Dragon Quest series creator Yuji Horii held a livestream with his radio show group KosoKoso Hōsō Kyoku on February 8. During the stream, the developer gave a small but reassuring update on the progress of Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate.
Horii comments that the development team is “working hard on Dragon Quest 12” and that he hopes to release new information about the game little by little. His previous update on the new Dragon Quest game came in May last year, shortly after it was announced that the series’ lead producer Yu Miyake would be stepping down from his position and heading to Square Enix’s mobile game division. This news, paired with the general lack of updates on Dragon Quest 12, caused concerns about the project potentially being cancelled, which Horii apologized for and denied.
Fortunately, it seems that development has progressed in the meantime as the team is now in the position to slowly release information to the public.
Dragon Quest 12 was initially announced back in 2021 as a new mainline entry and follow-up to 2017’s Dragon Quest 11. We haven’t heard or seen much about the game ever since its initial teaser video from three years ago, but we do know that it aims to shake up the Dragon Quest series’ formula with a darker, more mature approach. It will overhaul the traditional command battle system and feature a scenario that demands players to make choices. The game runs in Unreal Engine 5 and is being co-developed by HEXADRIVE and ORCA alongside Square Enix.
