{"id":44034,"date":"2025-02-10T15:15:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T06:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=44034"},"modified":"2025-02-10T15:33:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T06:33:02","slug":"dragon-quest-12-is-still-fully-in-development-new-information-to-be-revealed-little-by-little-says-series-creator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/dragon-quest-12-is-still-fully-in-development-new-information-to-be-revealed-little-by-little-says-series-creator\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Quest 12 is still fully in development, new information to be revealed \u201clittle by little,\u201d says series creator\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dragon Quest series creator&nbsp;Yuji Horii held a livestream with his radio show group <em>KosoKoso H\u014ds\u014d Kyoku<\/em> on February 8. During the stream, the developer gave a small but reassuring update on the progress of <strong>Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/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=\"\u3010\u30e9\u30a4\u30d6\u3011\u300e\u65b0\u30b3\u30fc\u30ca\u30fc\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30c8\uff01\u3086\u3046\u5e1d\u306e\u3067\u305f\u3068\u3053\u307e\u304b\u305b\uff5c\u795e\u9f8d\u306b\u9858\u3044\u3092\u53f6\u3048\u3066\u3082\u3089\u3046\u306a\u3089  \u4e16\u306e\u4e2d\u304b\u3089\u4f55\u3092\u306a\u304f\u3057\u305f\u3044\u304b\uff1f\u300f\uff0f 2025\u5e742\u67088\u65e5\uff08\u571f\uff09\u914d\u4fe1\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wfikAAlgNsw?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>Horii comments that the development team is \u201cworking hard on Dragon Quest 12\u201d and that he hopes to release new information about the game little by little. His previous update on the new Dragon Quest game <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/dragon-quest-series-creator-reassures-fans-that-dragon-quest-12-is-still-in-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">came in May last year<\/a>, shortly after it was announced that the series\u2019 lead producer Yu Miyake would be stepping down from his position and heading to Square Enix\u2019s 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.&nbsp;<\/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>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.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dragon Quest 12 was initially announced back in 2021 as a new mainline entry and follow-up to 2017\u2019s Dragon Quest 11. We haven\u2019t 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\u2019 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20210914-2090\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HEXADRIVE<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20210921-2563\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ORCA<\/a> alongside Square Enix.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dragon Quest series creator Yuji Horii gives update on progress of Dragon Quest 12: The Flames of Fate&#8217;s development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":31513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-44034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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