Luminous Productions
Luminous Productions Co., Ltd. (株式会社ルミナス・プロダクション, Kabushiki gaisha Ruminasu Purodakushon) was a Japanese video game development studio and a subsidiary of Square Enix. Originally known as Business Division 2, Luminous Productions was the development team responsible for Final Fantasy XV and was one of 12 Business Divisions (internal development and production divisions) that Square Enix had at the time before the company consolidated its development divisions in 2020. The current name and development structure of the studio was formed on 27 March 2018 as an external company.
Native name | 株式会社ルミナス・プロダクション |
|---|---|
Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha Ruminasu Purodakushon |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Video games |
| Predecessor | Square Enix Business Division 2 |
| Founded | March 27, 2018 |
| Founder | Hajime Tabata |
| Defunct | May 1, 2023 |
| Fate | Merged into Square Enix |
| Headquarters | Japan |
Key people | Yosuke Matsuda (Studio Head) Takeshi Aramaki (Vice President) |
| Products | Final Fantasy XV Forspoken |
Number of employees | 150 |
| Parent | Square Enix |
| Website | www |
The aim of the company was to create AAA video games for a global audience using Square Enix's proprietary Luminous Engine.
On February 28, 2023, Square Enix Holdings announced that on May 1, 2023, Luminous Productions would reorganize and merge with Square Enix Co. Ltd internally, citing the merging of the two would “enhance the Group’s ability to develop HD games”.
In June 2023, it was noticed in CEDEC Awards that Luminous Productions was listed as Creative Business Unit II, the division at Square Enix responsible for the development and production of Dragon Quest, Nier, Bravely Default and Octopath Traveler franchises, showing that the studio was merged under this specific division at the company.