Unlike FFXI, FFXII will not be online. Square announced that it will go back to the turn-based games like before. Although not much known about this game yet, we do know some staff members that will be returning and working on this game. Akihiko Yoshida, character designer from Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story, and the Ogre Battle series, will be in charge of character design and 3d map designs. Hideo Minaba, from FFT, FFV, and FFIX, will provide art and part of direction. And directing the game will be Jun Akiyama, who also worked on FFT and Vagrant Story.