In addition to revealing a new trailer During the June 2022 State of Play, Square Enix announced some of the above employees FFXVI developer team. We already know FFXIV Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida will be producing it. However, more FFXIV staff is working FFXVIlike composer Masayoshi Soken.
Eight members of FFXVI The developer team was revealed after the rollout and six of them also worked FFXIV. However, most of the people involved have experience working on Final Fantasy installment. Especially, FFXIV Composer Masayoshi Soken will take on the same role for FFXVI. Michael-Christopher Koji Fox is working on localization for both games. Kazutoyo Maehiro is the Main Scriptwriter for FFXIV: Kingdom of Reincarnation and Heavensward. Here, Maehiro is the Creative Director and wrote the original script for the game. Hiroshi Minagawa will be the Art Director, a role he also takes on FFXIV Heavensward, Stormblood and Shadowbringers. Finally, Kazuya Takahashi is handling FFXVI Character design. Takahashi also did the art for the MMO and its expansions.
This is the official announcement confirming the members of FFXVI developer team.
An introduction to the team behind Final Fantasy XVI. # FF16 pic.twitter.com/NpFv0a6XBe
– FINAL FANTASY XVI (@finalfosystemxvi) June 3, 2022
Final Fantasy XVI coming to PlayStation 5 in the Summer of 2023.
