Sonic & Le créateur de Balan Wonderworld, Yuji Naka, aurait été arrêté lors d'une enquête sur le délit d'initié de Square Enix

Yuji Naka – the co-creator of Sonic and the more recent release Monde merveilleux de Balan – has reportedly been arrested during an ongoing Square Enix insider trading investigation.

This follows the news two Square Enix employees – Taisuke Sazaki and Fumiaki Suzuki – were both arrested for acquiring stock in Japanese game development company ‘Aiming’ prior to the announcement of a new a le plaisir de vous présenter GXT titre sur mobile.

Sazaki and Suzuki allegedly purchased around ¥47 million ($336,300) de stock dans le développeur. Yuji Naka a également été accusé d'avoir des informations privilégiées – achat 10,000 shares of Aiming stock for roughly ¥2.8 million ($20,000) avant la même annonce.

Square Enix has issued a statement – revealing it’s working with authorities on the investigation and taking appropriate actions against the suspected employees:

"Nous regrettons profondément la grande inquiétude que cela a causé à toutes les personnes concernées. Nous avons traité cet incident strictement, y compris les mesures disciplinaires internes prises contre les employés suspects.”

Since the launch of Balan Wonderworld last year, Yuji Naka has also been involved in a lawsuit case with Square Enix, after he was removed from the game as the director “environ six mois avant la sortie” in his words.