“Thousands of people helped me and they never even knew it”

FINAL FANTASY XIV versus maternity

After sharing loads of exciting new info for the upcoming Endwalker expansion and celebrating all things Final Fantasy XIV at the FFXIV Fan Festival back in May, the game’s music director Masayoshi Soken got up on stage and revealed he had been battling cancer over the last year. The revelation shocked fans and his colleagues as he kept the entire thing secret. He said he didn’t want to worry anyone, and revealed that working towards something for the sake of the fans helped him keep going. “Videogames can really heal,” he said, while everyone fought back tears on stage.