It’s been confirmed that eccentric game design star Keita Takahashi has left publisher Namco Bandai, after seemingly becoming disillusioned with the general direction that the videogame industry has begun to take with regards to motion technology, stereoscopic 3D, and expensive development cycles.

The news of Takahashi’s departure was confirmed to consumer site Play.tm by a Namco Bandai spokesperson.

Takahashi would best be known for his work on designing the playful ‘ball rolling simulator,’ Katamari Damacy, while the last game he worked on was the quirky, ultra-experimental Noby Noby Boy.

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Keita Takahashi, the visionary behind games such as Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy, has made a new post on the US PlayStation Blog regarding the recently released update for Noby Noby Boy, entitled Version 1.1. Here’s Takahashi:

“Finally, the updated 1.1 version is ready (available now on PSN). Honestly, debugging it was hard for multiplayer as it was a hotbed for bugs. So, if you run into a bug or two, please laugh that off. Since there are more silly updates aside from multiplay, I hope everyone has fun with the game as a whole.

“By looking at the number of WEBWEBBOY, however, a lot of people don’t seem to have noticed the updates. They may be playing something else and not know about them. But I do wonder when GIRL will reach Mars.”

A new trailer, as well as additional details about the update from Takahashi, follow below:

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