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Which Final Fantasy Game Do These FFXIII Launch Customers Love?
On December 17, Japanese game site Gpara asked the first hundred customers waiting in line for Final Fantasy XIII at Shibuya retailer TSUTAYA to name their top three favorite FF games. And today, Gpara is publishing the results. More »Square Enix Patents New Battle System
Square Enix designer Tetsuya Nomura recently announced that he is working on unannounced projects — one of which is a brand new title. Could this latest patent shed light onto that? More »Square Enix Doesn't Divide By East And West
For Square Enix, there is not East and West. It's all about hard and easy. Just ask Final Fantasy: The Crystal Bearers producer Akitoshi Kawazu. More »Final Fantasy Classic, with Lyrics: Soak It In, Mofo
Brentalfloss is back to camp out in our corpus callosum or medulla oblongata or wherever it is songs of this type embed themselves. If Styx were members of my church growing up, this would sound like 4/5ths of the hymnal. More »Final Fantasy (The Band) Has A New, Less Trademark Infringing Name
Perhaps, in your internet travels for Final Fantasy the video game related content or violin-driven indie music, you've come across Final Fantasy the band. If you have, and become a fan of the artist, call them Final Fantasy no more. More »Final Fantasy VIII Coming To The PlayStation Store
It's Final Fantasy day here today, the latest piece of news concerning Square Enix's flagship franchise coming in the form of a PlayStation Store re-release. More »Old News '90: Nintendo Says NES Final Fantasy Is Geared To Adults
We've been writing about Final Fantasy this week, so how about we study how people used to write about this huge franchise. Like back in 1990, when the first game was coming to America. How did people/Nintendo explain it? More »Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers Impressions: The Day After Christmas
Pick your selling point for the next Final Fantasy on Wii: (Primarily) single-player with a deep story? Sort of is 75% mini-games? Can lift cow and use udders over character's head to shoot enemies? The last notable game of 2009? More »Final Fantasy XIII Impressions: Looking For XII
Despite the enthusiasm among gamers for Final Fantasy XIII, I have, from afar, assumed and feared that the game represented a creative backslide. On Friday, during a demonstration of the game, I was able to test my opinion. More »Here's What Final Fantasy XIII Chocobos Look Like
Chocobo! Those bird-like creatures from Final Fantasy games. The latest issue of Japan's Shonen Jump shows just how huge the creatures are in Final Fantasy XIII. More »Unraveled Anagram Points to FFXIII Announcement Friday
A message posted to Square-Enix's official Final Fantasy XIII site on Friday indicates, after not too much work, that some news is forthcoming on Friday. More »Does Bon Jovi Add Anything to Final Fantasy? Judge For Yourself
The latest Japanese television ads for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers features the music stylings of New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi. The ads are short (16 seconds or so), and there are three of them so far. More »Which Free NES Game Should I Get?
Those of you that shelled out for the Wii's Internet Channel before Nintendo made it free can now download one NES game on Virtual Console — as long as its worth 500 points. More »This Final Fantasy Crystal Bearers Attack Is Udderly Ridiculous
On the fence about upcoming Wii title Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, The Crystal Bearers? Not sure if you should pick up the game and worried that Square Enix is simply milking the franchise. More »Go Play Games With Earthquakes In Them
October 17 marks the anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake — that famous 1989 one that rocked Northern California during an Oakland Athletics/San Francisco Giants game. More »The Nintendo Download: The First Of The Final Fantasies
The Final Fantasy that started it all makes its way to the Virtual Console this morning, and you all know the drill by now. First one to rescue the princess gets a bridge! More »Booth Check: Square-Enix
You'd expect to find Dragon Quest slimes and Final Fantasy drinks in Square-Enix's massive Tokyo Game Show booth. But would you have expected Modern Warfare 2? More »GRIN's Ill-Fated "Fortress" Still Under Development
Citing unnamed sources, GamesIndustry.biz says the Final Fantasy spinoff codenamed "Fortress" has not died along with original developer GRIN. When the Stockholm studio closed, Fortress had already been taken back by Square Enix. More »Tokyo's Video Game Toys And Final Fantasy Jewelry, Of Course
The Tokyo Game Show hasn't started here in Japan yet, so half of your Kotaku team has been left with time to visit toy stores. We found a horde of video game toys and at least one other curious thing. More »A Final Look Inside GRIN's "Fortress"
An anonymous tipster attended GRIN's going-out-of-business sale at the closed studio's offices in Stockholm and snapped several pictures that seem to be of its work on, among other things, the Final Fantasy game it was rumored to be making for Square Enix. More »More Art From GRIN's Cancelled Final Fantasy Project
We don't normally enjoy loitering around what is essentially a corpse, but when it's a Final Fantasy game that was in production at a Swedish studio, well, you can excuse us for being curious. More »