Final Fantasy XIV and XVI Team Working on Unannounced Games - News

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Square Enix Creative Studio 3 lead Naoki Yoshida speaking with Dutch site Gamer.nl revealed the team has not been impacted by the restructuring a Square Enix and is working on multiple unannounced titles.

"There has been a change: we used to be called Creative Business Unit 3," said Yoshida (via a translation on ResetEra). "That has become Creative Studio 3. But other than that nothing has changed. I haven't had to fire people and the current team hasn't been altered. We're even hiring new folks.

"The company has high expectations for our division. Its one of the pillars of Square Enix. There is no chance they'll make cuts or invest less in us. We'll keep working just as hard on (Final Fantasy 14), so players don't have to worry.

"We're also working on some unannounced games. Seeing how our team is functioning, we can't work on many games at the same time, but we keep trying. There will be some announcements soon regarding two new games we're working on."

Square Enix Creative Studio 3 developed Final Fantasy XVI, as well as focusing on MMORPGs like Final Fantasy XIV. 

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Radek (on 06 June 2024)

What happened to PC version of XVI? It was apparently almost ready way back in March...

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Qwark Radek (on 06 June 2024)

Perhaps a different team is working on that. Sony also outsources pc ports to Nixxes

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Radek Qwark (on 06 June 2024)

Sony only outsources their own games to Nixxes, this is Square Enix not Playstation Studios

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Qwark Radek (on 06 June 2024)

True, but they might outsource their ports internally since they need to do a lot of them, might as well get a dedicated team for porting.

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Zkuq Qwark (on 06 June 2024)

Porting, remastering etc. is probably a great way to get less experienced personnel some more experience while letting the more experienced and productive personnel focus on more important things.

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The Fury Radek (on 07 June 2024)

Remember they bought them to primarily do ports of their games. They don't outsource anymore but no reason they also can't take commissions. :P

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