Square Enix has confirmed that it’s in talks with Avalanche Studios to use Just Cause 3

“ What really impressed me was how they have that vertical element to their games and the technology they use to achieve that kind of thing.

In an interview with IGN at Gamescom, Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata revealed that conversations have begun about a collaboration between both studios’ development teams.“We’re talking to their central technology team based in Stockholm in Sweden about a certain collaboration we might do with them and the Final Fantasy XV team,” Tabata told IGN via a translator.“We’ve got really great hopes for this discussion. What we’re going to be talking about is possibly being able to use their really unique, really high level amazing technology they have in their studio and using it as an add-on to enhance the quality of a certain specific part of our Final Fantasy XV game,” he explained. “We really think something very special may be coming out of that.”Tabata cautioned that these conversations have only just begun, so there’s no guarantee that there will be any results just yet. When asked exactly what this collaboration might entail, Tabata explained that Square Enix is especially interested in Just Cause 3’s verticality.Tabata feels that a partnership could be mutual, as Square Enix has “very great technology within our department, within our team, aimed at creating real-time footage as you saw in the footage shown in the trailer today. So maybe that could be a great help to them as well.”For everything we found in Final Fantasy XV’s latest trailer, be sure to check out our Rewind Theater . For our latest thoughts on Just Cause 3, meanwhile, check out our hands-on impressions from Gamescom.

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