{"id":771464,"date":"2025-11-29T14:02:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T14:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/final-fantasys-naoki-yoshida-keen-to-direct-another-major-title?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-11-29T14:02:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T14:02:56","slug":"final-fantasys-naoki-yoshida-keen-to-direct-another-major-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/final-fantasys-naoki-yoshida-keen-to-direct-another-major-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy&#8217;s Naoki Yoshida keen to direct another major title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/final-fantasys-naoki-yoshida-keen-to-direct-another-major-title.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nNaoki Yoshida is keen to direct another major title for Square Enix.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nYoshida led development on Final Fantasy 16 on top of his work as producer and director for MMORPG Final Fantasy 14, which will receive its next expansion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/final-fantasy-14-dawntrail-everything-we-know-so-far\">Dawntrail<\/a> later this year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nYet despite all that work, he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.famitsu.com\/news\/202403\/11336660.html\">Famitsu<\/a> (translation via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aitaikimochi\/status\/1767121680156299482\">Aitai Kimochi<\/a>) he would like to direct a &#8220;next major title&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/final-fantasys-naoki-yoshida-keen-to-direct-another-major-title?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/final-fantasys-naoki-yoshida-keen-to-direct-another-major-title?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naoki Yoshida is keen to direct another major title for Square Enix. Yoshida led development on Final Fantasy 16 on top of his work as producer and director for MMORPG Final Fantasy 14, which will receive its next expansion Dawntrail later this year. Yet despite all that work, he told Famitsu (translation via Aitai Kimochi) he would like to direct a &#8220;next major title&#8221;. 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