sentences:  Nakamura helped assist Tetsuya Takahashi with the formation of Japanese developer Monolith Soft in 1999, where Namco would publish their "Xenosaga" series.The same year on April 1, Nakamura was appointed chairman of the Multimedia Content Development Association (MCDA).Following the unveil of the Xbox, Nakamura formed an alliance with Microsoft to produce games for the console, with Namco becoming one of the first Japanese developers to support it.