Nomura on his departure: "It was the company's decision, I can't say anything more than that."

[VXIII]

I expected as much. Nomura was passionate about Versus/XV project, he described Noctis as his "latest son".

Well, the project is progressing very well now, a fast comparison to 2013 shows that most of the core aspects were planed and executed long ago. 

Can't wait for KH 3 :)