Polyphony Digital, creator og Gran Turismo, is moving its development studio across the country to Fukuoka City. The reason for the move is the March 11 earthquake.
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According to Gran Turismo designer Kazunori Yamauchi, out of various cities that were considered, Fukuoka, which is in the far West of the country, is a good place to live and work.
Fifty game developers will be relocated at Polyphony Digitalās new headquarters in Fukuoka. The city is already home to Level-5, the studio best known for the Professor Layton games.
Why exactly the earthquake and its effects prompted the move were not stated.
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