Luminous Productions

Luminous Productions , formerly known as Business Division 2 , is a Japanese video game development studio and subsidiary within the Square Enix Group that was formed on March 27, 2018, from the Final Fantasy XV development team. Since the release of Final Fantasy XV, the aim of the company was to create AAA video games for a global audience in addition to other media content using the Luminous Studio engine, which the company was named after.
Luminous Productions was headed by Hajime Tabata as it CCO and the company was tasked with developing paid downloadable content for Final Fantasy XV. Once Hajime Tabata left Luminous Productions and Square Enix, production on the paid downloadable content for Final Fantasy XV halted and the company shifted to focus on developing a new project using the Luminous Studio engine.
On February 28, 2023, it was announced that Luminous Productions would be shut down on May 1, being merged back into Square Enix.
==Final Fantasy and related games developed==
*Final Fantasy Type-0 HD (as Business Division 2, in association with HexaDrive)
*Final Fantasy XV (original release and DLCs as Business Division 2, Stadia version as Luminous Production)
**Monster of the Deep: Final Fantasy XV (as Business Division 2)
**Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition (as Business Division 2, in association with SummerTimeStudio and XPEC Entertainment)
**Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ardyn (by "Team Ardyn")
* Forspoken (Debut game as Luminous Productions)
==External links==
*Luminous Productions on Wikipedia
*Official website
Category:Square Enix divisions