{"id":12982,"date":"2022-05-30T16:05:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T07:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=12982"},"modified":"2022-05-30T16:06:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T07:06:00","slug":"20220530-12982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220530-12982\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi creates a free company called SQUARE in FFXIV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220530-204456\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-05-30 13:50 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>It looks like Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of <em>Final Fantasy<\/em>, has created a free company in <em>Final Fantasy XIV<\/em>. The name of this new free company is \u201c<strong>SQUARE<\/strong>\u201d and abbreviated as \u201cSQ.\u201d Sakaguchi\u2019s title within the free company is executive vice president which happens to be what his title was during his time at Square. So at least on paper, it looks like he\u2019s back at his old role, even if just in <em>FFXIV<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Free Company is formed.<br>SQUARE&quot;, abbreviated &quot;SQ&quot;.<br>It&#39;s not SQUARE ENIX, it&#39;s SQUARE.<br><br>Finally, the time to belong to SQUARE has come again.<br><br> The logo was based on the red triangle of the &quot;A&quot; in the old SQUARE logo, and was made in the blue color of the FF1 logo.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FF14?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FF14<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BU5FGkoZZE\">pic.twitter.com\/BU5FGkoZZE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u5742\u53e3\u535a\u4fe1 (@auuo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/auuo\/status\/1530984614956634113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sakaguchi began playing <em>FFXIV<\/em> in October of 2021. Since then, he\u2019s gone on to blast through the main story (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20211104-5490\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">related article<\/a>), establish his own in-game fashion brand called \u201csakaGUCCI\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220126-8952\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">related article<\/a>), and make waves online by totally immersing himself in the game in his private life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite playing the game for over 6 months, his enthusiasm doesn\u2019t seem to be slowing down. On Twitter, we can also see him <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/auuo\/status\/1525895622389161984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posting<\/a> after clearing difficult content like Pandaemonium Asphodelos (Savage) and when <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/auuo\/status\/1526459351942148096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">entering<\/a> Dragonsong\u2019s Reprise (Ultimate).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A free company in <em>FFXIV<\/em> is a player-run organization and the game\u2019s version of guilds. Free companies can purchase land in the game to house their members and get to enjoy their own private chat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s also possible to create a company crest, with Sakaguchi\u2019s new free company drawing inspiration from the letter \u201cA\u201d in Square\u2019s former logo and the blue color from the original <em>Final Fantasy<\/em> logo.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1131\" height=\"650\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1131px) 100vw, 1131px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220530-204456-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220530-204456-001.jpg 1131w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220530-204456-001-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220530-204456-001-380x218.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220530-204456-001-768x441.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220530-204456-001-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220530-204456-001-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220530-204456-001-696x400.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220530-204456-001-1068x614.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220530-204456-001-731x420.jpg 731w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>One thing that stands out is Sakaguchi\u2019s title of \u201cexecutive vice president.\u201d Free companies have a master rank and leadership roles below that with titles that can be freely modified. Sakaguchi who was previously the executive vice president at the actual Square is now back in the same role again at his new free company SQUARE. Note that SQUARE is not accepting new members so joining without a connection to Sakaguchi in the game will probably be difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The father of <em>Final Fantasy<\/em> seems to be enjoying the connections one can make with others as a player of an MMORPG, and we can\u2019t wait to see what\u2019s next in his adventures through Eorzea.<br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">\u00a9 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi creates a free company called SQUARE in FFXIV. 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