Final Fantasy XI
On September 1, 2010, Akihiko Matsui became the director of "Final Fantasy XI". Only three months later, on December 10, 2010, Matsui left the "Final Fantasy XI" team to work as "Lead Combat System Designer" on Square Enix's new MMO, "Final Fantasy XIV". His replacement as director of "Final Fantasy XI" is Mizuki Ito. On July 13, 2011, information from a Famitsu interview with former "Final Fantasy XI" producer Hiromichi Tanaka revealed that Square Enix is looking into the possibility of porting "Final Fantasy XI" to Sony PlayStation Vita. On June 24, 2012, at the end of VanaFest 2012, a festival in Yokohama, Japan to celebrate 2012's tenth anniversary of the Japanese launch of "Final Fantasy XI", Hiromichi Tanaka announced that, due to health reasons, he was stepping down as producer of the game and leaving Square-Enix. Akihiko Matsui has been selected to replace him.