‘Balan Wonderworld’ developer Yuji Naka no longer working at Square Enix
Sonic the Hedgehog, has apparently left Square Enix following the disappointing release of Balan Wonderworld.As reported in VGC, the veteran developer had updated both his Facebook and LinkedIn pages overnight (June 3), which show that his employment at the Japanesepublisher ended in April.Naka had joined Square Enix in 2018 to create new platformer Balan Wonderworld under a new studio named Balan Company.He was also reunited with Sonic co-creator Naoto Ohshima, who designed the game characters and costumes, albeit via his own company Arzest.However, the game released in March to overwhelmingly negative reviews, the poor reception having begun with a disappointing demo released in January.