Square Enix has announced that Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate has restarted development and is now known as Dragon Quest XII: Beyond Dreams.
Every year on May 27, SQUARE ENIX celebrates DRAGON QUEST Day (DQ Day), which is the date the original DRAGON QUEST game launched in Japan in 1986. To celebrate this year’s DQ Day, which is the milestone 40th anniversary of the DRAGON QUEST series, SQUARE ENIX made several announcements about upcoming games.
DRAGON QUEST XII: Beyond Dreams: DRAGON QUEST XII underwent a restart in development under a new structure, with its title changed from DRAGON QUEST XII: The Flames of Fate to DRAGON QUEST XII: Beyond Dreams. Alongside this change, the game’s logo has also been completely refreshed. To accompany this announcement, messages from Yuji Horii, game designer, and Yosuke Saito, executive producer, have been released, along with in-development gameplay footage.