"Light and Shadow" main creation visits SE headquarters, and the two sides launch creative collisions to attract speculation

Recently, several core members of Sandfall Interactive visited Square Enix's office for a "creative concept exchange." Sandfall created the studio of "Light and Shadow: Expedition No. 33". The speculation in the game industry about possible cooperation between the Final Fantasy series and "Light and Shadow: Expedition No. 33" naturally aroused the enthusiastic expectations of players.

　　"Light and Shadow: Expedition Team No. 33" was released in April 2025 and quickly became a hot topic in the game circle. With its fascinating plot and gameplay, this game has successfully attracted the attention of RPG and JRPG enthusiasts. It cleverly combines turn-based and real-time combat mechanisms, and adds features such as soul-like elements. After the game was released, many players compared it with the "Final Fantasy" series that was popular all over the world, and even hoped that Square Enix could draw inspiration from Sandfall's works when developing new works in the series. The success of "Light and Shadow: Expedition No. 33" undoubtedly breaks the stereotype of "turn-based games are outdated", proving that this gameplay type still has broad room for innovation. Now, the news that Sandfall developers unexpectedly visited the SE office may be a positive signal for turn-based game enthusiasts.

The Sandfall team members who visited SE this time include creative director Guillaume Broche, producer Francois Meurisse, artistic director Tom Guillermin and Kepler CEO Alexis Garavaryan. The two sides described the meeting as a "creative exchange of ideas and ideas." Considering Square Enix's appreciation of "Light and Shadow: Expedition No. 33", this contact naturally triggered speculation about the possible linkage between the two sides.

Players were delighted with the news that Square Enix exchanged ideas with Sandfall. Some said bluntly: "This is exactly what you need, Square!" Some people began to speculate whether Sandfall developers would participate in the future new "Final Fantasy". In fact, the director of "Light and Shadow" has previously expressed his love for the "Final Fantasy" and "Legend" series, and admitted that these two series are important sources of inspiration for his team to create this popular RPG. Although the possible cooperation between the two parties is worth looking forward to, neither studio has disclosed more information at present, leaving a suspense for players to imagine.

Sandfall's itinerary did not stop at Square Enix. On July 24, the development team of "Light and Shadow" also visited Kojima Studio. This move also unexpectedly made fans expect a linkage between them and the newly released "Death Stranding 2". It is not clear what Sandfall's specific purpose of these visits is, but the studio has previously revealed that it is working on developing new content for Light and Shadow: Expeditionary Team 33. What exactly these new content is and whether it will include linkage cooperation with other well-known game series is still a mystery.