Strategy Informer  

Legendary developer Takeshi Miyaji died suddenly on July 29 at the young age of 45. At the time of his death, he was the CEO of G-Mode, a company he founded in 2000. Miyaji was best known for creating the Grandia RPG series.

Miyaji started developing at the age of 19 with his brother Yoichi; the due founded Gamearts. Aside from the Grandia series, the Miyaji brothers worked on a number of mainly PC and PlayStation 2 games, including Silpheed and Gun Griffon (for the Sega Saturn).

G-Mode issued a statement today announcing his death, but did not reveal the cause of death.

Source: Andriasang

Related games: Grandia II (PC), Grandia Online (PC), Grandia II (PS2), Grandia III (PS2), Grandia Xtreme (PS2)