Developer Grasshopper Manufacture has split from parent company NetEase Games to operate once again as an independent studio. Goichi Suda, also known as Suda51, leads the studio through this transition following discussions and with the cooperation of NetEase.
- NetEase acquired the studio in 2021.
- Romeo Is A Dead Man is the only game released by the developer under NetEase.
- Suda51 announced the separation through an official press release.
Independence and Self-Publishing
"deliver titles in a wider variety of styles"
Goichi Suda, Studio Leader
NetEase cooperated during the discussions that led to the studio regaining its independence.
Future Operations
The studio developed self-publishing know-how during its time under the parent company. This experience gives the developer options to choose how its future games reach the market while it continues to build unique titles.
This newfound autonomy enables the team to carefully evaluate publishing paths for upcoming projects on a case-by-case basis. Suda51 and his personnel aim to leverage their enhanced operational capabilities to maintain creative control over their eccentric library of video games moving forward.
Romeo Is A Dead Man stands as the solitary title completed and published during the three-year period in which the developer operated as a subsidiary of the Chinese technology conglomerate.
