Studio Luminous production will be May 1 merged with Square Enix (both companies are owned by Square Enix Holdings). The announcement comes less than a month after the fantasy adventure game was released. forgottenreceived mixed reviews.
“The merger is part of an effort to further increase the competitiveness of the group’s development studios, a goal outlined in its current mid-term business strategy. SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. has developed a number of AAA HD games and has rich intellectual property and content. Glowing Manufacture Co., Ltd. Meanwhile, it is equipped not only with AAA-level game development capabilities, but also with technical expertise in areas such as game engine development,” the official statement said.
Until May, Luminous Productions will continue to handle Forspoken. Among other things, they want to focus on DLC. We believe in Tantuwhich is scheduled for the summer.
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Start Luminous production dates back to 2013 when the team was created as the so-called Business Unit 2 within Square Enix. In this form, he was responsible for the development Final Fantasy XVwhich came out in 2016. The change of name and independence of the studio in the structures of Square Enix Holdings took place in 2018.
“Forspoken may not be what players were hoping for, but despite some flaws, it’s definitely not a useless or uninteresting game. The creators took a step in the right direction, but, unfortunately, they didn’t finish something, and something didn’t work out the way we would like,” we wrote about Forspoken in review.
Source : Zing
