[The Exiled]

Forspoken is a sales plop, Square Enix cites "challenging" critical reaction, dev studio being disbanded. Luminous Productions, the developer of Forspoken, is disbanding and being merged into the larger Square Enix development group. Yosuke Matsuda, president and representative director of Square Enix, is due to step down from his role later in 2023. His replacement has already been lined up. Takashi Kiryu, the general manager for the corporate planning division at Square Enix Holdings, has been named as the eventual successor. Square Enix is restructuring its management team, in reaction to fast changing economic circumstances in the video game industry.