Final Fantasy XV director leaves project after 8 years of work

In eight years, most people could earn get two college degrees, find the love of their life, marry them, start a family, and send the first-born off to kindergarten. It is, however, apparently not enough time to make one Final Fantasy game.

At the very least, time is up for Tetsuya Nomura, who had served as Final Fantasy XV’s director since the action role-playing game began development in 2006 (back when it was known as Final Fantasy Versus XIII). According to Kotaku, developer and publisher Square Enix has announced that Nomura will give up the director’s chair to former FFXV co-director Hajime Tabata, who previously directed other action-based Final Fantasy games, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy Type-0. Nomura will now focus entirely on Kingdom Hearts III, the anticipated sequel to the popular Disney/Square Enix crossover series.