Dragon Quest 12: The Flames of Fate has been suspiciously missing since its announcement nearly five years ago, but series creator and JRPG icon Yuji Horii just revealed that an upcoming livestream celebrating Dragon Quest's 40th anniversary will include news for whatever the "next game" in the series is.
A Dragon Quest livestream is apparently set to debut on May 27 - in only a few weeks time - in celebration of four decades since the first slime-squishing fantasy game, Horii announced in the newest episode of the KosoKoso podcast, with quotes translated by Gematsu.
"We'll be doing a livestream on May 27," the long-time series steward said. "I think we'll be able to make an announcement about the next game." Horii then noted Square Enix will apparently "have various other things" to show off in the stream "besides the next game."
Square Enix itself hasn't formally announced anything for the series' mega-milestone, but the publisher did hold a similar 35th anniversary stream back in 2021. As Gematsu notes, that's where the company lifted the lid on Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D, various spin-off projects, an update for MMO Dragon Quest 10, and, of course, Dragon Quest 12.
Dragon Quest 12 is the only project from that stream which still hasn't seen the light of day amid behind-the-scenes corporate shake-ups, despite Horii promising he's "working really hard" on the sequel. What better time to re-debut than now, eh?
Square Enix has been dusting off several older games in the series, as well, from HD-2D remakes of the first three games to a more cartoony take on Dragon Quest 7. Producer Masaaki Hayasaka told us that more remakes are definitely possible if the response to the HD-2D games was good. Alas, they were, so I wouldn't be too shocked to see another classic Dragon Quest get the same treatment, either. We'll see what happens at the end of the month.
