According to Gamasutra, Square Enix is planning to create a new US development studio to produce an original action game. In job postings for programming talent placed on Gamasutra, Square Enix states that it is "building a studio from the ground up" in El Segundo, CA, and "making an action-oriented original IP game," promising "the creative control of a start-up but the backing and funding of a major publisher."
The publisher is after programmers with Xbox 360 experience, although the listings make mention of more than one platform. In fact, tucked away in the position details is the snippet, "Platforms: Xbox 360, Wii." This would be the first stab at a Western development studio for Square Enix, but not for Square. The company released the US-developed Secret of Evermore on SNES in 1995 and took another stab at development outside of Japan with 1998's Parasite Eve, the first and last game to come out of Square's defunct Hawaiian studio.
The publisher is after programmers with Xbox 360 experience, although the listings make mention of more than one platform. In fact, tucked away in the position details is the snippet, "Platforms: Xbox 360, Wii." This would be the first stab at a Western development studio for Square Enix, but not for Square. The company released the US-developed Secret of Evermore on SNES in 1995 and took another stab at development outside of Japan with 1998's Parasite Eve, the first and last game to come out of Square's defunct Hawaiian studio.
