{"id":2090,"date":"2021-09-14T10:50:48","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T01:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=2090"},"modified":"2021-09-14T10:54:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T01:54:27","slug":"20210914-2090","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20210914-2090\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Quest XII is being co-developed by JP developer HEXADRIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Publication date of the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20210914-175570\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>: 2021-09-14 10:09 (JST)<br>Translated by. Ryuki Ishii<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Japanese developer HEXADRIVE is co-developing <em>Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate. <\/em>The company has announced on their recruitment page that they are participating in the development of <em>Dragon Quest XII<\/em> and are looking for new staff members in Osaka, Japan. They will be working with Square Enix on the development.<\/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=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30b9\u30af\u30a6\u30a7\u30a2\u30fb\u30a8\u30cb\u30c3\u30af\u30b9\u69d8\u3068\u5354\u529b\u3057\u3066\u958b\u767a\u3092\u9032\u3081\u3066\u3044\u308b<br>\u300e\u30c9\u30e9\u30b4\u30f3\u30af\u30a8\u30b9\u30c8XII\u3000\u9078\u3070\u308c\u3057\u904b\u547d\u306e\u708e\u300f\u306e\u958b\u767a\u30b9\u30bf\u30c3\u30d5\u3092\u52df\u96c6\u3057\u3066\u304a\u308a\u307e\u3059\uff01<br><br>\u2193\u3054\u5fdc\u52df\u306f\u3053\u3061\u3089\u304b\u3089\u2193<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jUkYnfEE3y\">https:\/\/t.co\/jUkYnfEE3y<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30d8\u30ad\u30b5\u30c9\u30e9\u30a4\u30d6\u516c\u5f0f (@HEXADRIVE_Inc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HEXADRIVE_Inc\/status\/1437336371241177089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 13, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dragon Quest XII<\/em> is the latest title in the series announced in May of this year. According to Yuji Horii, the aim of the new game is to create a darker, more mature <em>Dragon Quest<\/em>. It will overhaul the traditional command battle and will feature a scenario that will demand players to make choices. The game will be made using Unreal Engine 5, and it will be directed by Takeshi Uchikawa, who previously worked on <em>Dragon Quest XI S<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Osaka based company HEXADRIVE was founded by Masakazu Matsushita, a former Capcom programmer. HEXADRIVE is known as a programmer-led studio with a reputation for quality ports. The company has a proven track record of porting games including <em>\u014ckami<\/em>, and has cooperated in the development of several major titles. The company has used Unreal Engine before with the PS4 title <em>MONKEY KING: HERO IS BACK<\/em>, which was released in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u300e\u30c9\u30e9\u30b4\u30f3\u30af\u30a8\u30b9\u30c8XII\u3000\u9078\u3070\u308c\u3057\u904b\u547d\u306e\u708e\u300f\u30c6\u30a3\u30b6\u30fc\u30c8\u30ec\u30fc\u30e9\u30fc\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mUAmVLMjGQw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate <\/em>is currently in development. 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