Sonic co-designer working on new Pac-Man game

Gamasutra's carrying interesting and unexpected news that Sonic the Hedgehog co-designer Hirokazu Yasuhara -- who left Sega to work stateside for Crash Bandicoot/Jak & Daxter/Uncharted creators Naughty Dog -- is now working at Namco Bandai's U.S. studio on a new 30th anniversary Pac-Man game.

No details were given beyond Yasuhara's involvement, but Gamasutra says Yasuhara's already stated his desire to create a "new character action game," so presumably we'll be getting something more along the lines of his 20th anniversary Pac-Man World series than Taito's re-imagined retro futurist Space Invaders games, with Xbox Live Arcade's Pac-Man Championship having already fit that bill in 2007.

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Namco's Iwai: Sonic Co-Creator Working On Pac-Man Comeback Game [Gamasutra]