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If you've been playing online game Final Fantasy XIV, you know there are eighteen in-game worlds. That is going to change. Soon there will be ten. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5883645&view=rss&microfeed=true Agent 47 may just look like a bald guy in a suit from the front but that iconic barcode on the back of his neck lets you know that there's something different about him. Something deadly. More »
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Comics aren't the centerpiece of comic-cons anymore. For better or worse, the nerd gatherings that bear that nomenclature feature all sorts of pop culture, but I guess "culture-con" doesn't roll off the tongue quite so appealingly. More »
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Artist Nina "spacecoyote" Matsumoto, an occasional Simpsons Comics contributor, has good news, everyone! She's finally managed to mash-up beloved RPG Chrono Trigger with Futurama in a surprisingly good fit. More »
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Reader SecretMoblin has turned back the clock to 2008 in order to play The World Ends With You. And what better time to try this unconventional gem than what could easily be the twilight days of the DS's lifespan? He's got one problem: the combat's driving him nuts. Think you could lend him a hand? More »
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I'll give E3 this: It's colorful. We did a few laps to see the big dogs: Square Enix, Activision, Ubisoft, Konami, Sony Ericsson, Microsoft...Robot Entertainment. (I can't help it. Orcs Must Die looks really fun!) Photos by our fearless photog, Isaac Viel. More »
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I've always thought that Final Fantasy XIII didn't get a fair shake. Admittedly, it was an overwhelmingly linear journey—player agency wasn't topmost among the priorities incorporated into its development. But it was an extraordinarily intentional game; nothing about it ever felt accidental or unplanned. It did a few things, but it did them exceedingly well: excellent combat, well-produced cut scenes, a surprisingly mature narrative, and quality voice-acting. But all of that deliberateness—of which I was a fan—came at the expense of a certain amount of freedom that many fans expect from the series. XIII-2 is looking to change much of that. More »
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With Blizzard reluctant to nail down the release of Diablo III, Dungeon Siege III is increasingly looking like the computer game that will be satisfying my clicky dungeon brawler itch this spring. More »
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Cosplay, the art of dressing up like somebody else, is normally happy just looking like the character. Canadian Sheila isn't happy just looking like the character. She has to look like screenshots. More »
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Today is the official launch day for Final Fantasy XIV Collector's Edition purchasers, and since we technically count in that group, we're giving folks who opted to purchase the normal edition a glimpse of what they're missing. More »
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Hironobu Sakaguchi created Final Fantasy. Yoshio Sakamoto co-created Metroid. And in 1987, both worked together on a game with this lady, Miho Nakayma. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5622495&view=rss&microfeed=true When you can tie a man to the back of a fighter jet and take to the sky with him screaming behind you, does your game really need a plot? More »
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Final Fantasy XIII might be out in Japan, but Square Enix has another new FF title in the pipeline: online game Final Fantasy XIV. A trio of new screenies have hit the official site. Check 'em out. More »
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It just wouldn't be TGS without a new Final Fantasy trailer now, would it? Here's one for Final Fantasy XIV. More »
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With Gamescom just two weeks away, the recently transplanted show is heating up to outshine its already white hot predecessor in Leipzig. More »
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PopMatters recently posted an extremely in-depth look back at Final Fantasy VIII, exploring the themes, emotions, and insight into human behavior that make one of the most neglected entries in the franchise great. More »
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Yoshinori Yamagishi, Square Enix's Star Ocean series producer, has confessed his desire to make erotic games. More »
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When I saw this comparison between the Final Fantasy and the battleship Yamato (the largest battleship ever made), I was wondering how the comparison would be drawn: the spectacular demise, perhaps? Not quite. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5109388&view=rss&microfeed=true Oh course it does! It's mostly cut scenes. Still, here ya go: The new Final Fantasy IV for the DS trailer. The game is being developed by Matrix Software, who was also being the Final Fantasy III remake. From the footage, looks like they've done another fine job of enhancing one of Square's (and gaming's) best RPGs. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=330102&view=rss&microfeed=true After an appointment in a nearby hotel, I came back into convention center and after seeing a door that said "re-entry only", slipped inside. As I got down to the bottom of the stairs I noticed things that looked a little different. This certainly wasn't the show floor I had left a half an hour before. Upon looking around I realized I had been dumped off into the merchandise room and snce I am rather fond of that sort of thing I figured I'd stick around and take some pictures. I mainly stuck to the Capcom and Square booths, both of which were filled to the brim with things to make my bank account shrink. Check out the gallery below for a bountiful bevy of action figures, statuettes, jewelery and t-shirts. I think I'm going to become the official Kotaku merchandise photographer after this trip. now if I can only figure our how to get them to let me expense my toy purchases... More »
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Good news, Square Enix figurine collectors! Squeenix is going to open up their own online shop to sell their wares directly to the consumer, bypassing other stores. They wanted to make sure they could have the collectibles online and available at launch to make available to collectors. A spokesman said: More »
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At long last, Square-Enix fans can shut down their fansites, toss out their petitions, wrap up their fanfics, as the company has announced the game everyone has been demanding: Destiny's Child Groove. That's right, no Vagrant Story sequel for you. Forget about that next-gen Einhander game. You get a mobile dance game featuring Beyonce, Kelly Roland and Michelle Williams, known collectively as Destiny's Child. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=218435&view=rss&microfeed=true Thanks to the insidious software piracy movement for first warezing Final Fantasy XII a month before release and then uploading the opening movie to YouTube. I have no real comments, except, you know, it looks like Square-Enix isn't skimping on their past design methodology of having more CGI than gameplay. Also, with the appearance of the rabbit-eared women, Final Fantasy finally gets furries. Florian Eckhardt More »
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I'll admit to being very likely to buy Final Fantasy XII upon release. I've been looking for a good, repetitive, random-battle RPG for quite sometime, and I haven't played any Final Fantasy titles since the seventh. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=200565&view=rss&microfeed=true What did Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within have to do with the Final Fantasy video game series? The hell if I know... in response to my question "Where the hell was Cloud?", I vaguely remember the fan boy ramblings from my friend John about "materia" and "Mother Gaia" when we wandered out of the matinee, but ultimately, I like to think the answer is "nothing at all." More »
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We all know that localization takes time, but I had no idea that it could take this long. In 1986, Japanese developer Enix (now Square Enix) released RPG Dragon Quest. The game was a smash, and spawned seven sequels. It took three years for the first entry in the series to make it to American shores. Apparently, it has taken longer elsewhere. Writes Insert Credit's Brandon Sheffield, currently in France: More »
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Back in 2003, Square released the Kenshin Dragon Quest, plug-and-play with a Wii-mote like sword thingy. Speaking of which, this game is a sneak peak of sorts at the upcoming Wii Dragon Quest game. Kenshin is getting a second wind thanks to Japanese internet threads and positive word of mouth. Supposedly this is one of the better plug-and-plays out there. Not that the competition is exactly staggering, but still. Brian Ashcraft More »
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Mario Hoops 3-on-3—also known as Mario Basketball 3on3 in the east—is becoming increasingly more bizarre. Sure, Mario playing any sport or performing virtually any activity at this point is de rigeur, but the unusual stylus based control scheme, coupled with Final Fantasy mainstays like mages, moogles, and more, make for a strange mushroomy brew. More »
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Yesterday, we posted a rather neat video of Square-Enix's upcoming Final Fantasy III. It showed us that the long loading times of old FF3 builds for the DS have been reduced from long, chunky grindings of internal DS cogs into brief flashes of existential white space. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=187312&view=rss&microfeed=true There's some new Final Fantasy III footage up. It looks absolutely swell: the animations are smooth, the art style appropriately bobble-headed, the synonymous battle theme swells underneath a cliched battle between pixy and goblin. Unfortunately, I just don't like Final Fantasy. Better start learning, though, I guess... I don't see any other Triple A, or even Triple D, RPGs on the DS horizon. Florian Eckhardt More »
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The Magic Box has posted some new and beautiful shots from the upcoming PS3 title Final Fantasy XIII.Some of them are obviously CGI and some of them look like CGI with the interface overlayed. Still, no one can say that Square Enix don't make a pretty game. More »
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1UP is reporting on some circulating Internet rumors that suggest that a Final Fantasy XII spinoff might be rocketing towards a 360 near you, sometime in the definite and wildly unpredictable future. More »
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If you have between 180 dollars and 350 dollars to spare, you might be interested in these extremely expensive statues of Cloud and Co. from Final Fantasy VII: Advent's Children. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=172537&view=rss&microfeed=true You've got to love the sort of heroine who can hover upside down in the air for over thirty seconds, shooting a stylized Uzi, yet whose billowy skirt never once falls down over her waist to reveal the fact that the Square-Enix designers failed to model her with panties. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=172417&view=rss&microfeed=true Reader "addicted2cosplay" sends in this photo of the poster for the UMass Amherst production of Romeo and Juliet, which should be familiar to fans and even casual players of the Final Fantasy series. The shows appear to be sold out, but I hear the production is mostly repetitive fight scenes interspersed with brief but really nice-looking cut scenes. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=169273&view=rss&microfeed=true Sephiroth and Riku get gay in the Sims 2. What is it with Squeenix fans anyway? Half of them seem to think they've been beamed straight from a homoerotic, bobble-headed universe where Riku and Donald Duck share a special, furry bond. More »
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Remember when Final Fantasy 3 very clearly referred to Final Fantasy 6, but no one knew it? More »
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Three out of three gaming websites agree that Final Fantasy Potion is absolutely fucking repugnant. More »
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Square's being sneaky. After last week's pervasive rumor that Final Fantasy XIII was coming not-so-soon to a PS3 probably-not-near-you, Sony have now kinda-sorta denied the rumor, claiming that it was a premature April Fool's Day prank. More »
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