Quote Originally Posted by RitsukoSonoda View Post
Namco which then later moved to work with Nintendo for the Xenoblade Chronicles series of games after Namco merged with Bandai because they felt they weren't being given the creative freedom they needed to make the games they wanted.
Square-Enix still holds the rights to Xenogears. The other Xeno titles are beyond their reach, but everything concerning the original is very much still within SE's purview.