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It’s a pleasure to introduce myself to our shareholders. My name is Hajime
Tabata and I’m Co-Director of “FINAL FANTASY XV.”
My aim for the projects centering on “FINAL FANTASY XV” is to
achieve the highest-acclaimed, highest-profitable installment in the “FINAL
FANTASY” series. With this goal in mind, I would appreciate your
continuous support.
Going forward, as a creator I would like to develop new IPs for seniors.
I will create games that would thoroughly satisfy myself as I get older.
Also, as a leader, I want to establish a strong production studio with
an open, flexible atmosphere that constantly delivers excitement to
shareholders, employees, the game industry and users—a studio with the
capacity to consolidate the Group’s capabilities and play the best match at
the forefront of the industry.
On this journey, the support of shareholders would be very much
appreciated.
Our job is to create deep worlds, strong
characters and stories that deal with universal
themes. But we are not just working in the
gaming industry as it stands. Obviously our
first goal is to deliver an incredible experience
to gamers, but our approach should allow us
to easily expand our game universe into other
media and share it with other audiences. My
ultimate goal is to create a “meta-narrative”
with all different mediums supporting one
same story on different levels; imagine a
movie introducing the story of the PC game
while mobile games could extend the story of
characters of the PC game, and graphic
novels giving an idea of what comes after the
PC game.
©SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.
CHARACTER DESIGN: TETSUYA NOMURA ⁄ Roberto Ferrari
David Anfossi
Studio Head of Eidos-Montreal
Previously the producer of “DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION,” the critically
acclaimed first game to be developed by Eidos-Montreal, prior to that David
worked at Ubisoft Montreal. In 2013 David has taken up the role of Studio
Head at Eidos-Montreal, where they are developing “THIEF” along with two
unannounced projects currently in development at the studio.
Hajime Tabata
Co-Director of “FINAL FANTASY XV”
Previously responsible for games for mobile phones, Hajime Tabata has
been Director of various console games, including “FINAL FANTASY
REISHIKI,” and is currently taking charge of the development of “FINAL
FANTASY XV” as Co-Director.
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