 Nier was the last game that Cavia made ; the company was absorbed into its parent company , AQ Interactive , in July 2010 . In March 2011 , there were plans made between Yoko and Takuya Iwasaki , one of the original producers for Drakengard , to develop a port of Nier for the PlayStation Vita at Iwasaki 's company Orca . The port would have incorporated material from both versions of the game . When Orca was chosen to help develop Dragon Quest X , the project was shelved . A number of key staff from Nier 's development , including director Yoko and Okabe , would later reunite to work on a new entry in the Drakengard series from which Nier was spun off . A sequel titled Nier : Automata is being developed by Square Enix and PlatinumGames for the PlayStation 4 for a 2016 release . Yoko , Saito and Okabe returned to their previous roles . Other staff members include producer Atsushi Inaba and artist Akihiko Yoshida . 
