Tri-Ace

Yuichiro Kitao departs after 14 years of service.

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Tri-Ace lead programmer Yuichiro Kitao has announced his departure from the company on Twitter (via Siliconera).

Lead programmer Yuichiro Kitao worked on the Star Ocean role-playing games.
Lead programmer Yuichiro Kitao worked on the Star Ocean role-playing games.

Kitao was known for working on the Star Ocean series and was in the company for 14 years. He was also involved with the Valkyrie Profile games and Resonance of Fate. His last day will be on May 12.

Tri-Ace worked together with Square Enix on Final Fantasy XIII-2 and with Level-5 on Little Battlers eXperience W. The last game the company worked on under its own name was Beyond the Labyrinth for the 3DS, which has yet to be localized for North American markets.

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