Legendary Sonic designer and Balan Wonderworld director Yuji Naka has been arrested in Tokyo in connection to an insider buying and selling investigation involving the reveal of a Dragon Quest recreation.
In response to the Japanese information outlet FNN, the final 24 hours noticed ex-Sq. Enix worker Taisuke Sazaki and his good friend Fumiaki Suzuki arrested on suspicion for insider buying and selling. In 2020, developer Aiming had been set to announce its cellular recreation Dragon Quest Tact, and Sazaki and Suzuki are alleged to have recognized particulars in regards to the recreation earlier than it was publicly revealed. The pair reportedly bought a mixed 162,000 shares of Aiming for roughly 47.2 million yen (or over $335,000) upfront with the intent of profiting on a doubtlessly greater inventory value stemming from Tact’s announcement.
Yuji Naka is now suspected of being concerned on this scandal as nicely. He’s accused of buying 10,000 shares price 2.8 million yen (roughly $20,000) in Aiming for a similar goal of taking advantage of Tact’s reveal. Naka was apprehended by Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Workplace, and the investigation is ongoing. It’s at present unknown if the suspects nonetheless personal their shares or in the event that they already offered them.
That is the second main controversy Naka has discovered himself concerned with this 12 months. In April, Naka publicly blasted Sq. Enix on Twitter over his elimination as director from Balan Wonderworld previous to its launch, blaming Sq. for the recreation’s important failure. This outburst got here after the conclusion of a lawsuit he’d beforehand filed towards the writer. Naka is greatest generally known as the lead programmer behind the unique Sonic the Hedgehog video games for Sega Genesis and Nights into Goals.
[Source: FNN]
