Welcome to the first in our series of Developer Spotlights, wherein we give you a rundown of a video game maker that we feel is worth knowing in depth - a little history, a brief look ahead, and whatever multimedia gems we can dig up.

This month we look at Ancient, a company that many of you have expressed admiration for. In addition to an exclusive interview with the legendary Yuzo Koshiro, you can find a complete list of its releases and some rare videos of the unreleased Streets of Rage 4 for the Dreamcast.

Special thanks to Tokyopia for the videos and to Sqoon and Ali for all their good work in putting together this feature.