Square Enix to announce new console RPG in December

Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda has said his company will be making a new announcement for console specific RPG next month.

Talking to Famitsu magazine (via Gematsu), Matsuda said "Actually, right now, we're working on a new RPG specifically for consoles and it isn't a remake.”

He said the company will start talking about the new IP in December.

Matsuda said these were projects he wanted to use as flagships for the publisher and that the company’s traditional roster of games wouldn’t be lost. The aim, he said, was to show the variety of the publishers portfolio.

“Just so we’re clear, we also still have a lot of titles in the pipeline for not just consoles, but also smartphones and PCs, and this includes games that our overseas studios are working on. I can’t talk about what platform those other titles are going to be on yet, whether they’ll be on console or mobile, but I believe we should have a wide variety of games to announce after the new year arrives.

“These are projects that began after I assumed the role of president at Square Enix. We’re going to have a lot to show for both Japan and overseas markets.”

And we know the portfolio is widening with games such as Life is Strange.

No more information was given and it’s unlikely Square will give us anymore information, but we are trying to get a line out of them as we speak.

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