Hironobu Sakaguchi Joins Microsoft Game Studios

Many of you may recognize that name and many of you may not. Sakaguchi is better known as the Father of Final Fantasy and he is joining up with Microsoft Game Studios to develop games for the next Xbox system.

Microsoft Corp. today announced that Hironobu Sakaguchi, video game legend and president of Mistwalker game studio, has joined with Microsoft(r) Game Studios to develop role-playing game (RPG) video games exclusively for the next-generation Xbox(r) video game platform. Sakaguchi is best known as the creator of the "Final Fantasy" franchise, which has sold more than 60 million units worldwide, and was executive vice president in charge of game development at Square Enix Co., Ltd. until February 2001.

Citing a shared vision with Microsoft for the next generation of video games, Sakaguchi will lead the creation of two upcoming Xbox-exclusive RPG titles to be published by Microsoft Game Studios.

Feb 24, 2005 - 3:25 pm - Chris Rasco | 6 comments

 

 

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Booo




Ya.

Its about time Mircrosft made a move to get some f'n RPGs in the green machine. This makes the industry more well rounded no?
Feb 24, 2005 1:28 pm

FUCK....


guess i'm getting a next-gen XBOX....=P [final fantasy is my favorite series... which should be obvious due to my ps2-fanboyness...=P]


hmm... hope i have enough money for both it and ps3.... i guess it's all up to FF12 to prove to me that the FF series can handle not having him or Nobuo Uematsu [former FF music compser]..... otherwise i may not even get the ps3....
Feb 24, 2005 2:06 pm

This shakes things up a bit.

I like it.
Feb 24, 2005 2:31 pm

Whoa...
Feb 24, 2005 3:10 pm

mattk wrote:Whoa...


Nice take Neo.
Feb 24, 2005 3:16 pm

No, if I were Neo, I'd have a hideous smirk on my face once I realized that I knew Kung Fu, followed by doing a nifty little dance step before sparring with Morpheus. I'd also stretch out my limbs and have the Matrix bend around me as I do so.

Then, I'd star in not only the two worst follow-up movies ever made, but two of the worst movies ever made, namely Reloaded and Revolutions.

I think I'll just stay Matt K. and play the latest Final Fantasy on Xenon.
Feb 24, 2005 6:59 pm

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