Kazuya Nino, director of Square Enix’s Dragon Quest Builders game series, revealed on Friday that he has left Square Enix following the completed development of Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Dragon Quest Builders 2: Hakaigami Shidō to Karappo no Shima).
Nino plans to continue watching over Dragon Quest Builders 2 and work as external staff for Square Enix.
Square Enix released the first Dragon Quest Builders “sandbox action RPG” on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita in January 2016 in Japan.
Dragon Quest Builders 2 shipped for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch on July 12 in North America and Europe, and launched in December 2018 in Japan.