Final Fantasy Creator to Make Two Games for New Xbox
The Associated Press
Published: Feb 24, 2005
SEATTLE (AP) - The creator of the Final Fantasy series of video games will work exclusively on making two games for the next version of Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox game console in a bid to help the company gain more popularity in Japan.
Hironobu Sakaguchi, president of the Mistwalker game studio, will work with Microsoft Game Studios to create two role-playing games for the new console, said Peter Moore, a corporate vice president with Microsoft's home and entertainment division.
Microsoft has not said when the new console will be released. Moore said it was also too early to say what the new games would be about or exactly when they would come out.
"These things take years, not months," he said.
The games will be available first in Japan, but eventually the company plans to translate them for the United States and other markets.
Moore said Redmond-based Microsoft has struggled in Japan in part because it doesn't offer any exclusive role-playing games.
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