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Sakaguchi Talks FF Development

In an interview in the latest issue of Famitsu celebrating twenty years of Final Fantasy, translated by Develop, series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi has spoken candidly about the development conditions that surrounded the birth of the series’ first outing.

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Square Enix Talks About the Ivalice Alliance

With Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions shipped on Oct. 9, the people of 1UP interviewed Ivalice Executive Producer Akitoshi Kawazu, Final Fantasy Tactics PSP Co-Producer Shingo Kosuge, Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings Writer and Director Motomu Toriyama and FFXII International Zodiac Job System Producer Hiroyuki Ito about their latest releases.

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Square Enix Shifts Focus

As many of us should know, Square Enix is one of the biggest videogame publishers in the world and is made up of two of the oldest and most-revered gaming companies. The pair has weathered many changes in the gaming industry, both separately and together. Now the union is preparing for the next phase in its grand plan: to significantly increase its presence outside of Japan.

Regarding this plan, IGN had a chance to interview the CEO of Square Enix North America and European operations & Executive Officer in Japan, John Yamamoto.

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Square Enix Talks Chocobo on DS & Wii

Adam Riley, an editor of Cubed3, interviews Yuki Yokoyama, the producer of Chocobo Dungeon that was shown this year at Tokyo Game Show.

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Nomura Talks Kingdom Hearts

There was an interview with Tetsuya Nomura in Gemaga Magazine not long ago. IGN has posted a new article regarding the interview, the new Kingdom Hearts games revealed at TGS this year and possibly a Kingdom Hearts 3.

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TGS ‘07: Interview with the Makers of Infinite Undiscovery

At this year’s Tokyo Game Show, GameSpy got to see a trailer of the upcoming Xbox 360 RPG Infinite Undiscovery under development at tri-Ace, the same folks that brought you Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile. After the presentation, they got to chat with Director Hiroshi Ogawa of tri-Ace, and Producer Hajime Kojima of Square Enix, about their latest adventure.

Due to the length of the interview, it can be found under the cut.

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Tetsuya Nomura Talks

In the US to promote the North American release of Kingdom Hearts II, character designer and director Tetsuya Nomura shared his thoughts about the PlayStation 2 title and the future of the popular series.

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