India, Oct. 16 -- Tomonobu Itagaki, the legendary Japanese game designer who changed the face of action gaming, has died at 58. His death was confirmed through a post shared on his official Facebook page - a final message he prepared before his demise. "The flame of my life is about to go out. I take pride in having fought to the end and having followed my convictions. I have no regrets," read the post.

According to Eurogamer, Itagaki's death was later confirmed by his friend James Mielke, co-founder of Tigertron and BitSummit. "Today I lost someone who was truly like a brother to me, I'm gutted to the core," Mielke wrote in his post on X. "RIP, senpai. You will always be a ninja."

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