Naoki Yoshida has no "clear-cut answer" about turn-based combat returning to Final Fantasy following Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's success.

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 ...

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 ...

Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida unveiled a new trailer and the official release date for Final Fantasy XIV Patch 7.3. The ...

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.

Square Enix toyed with the idea of making FFXIV Mobile for years, producer Naoki Yoshida said, but the hurdle of adapting its combat seemed insurmountable – at least, until Lightspeed came along.

Naoki Yoshida, Final Fantasy 14 Online Director/Producer & Final Fantasy 16 Producer: Before I even joined the project, I would make games as a hobby, and then I would build the accounting system ...

At Gamescom 2024, I sat down with game director Naoki Yoshida to ask about his plans for the upcoming patches, which include the FF11-adjacent alliance raid and new 24-player savage content.

Square Enix is gearing up to launch FF16 on PC, and producer Naoki Yoshida has a request for you: Don’t make any naughty FF16 mods. Yoshida made the comments to PC Gamer, after PCG’s Mollie ...

With the game's director Naoki Yoshida also being an active raider (on a black mage—one of the hardest jobs in the game to optimise), it follows that they'd want to play together some.

Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida has commented on the possible turn-based future of the series, following the recent success of Clair Obscur.