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RPGs like Dragon Quest 11 and Nier: Automata are heavily outsourced, Square Enix producer says, with surprisingly few devs in-house

A massive amount of Dragon Quest 11 was made by outsourced devs

GamesRadar · Jun 2

Dragon Quest 12 Beyond Dreams announced, replacing the previous version of the JRPG as Square Enix hits the reset button

The Flames of Fate no more

GamesRadar · May 27

Nier: Automata director Yoko Taro says Square Enix anniversary tease just means the publisher wants to “milk” the game for more money

Square Enix loves a good collaboration

GamesRadar · May 18

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For Nier Automata's 9th anniversary, series producer teases "just a little something" but tells fans not to get too excited

Yosuke Saito says something is definitely coming - just temper your expectations

GamesRadar · Dec 27, 2025

To celebrate Final Fantasy 9's 25th anniversary, Nier producer remembers how he thought "they should have made the loading faster"

Yosuke Saito was working on rival RPG Dragon Quest 7, which would release just over a month later

GamesRadar · Aug 31, 2025

A rumor that Nier: Automata's character designs were censored for Western audiences came from a mistranslation, creators say

A mistranslation from a recent live stream caused some confusion.

PC Gamer · Jun 13, 2025

Nier: Automata creator shoots down rumor Square Enix forced the RPG's devs to alter character designs to avoid outrage: "I've never heard of such a thing"

One of Nier's producers was the subject of a mistranslation

GamesRadar · Jun 13, 2025

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"Nothing has changed" with the new game from Nier Automata leads that might be Nier 3, producer says, and it might even be announced in 2027 if they're still "alive by then"

2027 would be the RPG's 10th anniversary

GamesRadar · May 1, 2025

Yoko Taro says Nier: Automata has so many endings because "Square Enix told us" to "add more content"

Thanks, Square

GamesRadar · Apr 28, 2025

Yoko Taro hid Nier's save-deleting twist from the game's producer, who thought it was an homage to Dragon Quest: "Apparently it wasn't an homage to Dragon Quest"

"My favorite memory is probably choosing to let this slide"

GamesRadar · Apr 28, 2025

Pouring fuel on the Nier 3 fires, series producer says several Automata leads have reunited for a new game that "might be Nier" but also "might not be Nier"

The gang is back together, for...something

GamesRadar · May 15, 2024

NieR series producer says he's doing something with the key creatives, adds with a chuckle: 'It might be NieR, it might not be NieR'

"I'll have something a bit more comprehensive to say in the not-too-distant future."

PC Gamer · May 15, 2024

Square Enix reportedly shakes up one of its most underrated JRPG series by removing a Dragon Quest veteran of 22 years, with Nier Automata's producer tipped to take over

Following Dragon's Quest 12 delays, Yu Miyake will no longer oversee the beloved IP

GamesRadar · Apr 5, 2024

Yoko Taro makes games so people buy them, and suddenly Nier Automata makes more sense

Well duh

GamesRadar · Nov 20, 2023

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GamesRadar · Nov 20, 2023

As long as Nier: Automata director Yoko Taro is still alive, the series will continue

That's a pretty big pledge

TechRadar · Nov 20, 2023

The Nier series will continue says its producer, but don't expect a new game anytime soon

Nier producer Yosuke Saito says that as long as its director is "alive," the series should continue.

PC Gamer · Nov 20, 2023

NieR producer promises the series will continue as long as creator Yoko Taro is alive to work on it

I want this man jogging, meditating, eating his greens, all of it.

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