Japanese developer and publisher Square Enix announced the opening of the Luminos Production studio. The head of the new division was appointed the project manager of the role-playing game Final Fantasy XV Hajime Tabata (Hajime Tabata).

Square Enix announced a personnel reorganization of the board of directors. The new board includes developers who participated in the creation of a number of flagship tiles of the company.

Square Enix will implement the “game-service” model in new single-player titles, said the company’s CEO Yosuke Matsuda. He clarified that he does not mean loot boxes and microtransactions.

Game designer and one of the creators of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise Yuji Naka has moved to Square Enix. Naka announced this on his Twitter.

In May of this year, the Danish studio IO Interactive left Square Enix and took with it the flagship Hitman franchise. The president of Square Enix, Yosuke Matsuda, admitted that he left Hitman to the creators because he loves this game too much.

The mobile strategy of Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire by MZ studio and Square Enix has crossed the milestone of 20 million downloads.

The Japanese company Square Enix has announced plans to gain about ¥100 billion ($900 million) from sales of games for mobile platforms.

The combined sales of digital and physical copies of the action with role-playing elements of Nier: Automata exceeded 2 million copies in six months since the release.

The Japanese role-playing game Final Fantasy XV by Square Enix has sold 6.5 million copies in the 10 months since the release of the title at the end of November last year.

Yahoo Japan has launched the Game Plus game portal for mobile platforms and PC. It supports HTML5 games and cloud streaming of games.

The mobile role-playing game Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius by Square Enix has gained 23 million downloads by the first anniversary of the project.

A new role-playing game by Japanese game designer Yoko Taro (Yoko Taro) SINoALICE topped the rating of cash applications of the Japanese App Store.

The Danish studio Io-Interactive will now be the sole beneficiary of the latest part of the Hitman stealth action.

Danish studio Io-Interactive (IOI) has announced independence and continued work on the flagship Hitman series.

Studio People Can Fly and Square Enix announced a joint work on a certain AAA-class game for consoles and PC.

Square Enix has moved the development of the Final Fantasy VII remake inside the company under the leadership of Naoki Hamaguchi, who previously created the Mobius Final Fantasy mobile role-playing game.

The Japanese company Square Enix announced the urgent recruitment of employees to the Final Fantasy VII Remake development team.

Danish studio IO Interactive has confirmed the layoffs of employees after news of the withdrawal from the Japanese company Square Enix.

The developer of the adventure game Life Is Strange — Dotnod Entertainment studio — announced 3 million copies of the game sold and work on the sequel.