As time progresses and technology races forward gaming engines start to get old. At some point game developers must put their old game engines out to pasture and start to develop new ones so that they can keep up with the ever advancing gaming marketplace. Square Enixis preparing to do just thatby hiring a plethora of developers and programmers to get them where they need to be.
In a Japanese ad featuring the eyes of Cloud fromFinal Fantasy VIIthe company has put out the call for a newgame engine system programmer, 3D graphics core programmer, online system programmer, Windows application programmer, rendering programmer, server/DB programmer, plug-in programmer, technical artist and technical writer.The positions are all based in Tokyo and require experience with both the Xbox 360 and the PS3, with the online system programmer position dealing heavily with MMOs.In the ad they explain that in order “to meetthe quality demanded of games in the coming years while dealing with costs, game development environments will need not just ‘reforms,’ but ‘revolution.'”
Going on to say,“At Square Enix, in anticipation of the appearance of next generation platforms, we’ve started development on a new generation game engine for competing beyond the level of the strong developers throughout the world, and are presently seeking a lot of talent.”
スクエニ、次世代プラットフォームも見据えた新世代ゲームエンジンの開発をスタート [Game Jouhou, viaandriasang]
