Square Enix is ramping up development efforts here in the West, having just opened an LA-based studio and also naming itself as the publisher of Supreme Commander 2. While still in search of prospective employees, the studio is currently working on downloadable offerings, according to U.S. division president John Yamamoto:[blockquote2]All formats – Xbox Live, WiiWare, PlayStation Network – are all viable formats for us. We started the in-house development team a couple of months ago and we're starting with downloadable content because the team is still small.
Gradually, I want to expand that team, and also evaluate lots of middleware, because western middleware is much more advanced compared to Japanese middleware. So we will study and feed back information to Square Enix in Japan.[/blockquote2]The studio is rather small at the moment, consisting of only three members, so it makes sense to focus on smaller DLC based efforts. However, Square Enix plans to expand that head count to as many as thirty people within the next twelve months.
Square Enix LA studio to focus on digital titles [GI.biz]
