Development of Panzer Dragoon Voyage Record, a PSVR version of SEGA’s legendary on-rails shmup series, has been plunged into uncertainty after the release’s official Twitter account falsely declared Wildman CEO and producer Haruto Watanabe to be dead. A series of messages, spotted by Gematsu, later clarified that Watanabe is in fact alive and well, and the original statement has been removed.
“Panzer Dragoon Voyage Record has been cancelled due to the cancellation of the contract by SEGA and the death of the producer, Haruto Watanabe, CEO of Wildman Inc,” the bizarre deleted post read. “Thank you for your support.” One user clarified on Twitter: “I went to the Wildman office and can confirm he’s safe. A lot of friends are gathering.”
The status of the game, described as a “virtual reality dramatic shooter”, is unknown. It was being billed as a “completely new work” which would feature various memorable moments from the original Panzer Dragoon titles. We suspect there’s more to this story, so we’ll keep you updated as and when we learn more.
[source gematsu.com, via videogameschronicle.com]
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Allllright then. That’s very strange.
Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated
Bizarre!!! Incidentally the follow up post, as translated by Google Translate, read:
"I came to the house of a wild man and confirmed it. It's safe. (A lot of friends are gathering, it's a human desire)"
I wonder if this is how these rumours begin? Bot led news, Skynet is here
How do you even accidentally tweet that unless he's like really sick or something?
Well, glad he is not dead. That is the important thing.
Would rather someone bring back Panzer Dragoon Saga than a VR game
Huh. Well this is a strange story. Glad the guy is safe anyway.
Let’s say he had died, anyone else think the wording is bizarre…
”Panzer Dragoon Voyage Record has been cancelled due to the cancellation of the contract by SEGA and the death of the producer, Haruto Watanabe, CEO of Wildman Inc,”
Sega cancelled our contract. Oh, and our CEO and producer died. Please look forward to our future projects.
That's just bizarre. How on earth do you accidentally tweet that someone is dead who's very much alive? And how does that post come from the official twitter account of the company he runs? "THE BOSS IS DEAD! WE'RE DOOMED! PANTLESS FRIDAY IS ON!" "OH CARP! HE'S ALIVE! EVERYONE PUT YOUR PANTS BACK ON!!"
@NEStalgia stuff like this happens. Reminds me of the story of a mother who sent her son's football team's WhatsApp group for parents a photo of her shaven growler by mistake. She then compounded the error when other parents said, '"Natalie WTF?!!" and in her desperation she deleted the photo but only from her own stream therefore ensuring that it couldn't be deleted from the entire thread for everyone 😅😅
They had to start a new group 😆😆
@Integrity LOL, there really needs to be a test for who is allowed to use the internet.... And nobody should be allowed outgoing communications from a touch-screen device.....
@SoulChimera Maybe they meant to kill him, but didn't succeed. Sounds like a murder mystery.
Early April's fools?
Sounds like they left the work experience kid in charge of the Twitter account.
@Integrity "Growler" 😂😂😂😂
"Sega ended our contract and the CEO is dead."
TFW you find out RGG Studio actually makes biographical games about Sega executive leadership.
"Wait, no, he's alive."
TFW you find out the hitbox detection is actually modeled on their real life accuracy.
Remake Panzer Dragoon Saga as VR. Please?
He's only dead in the physical world. His soul lives on in Virtual Reality.
"The contract was cancelled and the CEO is dead."
"No he's not."
"Well, the contract is still cancelled. All in all this is good news though, right? I mean, the CEO is still alive!"
@arsmolinarc Panzer dragoon was just recently remade, as will zwei.
This project is a VR sort of best moments of the series.
The producer was taking on the project with no money from Sega. Sega was just lending the IP.
I would actually like to know if the game was actually cancelled or if it's also a wrong report.
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