Game Developer

MAY 4, 2023

Saudi Arabia's regulatory board has ruled that Final Fantasy XVI can't release in the country because of Square Enix's apparent "unwillingness to make the necessary modifications."

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth game director Naoki Hamaguchi and lead producer Yoshinori Kitase discuss revisiting a pivotal moment from the beloved 1997 game.

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Game Developer

JULY 28, 2023

Thankfully, the Xbox version of Final Fantasy XIV will also be free-to-play up to level 70 and include Stormblood.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

“The original idea was to blend elements from Dorfromantic and Reigns ,” says lead game designer Ignat Negrei, “where players would create their own fantasy kingdom using cards representing forests, fields, and mills.” The change from fantasy to cyberpunk had far reaching consequences for the team, like switching from 2D to 3D graphics.

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Game Developer

MARCH 19, 2024

Developer AstralShift talks about the artistic inspirations and thought processes that went into creating the beautiful daytime and horrifying nighttime of the fantasy world of Little Goody Two Shoes.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The recent pixel remasters of classic Final Fantasy games are selling well for Square Enix since their staggered release back in 2021.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 23, 2023

For Square Enix, maintaining team chemistry was important to the development of its Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy.

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Game Developer

APRIL 2, 2024

Over a month after Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's release, Square Enix is making some additions to the ranks of its executive staff.

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Fantasy 258

Game Developer

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Changes to Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles' payment model on iOS prevented players from accessing content they bought in its free and paid versions.

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Game Developer

JUNE 27, 2023

As IO steps out of Hitman's shadow with new games, that may involve making one of its future projects exclusive to Xbox and PC.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Feryaz Beer didn’t pick the easiest of genres for his debut game Super Fantasy Kingdom. Super Fantasy Kingdom is my first gaming project. How did you get the idea for Super Fantasy Kingdom? “I Actually, the roguelite city builder is a mashup of different genres that Beer somehow managed to glue together. Out of necessity.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Director Naoki Yoshida says the revenue from Final Fantasy XIV's many expansions is too important to transition the entire game to free-to-play.

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Game Developer

MARCH 21, 2024

The programming director of the superhero sequel explained the complex physics of Spider-Man and how the web-wings were a "mess" to get right.

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Fantasy 354

GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The news that Square Enix considers its two major Final Fantasy titles in the past year – Final Fantasy 16 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth – to have missed their sales targets won't be a surprise to many people in the industry. Read more

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Square Enix Technical artist Tatsuya Okahisa and producer/director Naoki Yoshida share insights on the process of the visuals of the long-running MMORPG.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 15, 2024

After nearly 40 years of composing music for games (and Square Enix and Final Fantasy specifically), Uematsu has reached the end of the road.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Square Enix has confirmed sales of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Final Fantasy 16 "did not meet expectations." Read more

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Fantasy 124

GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 15, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth was the biggest-selling game at Japanese retail in March, shifting 310,596 units and leading a slew of new releases that took over the Top Five in the boxed games charts. Read more

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

"If you want to play as a bearded non-binary dwarf with a masculine voice and green hair, why not?"

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Fantasy 314

Game Developer

AUGUST 28, 2024

The MMO's Xbox Series X|S release has reaffirmed Square Enix's decision to push for more multiplatform launches, even with Xbox's low turnout in Japan.

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Fantasy 267

Game Developer

AUGUST 6, 2024

The fantasy-RTS is doing quite well for Digital Sun, and is its fastest-selling game to hit over 100K copies in its nine-year history.

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Fantasy Games 309

Game Developer

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The PUBG Battlegrounds maker hopes to expand the studio significantly over the next three years.

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Game Developer

JULY 5, 2024

The co-developer on Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion and Paper Mario: Origami King was hit hard by several projects getting the axe by their developers.

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Keith Burgun

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Over the last few years, I have went through a lot of the Final Fantasy series. I have recently beat 5, 9, 10, 13, 13-2, Remake and Rebirth (which I reviewed here), and I also played a lot of almost every other non-MMO mainline entry in the series (in the distant past I have also beaten final fantasies 1, 4, 6, and 7), plus direct sequels.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Square Enix has lost nearly $2 billion in its value since the launch of Final Fantasy 16, as its shares have declined and a key long-term investor has reduced its stake in the publisher.

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Fantasy 145

Game Developer

JUNE 28, 2023

The sixteenth main installment in the franchise launched on June 22.

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Fantasy 253

Game Developer

JULY 15, 2024

Concept art for Phoenix Labs' cancelled game reveals a fantasy crafting-RPG in the vein of Minecraft and Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

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Game Developer

APRIL 30, 2024

The Final Fantasy maker will be 'more selective and focused in the allocation of development resources' moving forward.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Square Enix has announced Final Fantasy 14 is being developed for mobile by Lightspeed Studios. Read more

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

IOI has hinted at plans to support the project for "many years to come."

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Game Developer

JULY 7, 2023

Ubisoft Massive's Mathias Karlson and Navid Khavari explain why Star Wars Outlaws is the Star Wars game "they've always wanted to play"

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Fantasy Games 248

Keith Burgun

OCTOBER 23, 2024

I saw her talk at the Alt F4: Rebooting Community After Gamergate conference which was extremely impressive, and we quickly got into talking Final Fantasy between talks. We get into a bunch of topics here, such as dark patterns, games in communities, Final Fantasy games, and a lot more. I hope you enjoy the conversation!

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The Final Fantasy XV director is aiming to do things differently from Square Enix and bring in young developers from outside of Japan.

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Fantasy Development Games 306

Game Refinery

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Tower of Fantasy was launched in the global markets in August 2022, luring players to the game with its “Genshin with an MMO experience” headlines. Tower of Fantasy is a new MMORPG developed by Hotta Studio and published by Perfect World and Level Infinite. The open-world of Tower of Fantasy. So, does it live up to the promise?

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Astro Bot and Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth hold the most Game Award nominations this year at seven apiece.

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Fantasy Games 272

Game Developer

APRIL 30, 2024

Koei Tecmo claims the historical fantasy action-RPG has managed to outdo its predecessor, the two-game Nioh franchise.

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Fantasy Games 298

Game Developer

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

MiHoYo's space-fantasy RPG Honkai: Star Rail took the top spot at Google's awards for 2023's best games and apps on its titular store.

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