https://automaton-media.com/en/news/former-dragon-quest-series-producer-says-he-left-square-enix-after-the-company-shifted-to-safe-copycat-projects-modeled-after-existing-hit-games/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:45:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/former-dragon-quest-series-producer-says-he-left-square-enix-after-the-company-shifted-to-safe-copycat-projects-modeled-after-existing-hit-games/#comment-8551 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:45:10 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=51194#comment-8551 Fool Square Enix!! After they spent massive amount of budget DEI WOKE failed projects like Forspoken and Avengers and also rubbish NFT slop, now they have to put safe mode on games that could have bring millions to them. At this point, even a freshman like me has better strategy to save the company rathen than clueless boards there. Just hire me and I’ll give easy solution in a quick time

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