Tetsuya Nomura No Longer Directing Final Fantasy XV

17 Sep 2014
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Along with today’s new trailer for Final Fantasy XV, Square Enix is also reporting that Director Tetsuya Nomura has been removed from the project while restructuring the development of the title. In his place, Hajime Tabata (Crisis Core, Type-0) will be taking over as Director.

Square Enix CEO Yosuke Matsuda had this to say:

In reviewing our development structure, we have decided to assign Hajime Tabata as the new director for Final Fantasy XV. Currently, Tabata and the entire development team are working, whole-heartedly, towards completing the production of Final Fantasy XV and ensuring the delivery of the highest quality Final Fantasy title to date. We invite every one of our fans to view the fruits of our labor through Final Fantasy XV’s demo, and promise to present a game that further surpasses expectations when the finished product is released.

As the director of Final Fantasy XV, Tetsuya Nomura has mainly worked on the original concept for the story and universe in addition to creating the characters. Hereafter, he will be focusing his efforts on the production of titles that can only be made possible by Nomura, himself, and delivering products that exceed the quality of past titles, starting with another one of his representative projects, Kingdom Hearts III. Square Enix will continue to work on these titles with the best staff formation in an effort to deliver them to everyone as soon as possible and appreciates your continued support.