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Final Fantasy XVI has been banned in Saudi Arabia

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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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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth kept most of its predecessor's development team

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

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Final Fantasy XIV materializes onto Xbox in 2024

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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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Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster games top 3 million copies in two years

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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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Solo dev Feryaz Beer’s debut Super Fantasy Kingdom “A weird mashup of genres”

PreMortem.Games

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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Final Fantasy XIV has "no plans" for going full free-to-play

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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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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII's combat system | Why I Love

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When people think of the Final Fantasy series they generally don't think about Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. The original Final Fantasy XIII was often considered an overly linear disappointment that lacked the exploration and towns that made previous entries in the series such beloved epics. Read more

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