Yosuke Matsuda, CEO of Square Enix, at the Final Fantasy XV launch in Tokyo in 2016.
Yosuke Matsuda, CEO of Square Enix, at the Final Fantasy XV launch in Tokyo in 2016.
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Square Enix CEO steps down amid big changes in gaming

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Square Enix announced that it will replace its president and CEO Yosuke Matsuda, who is stepping down from the job after many years in the role.

He will be replaced by Takashi Kiryu, who is currently the chief strategy officer. This comes after the company made heavy investments in blockchain technology.

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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.