Level-5 acquires Keiji Inafune's company Comcept

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Ni No Kuni and Professor Layton developer Level-5 has acquired Comcept, the company founded by Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune that co-developed such titles as Mighty No. 9, ReCore, and Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z.
As reported by Famitsu (translated via Gematsu), the acquisition has led Inafune's company to rebrand itself as Level-5 Comcept.
What this means is that Level-5 Comcept is a subsidiary of Level-5, effectively becoming its Osaka studio. Right now the team consists of about 15 people, though it's looking to recruit more, and the studio said it will work collaboratively with Level-5 CEO and president Akihiro Hino.
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