The Latest Breaking News from Naoki Yoshida

Final Fantasy 16 PC requirements are 'looking to be somewhat high,' Yoshi-P says

The PC version of Final Fantasy 16 is now in the "final stages" of optimization, but we still don't have a release date.

PC Gamer · Mar 11, 2024

Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P would like to direct another "major" game before he retires

But there are no solid plans right now

GamesRadar · Mar 11, 2024

As Final Fantasy 14 heads to Dawntrail, Yoshi-P promises the MMO won't forget the unanswered mysteries of the past 10 years

Interview |Producer and director Naoki Yoshida says "we won't ever be starting from a blank slate"

GamesRadar · Mar 9, 2024

Final Fantasy 14's director loves the game so much, he says he'd start over from the bottom as a contractor on it if he got fired from Square Enix

Naoki Yoshida also thinks the game's in good hands in the event of his untimely demise.

PC Gamer · Jan 13, 2024

Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail - everything we know so far

Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail, the game’s latest expansion, is launching later this year. Here’s everything we know so far.

TechRadar · Jan 12, 2024

'FFXIV' Patch 6.55: Release Date, New Quests, New Main Character, and More Updates

Final Fantasy XIV Patch 6.55 adds a wealth of new content, including some important set up for the upcoming expansion, Dawntrail.

Inverse · Jan 12, 2024

Final Fantasy 16 producer suggests it might be time for a ‘younger generation’ of developers to take over the series’ next game

Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida thinks that "maybe it’s time for someone new" to handle the series' next game.

TechRadar · Jan 12, 2024

Yoshi-P floats ideas for Final Fantasy 17: a real-time, turn-based hybrid or a return to pixel art

He also likes the idea of a new, younger director "instead of the same old guys"

GamesRadar · Jan 11, 2024

If Square Enix fired him, Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P says he'd still play the MMO and just complain to the development team

"I’m a 'live fast, die young' kind of person"

GamesRadar · Jan 10, 2024

One of 'Final Fantasy XIV’s' Biggest Problems May Finally Get Fixed

With the game's last race coming in 'Dawntrail', it's time 'Final Fantasy XIV' fixed the long-standing issue of Viera and Hrothgar's headgear.

Inverse · Jan 8, 2024