The studio is called Luminous Productions. It will be headed up by Hajime Tabata, director of Final Fantasy 15. According to Square Enix, it will primarily develop AAA games as well as new and unique entertainment experiences.

There's one big plot point left ambiguous at the end of Final Fantasy XV, so I thought I'd ask director Hajime Tabata about it. In an interview earlier this month, he offered some helpful clarification, also acknowledging that the game's story was a bit... messy.

Last month, Final Fantasy 15 director Hajime Tabata teased a version of his game for the Nintendo Switch. But when I asked him about that port to Nintendo's hot new console, he wanted me to share a different message: He can't actually find one.

One day during the development of Final Fantasy 15, as director Hajime Tabata was leaving for work, his six-year-old daughter came up to him and gave him a hug.

At E3 earlier this year, I asked Final Fantasy 15 director Hajime Tabata if he was worried that Square Enix had showed too much of the game. There had been two different demos and tons of footage, I pointed out, which was leading fans to worry that there were few surprises left.

Why buy games on day one any more? A newly planned set of updates for Final Fantasy 15 won't just fix bugs, they will add story cutscenes and improve the game's slow-paced 13th chapter by adding more powers to Noctis's repertoire.

Final Fantasy XV won't be out for another week, but video game stores across the world are selling copies to anyone who asks. In other words, it's time to watch out for spoilers.

We're nearly three months away from the launch of Final Fantasy XV, which means there's a whole lot of pressure on director Hajime Tabata.

Good news for old-school Final Fantasy fans who miss turn-based combat: FFXV will offer an option called Wait Mode, letting you freeze time and pick attacks at your own leisure.

Do you have it? According to Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata, "lots" of fans do. From the sound of it, some people at Square Enix have been infected, too.

Last week, Square Enix showed it was throwing all it had behind Final Fantasy XV. This is a big game and has the anime and live-action spin-off to prove it. While Square Enix might seem like it's back on sure Final Fantasy footing, it was only a few years ago things seemed anything but.

It's not simply because the colour looks cool. Or because the characters hate pastels.

Today in Germany, Square Enix announced that the elusive Final Fantasy XV is totally on schedule and that they have even planned out a release date. Then, in traditional Square Enix fashion, they said they couldn't tell it to us yet.

Up until now, all we have heard or seen about Final Fantasy XV's party was that it was filled with dudes. That, however, might change, Square Enix says. It's possible a female character could join the game's four-character, all-male party as a guest.

The director of Final Fantasy XV is reading your comments, Kotaku. Hope you've got good ones.

As far as we currently know, the combat in Final Fantasy XV is going to be your basic action RPG format with single button presses for attacks. So how is the magic going to work then? While he wouldn't offer specifics, director Hajime Tabata did reveal some interesting aspects of the combat mechanics in his game.

Not only did Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata unveil the latest game trailer chock full of new info today, but he was kind enough to address much of the new information contained within.

The game company behind Final Fantasy just released hi-res assets so people can make their own silly FFXV Photoshops. Thanks Square Enix!

Today, Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy XV has a new director. Originally announced in 2006 as Final Fantasy Versus XIII, the game was rebranded as Final Fantasy XV last year. The game is being directed by Hajime Tabata, the director of Final Fantasy Type-0 and Final Fantasy Type-0 HD.