As the director and/or producer of multiple Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and Bomberman games, Naoki Yoshida has repeatedly proven himself to be one of the most influential video game creators in the ...

Game director Naoki Yoshida confirms the FF14 7.3 release date and shows the new alliance raid, deep dungeon, and more in ...

Naoki Yoshida - before FF14, he worked mostly on arcade Dragon Quest spin-off series Monster Battle Road. For Yoshida, listening to feedback from both designers and players has been key.

For some long-time fans, one of the takeaways has been that the Japanese series should return to its roots as a turn-based game. Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida was asked about that at Anime ...

Expedition 33 has been one of the breakout hits of 2025. It's also a classically styled turn-based role-playing game, taking cues from many popular series, including Final Fantasy. These two factors ...

Naoki Yoshida is grinning. The Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn director and producer’s expression suggests both an air of fond nostalgia and horrified recollection as he talks about the ...

Naoki Yoshida on Final Fantasy 16's combat: "We have a lot of confidence in these systems" When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...

Naoki Yoshida, the producer of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. (OTC: SQNX) Final Fantasy 16 and director of Final Fantasy 14, said he wished there was only one console for gamers to play on.

This week at Gamescom in Cologne, I was fortunate enough to sit down with Final Fantasy 14 producer and director Naoki Yoshida to chat about the recently released Dawntrail expansion. One of my ...

When Naoki Yoshida took over as Final Fantasy XIV's director and producer in 2010 shortly after launch, the MMORPG was in a disastrous state. Most PCs couldn't han ...

In an interview with The Gamer, producer Naoki Yoshida discussed the idea of spinoffs, specifically, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Yoshida said it’s about time that spinoff made a comeback.

Naoki Yoshida holds the future of Final Fantasy in his hands. “For me, Final Fantasy is about having a deep story, rich game design, the best game audio to accompany those aspects — as well as ...