Takeshi Aramaki is the new head of Luminous Productions

After Hajime Tabata resigned from Square-Enix on October 31st 2018 to head his own studio, the FFXV development team, now turned into Luminous Productions has been leaderless until now. Takeshi Aramaki was the lead programmer for FFXV as well as someone who worked on FFXIII in an undisclosed capacity. He now leads the the new Luminous Production which is a studio SE has made for the sole purpose of building AAA titles for next gen consoles. Their business profile is already hiring for work on a new unknown PlayStation 5 title.

Meanwhile, Tabata is ready to roll out his new company JP Games next year in January. He recently announced a message to all the people interested in his future ventures.

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Originally Posted by Hajime Tabata

I started up my own company called “JP GAMES,Inc.”

Right now, we are preparing for a target January 2019 launch.
And to everyone who has assisted me until today–I kindly ask for your ongoing support.

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