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In regards to my next endeavors and near future, I have a project that I truly wish to solidify as my next challenge after Final Fantasy XV. Here’s what Tabata had to say about his next steps: The actual reason behind Tabata’s departure from Square Enix and Luminous Studios is unknown, though it is likely that the cancelling of 75% of the upcoming Final Fantasy XV DLC at the very least hastened his leaving. This resulted in the decision to cancel the production of three out of the four DLCs originally planned and introduced.” And due to this directional change, the company has decided to focus our resources on the development of this AAA title. The main purpose of establishing Luminous Productions was to create a studio that can deliver a completely new AAA title to the global market.

A new company called Luminous Productions was formed, centered around the staff who had previously been developing the main game as part of Business Division 2, and the have continued to work on the project since. In fact, Tabata had already exited the studio as of October 31, though his departure was just recently announced.ĭuring a recent stream, Final Fantasy XV global brand director Akio Ofuji addressed the shakeup, providing some insight as to why the DLC was canceled:Īllow me to provide additional insight into what we mean by a directional change for the company.

The news comes at the same time as the announcement that game director Hajime Tabata is leaving both Square Enix and Luminous Productions. The news comes by way of Gematsu, which reported that Square Enix had halted development on Episode Aranea, Episode Lunafreya, and Episode Noctis, three of the four DLC episodes promised for ‘season 2’ of Final Fantasy XV. It has been announced that the upcoming second season of DLC – sans Episode Ardyn – has been canceled. Unfortunately, all good things must end, though it appears that the Japanese publisher is pulling the plug a bit early on the latest numbered title in its iconic series. For a long time now Final Fantasy XV has been the gift that keeps on giving, spawning so much content, ports, and special editions of these ports that the Square Enix title had begun to rival Skyrim.