Game Developer

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Publishers are bringing their biggest games to phones, and Final Fantasy XIV is the newest title to join the mobile market.

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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

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

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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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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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

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

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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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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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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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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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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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

MARCH 19, 2024

Ward joined TSR during Dungeons & Dragons' first boom, and worked on several add-ons for the TTRPG, plus his own science-fantasy game, Metamorphosis Alpha.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

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

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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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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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Game Developer

JUNE 28, 2023

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

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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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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

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

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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

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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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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Game Developer

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Paramount and Saber will collaborate on a new action-RPG based on Nickelodeon's hit fantasy anime.

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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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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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Keith Burgun

APRIL 28, 2024

I played Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Where Final Fantasy XVI kind of feels like “a bunch of white men growling at each other”, FF7 Rebirth is a very diverse world of colorful characters, almost all of which (Cloud being the exception) wear their heart and their personality on their sleeve. In general, I liked it.

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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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