In 2021, it was announced Dragon Quest XII It was already in development. Unfortunately, it’s been three years since the announcement, and we haven’t seen a single piece of new information about this highly anticipated title. Now a new report has revealed it One of the most important producers of the franchise created by Yuji Horie has left his position with Yu Miyake.
According to Bloomberg, Miyake will no longer have a producer position on Dragon Quest. Even though the details are not known, it has been mentioned The decision was made after internal delays in development Dragon Quest XII. While the executive will still work at Square Enix, he has been moved to the Japanese company’s mobile gaming division.
Miyake joined Enix in 1992 and began working directly on the Dragon Quest series. When the integration with Squaresoft went live, this producer retained his position and took on a much larger role for the property. Although there is no official information at the moment, this is expected Yosuke Saito, who worked on the NieR series, will replace Miyake in the future.
Although its internal delay Dragon Quest XII An important part of the decision, the move is part of a large-scale restructuring that took effect Monday at Square Enix. The Japanese company is restructuring its game development pipeline under a new presidentTakashi Kiryu, who has promised to reverse declining sales of both big-budget console games and smaller mobile titles.
The new structure will help the company rely less on external resources and focus more on internal AAA games. Analyst Hideki Yasuda commented on this:
“There was doubt that this management restructuring was actually happening. The news shows that structural reforms are progressing as planned and gives confidence to investors.”
Unfortunately, we don’t have any more information about the next Dragon Quest at the moment. We should note that not only is the twelfth installment in development, But its a remake with 2D-HD style Dragon Quest III Also on the door, and we have no new information about this title. However, with a new producer in charge of the series, the two projects are likely to develop better.
We just have to wait Share more information about Square Enix Dragon Quest XII and its remake Dragon Quest III. On a related topic, you can check out our review here Dragon Quest Monster: The Dark Prince. Likewise, you can learn more about its development Dragon Quest XII Here.
Editor’s note:
Dragon Quest XII and its remake Dragon Quest III Those are two titles I’m looking forward to in the future. I don’t care if these installments are available on PlayStation 6, I just want them to arrive in the best possible way and be the best experience in the series.
Through: Bloomberg
