Project Flare enables virtual worlds that are 17 times bigger than Skyrim.
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Final Fantasy creator Square Enix unveils Shinra Technologies to make ‘revolutionary’ cloud game tech

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Final Fantasy game publisher Square Enix is setting up its “revolutionary” cloud gaming technology, previously code-named Project Flare, as a separate subsidiary dubbed Shinra Technologies. Among the cool tech it promises are cloud-based landscapes in games that are 17 times the size of the huge fantasy environment of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

By setting up a separate entity, Square Enix will make it easier for Shinra to develop its technology and partner with external game companies. Eventually, it could also evaluate at a later time whether to spin the subsidiary off as a separate company with its own external funding.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.