Monster Hunter Series Producer Gets Major Promotion at…

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Monster Hunter Wilds' senior producer Ryozo Tsujimoto is being promoted to Chief Product Officer at Capcom on April 1, 2025.
Tsujimoto is set to oversee all three of the company's Consumer Games divisions.
Despite some technical issues, Monster Hunter Wilds has been a huge success, becoming the second most-played game on Steam just hours after launch.

Capcom is promoting Monster Hunter Wilds senior producer Ryozo Tsujimoto to Chief Product Officer. The current CPO, Yoichi Egawa, is resigning, leaving Tsujimoto, who led development teams throughout much of the Monster Hunter series, to take his place. It's big news for the producer and a testament to just how much of a success Monster Hunter Wilds has been for the company.

Mere hours after its launch, Monster Hunter Wilds became the second most-played game on Steam and ranked fourth on the PlayStation Store. While the title has experienced its fair share of hiccups and technical issues amid its release, it was still a record-smashing debut, both for Capcom and for video games as a whole, as its concurrent Steam players continue to rise. In light of this success, it should come as no surprise that one of the key figures behind the title is moving up the corporate ladder at Capcom.

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According to VGC, Tsujimoto will become Capcom's CPO on April 1, 2025, as Egawa steps down. As CPO, he'll oversee all three of the company's Consumer Games divisions, although its pachinko business, which Egawa also ran, will move under the authority of Chief Operating Officer Haruhiro Tsujimoto. That means the Monster Hunter senior producer would be in charge of the teams making Resident Evil 9 and its rumored open world, as well as franchises like Street Fighter and Devil May Cry. Of course, he'd also hold more authority over the Monster Hunter series, though likely in a less hands-on role than his previous work.

Monster Hunter Wilds Senior Producer Ryozo Tsujimoto Is Capcom's New Chief Product Officer

Tsujimoto has been with Capcom since 1996 and originally worked on arcade games like Battle Circuit. He'd go on to work on the planning team for Monster Hunter Freedom before producing Monster Hunter Tri, which some claim stands as one of the top 10 best Monster Hunter games to date, and moving up to senior and executive producer roles for future releases in the series. All of that culminates in his work as senior producer for Monster Hunter Wilds.

Despite its impressive sales, the journey for this latest game hasn't been entirely smooth. It didn't take long for players to notice that Monster Hunter Wilds had a major story-stopping bug, among other technical issues. Capcom has since resolved that particular glitch, but others are still tarnishing an otherwise stellar release for now. Still, it's hard to deny that the game sets a new bar for the franchise, and Capcom itself is certainly happy enough with it to promote Tsujimoto.

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