We sat down with Game Director Junya Okura a week ahead of launch to discuss the mechanics of Slitterhead and reflect on his journey—establishing a new studio, overseeing the technical side of the company, and taking charge of the overall game design for a new IP. Although the game has only just launched, we’d like to take a moment to thank everyone for their support over the past four years, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the game.

What were the motivations to set Slitterhead in the world of “Kowlong”? We flew out of Japan with Toyama to take a deeper dive into some fragments of his memory, chasing the urban energy & aesthetics that inspired the game.

We are delighted to announce the story trailer of “Slitterehad” which is available worldwide on November 8th, 2024 is now on YouTube.

We are delighted to announce that our first title “Slitterhead” will be available on November 8th 2024. Here is a first look at our gameplay.

Junji Ito stands as a pillar of horror manga, behind works such as “Tomie” and “Uzumaki”. Over the Bokeh counter, he looked back at his inspirations, his views on horror and the manga medium.

In our latest entry, we dive into a motion capture session recorded from earlier this year. Our cutscene team takes us through the process of mocap in our upcoming title Slitterhead, and the challenges in capturing action/creature sequences.

In our fifth episode of Golden Hour, we invited Kazutaka Kodaka – who is well known for creating & writing the Danganronpa franchise. Having just released his latest work(Master Detective Archives: Rain Code), he was happy to visit our studio to share drinks with Toyama. Kodaka is acknowledged for his writing, so naturally the two discussed their differences in how they approach story writing.

Alongside our Golden Hour series, we will be sharing “Dev Diary” videos so that you can follow the development of Slitterhead and listen to our internal team who share their experiences working on the game. Have a look at our new video covering a user test session conducted earlier this year. Please note that all of the in-game content is pre-alpha footage, and not a representation of the final product.

Fumihiko Yasuda (Nioh series, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty) and Makoto Shibata (Fatal Frame series) of Team NINJA joined Keiichiro Toyama for a new Golden Hour, where they spoke about their distinctive takes to game creation – in action and horror respectively.

From the “Focus” dev diaries to the “Golden Hour” creator talks, new content is coming to the YouTube channel on a regular basis. Please subscribe to our channel for us to share our journey with you!

Hideaki Itsuno(Capcom) has been involved in many titles such as “Street Fighter Alpha”. As Director his main works are the “Devil May Cry” and “Dragon’s Dogma” series. He is currently working on the lately announced sequel “Dragon’s Dogma 2”. We invited Itsuno-san to join us from Osaka and having lived through the same generation with Toyama-san, the two looked back to the days of creating games in the early PlayStation era.

This time around we followed a young programmer’s day working at Bokeh Game Studio. Meet Gameplay Programmer Tatsuya Matsushita, who openly describes how he joined us from Sony, and how he feels about the development of “Slitterhead” and the work environment of the studio.

Please note there is also some very early development footage of “Slitterhead” in this video. We hope you enjoy.

Our thanks goes to Baku Hashimoto, Visual Artist based in Tokyo. He built his own equipment and spent lengthy hours in a pitch-black studio, trying to figure out the best way to physically reinforce the concept of our logo for its animation.

Tonight we are joined by our former colleague and boss, Shuhei Yoshida. We sat and looked back to the days of working together to create games such as Siren, Puppeteer, Gravity Rush and The Last Guardian. We also talked about how the industry has shaped itself today and pondered whether we should be regarded as an “Indie” studio.

Our first guest for this new series is Shinji Mikami, acclaimed director most known for having created the Resident Evil series. He sat down with our very own Keiichiro Toyama, his counterpart who created the original Silent Hill.
We hope you enjoy this rare opportunity in two creators who formed what arguably became to be known as the two most iconic horror franchises of all time.
We will continue this Golden Hour series to invite known creators from the game industry and beyond. Please subscribe to our channel to keep updated about our new content!

Following Part One earlier last month, we present you Part Two of the Q&A Session between Bokeh Founders and our followers/subscribers on social media. Please enjoy & learn more about our lately-announced project “Slitterhead”.

Bokeh Game Studio founders sat for a Q&A session with questions received through social media.

In our new video we feature Akira Yamaoka, who we announced as Composer and Audio Director of our upcoming project “Slitterhead” at The Game Awards 2021. Having worked with Toyama on Silent Hill, Yamaoka shares his thoughts on reuniting after 20 years, as well as his overall approach to game audio and stance on working on Slitterhead.

We are pleased to announce our very first title in development, “Slitterhead”. The teaser footage debuted at The Game Awards 2021 was streamed online and in front of the crowd at The Microsoft Theater, LA. Not only does this mark a fresh start with a new IP from Toyama, who left Sony Interactive Entertainment last year, but a reunion of old friends; the teaser revealed that Akira Yamaoka, known as Composer and Producer of the “Silent Hill” series, will collaborate once again with Toyama on the title as Composer. To learn more, we encourage all media and gamers to subscribe to our YouTube Channel where we are/will be frequently sharing our journey working on this new project.

We are pleased to announce that Tatsuya Yoshikawa will be collaborating with us on our new project as Character Designer. His status is legendary in Japan, having worked on games such as Breath of Fire and Devil May Cry. This is the second time he will work with Toyama, having collaborated on the Gravity Rush 2 DLC “Another Story: The Ark of Time – Raven’s Choice”. We also share early artwork of two main characters from our upcoming project in this video.

Miki Takahashi is well known for designing the “Shibito” characters on the Siren series. Working as a Concept Artist at Bokeh Game Studio, she shares how she perceives her own art style and how she is approaching her new role in Toyama’s new project.

Introducing Kazunobu Sato, founder, COO and Producer of Bokeh Game Studio.

Introducing Keiichiro Toyama, founder, CEO and Creative Director of Bokeh Game Studio.

We present you Bokeh Game Studio – a new Game Studio established by Keiichiro Toyama, creator of Silent Hill, the Siren and Gravity Rush series.