Final Fantasy

Final Fantasy XV Comes To PC Next Year

Final Fantasy XV, a video game about male friendship and good hair, will come to PC in early 2018. The fifteenth mainline Final Fantasy, which came out in November 2016, was previously only available on PS4 and Xbox One. This version, which publisher Square Enix is calling Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition (lol), will be…

Arcade game Dissidia Final Fantasy NT will be released worldwide on the PlayStation 4 on January 11, 2018. Developed by Team Ninja, Dissidia Final Fantasy NT is a three-on-three fighting game with action role-playing game bits.

Months Later, Game Company Apologizes To Square Enix For Ripping Off Final Fantasy XI

On November 15, 2016, free-to-play MMORPG Chaos Saga launched in Japan. A day later, its service suddenly stopped after character design similarities between Chaos Saga and Final Fantasy XI were discovered. The company behind Chaos Saga has publicly apologized. Braeve, the publisher behind Chaos Saga, was able to confirm that the game had 24 copyright…

A Very Good Final Fantasy Trailer

Square Enix’s long-running Itadaki Street series (basically a take on Monopoly) has a new game coming out to celebrate the 30th anniversaries of both Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest (though the latter’s 30th was actually last year). Its trailer sure is something. It’s like Kingdom Hearts, only about money Itadaki Street: Dragon Quest and Final…

Final Fantasy XV‘s Multiplayer Has A Ridiculously Detailed Character Creator

Final Fantasy XV’s multiplayer beta went live today, and in it, you can hack-and-slash through a few short quests. You can also spend hours creating your very own avatar, adjusting everything from facial tattoos to, uh, lower jaw width. There’s a lot of detail in this thing, to the point where you can actually choose…

The New Final Fantasy XV Invincible Suits Look Terrifying 

Earlier this year, Square Enix revealed “muteki suits” (invincible suits) as an upcoming free download. Immediately, they were compared to Power Ranger costumes and soon scrapped. Square Enix has now released the new suits. They are scary. In case you missed Kotaku’s earlier coverage, here are the old muteki suits. Notice how they kind of…

We’ll Be Able To Play Final Fantasy XV‘s Multiplayer Expansion Next Week

It’s not clear why Final Fantasy XV, a game about the power of male friendship and good hair, is getting a multiplayer expansion. But it’s happening, it’s called Comrades, and next week you’ll be able to get a taste of it. The Comrades DLC, which has no release date yet but will enter a “closed…

The Friendly Rivals Who Created Final Fantasy V

Big news for me today: Boss Fight Books has launched its fourth Kickstarter, and my upcoming book Final Fantasy V is part of it. Here’s an exclusive excerpt, discussing a bit about how this legendary role-playing game was made. Final Fantasy V, the book, is many stories woven together: One is my own story of…

Final Fantasy XIII‘s Lightning Is Now Selling Nissans In China

Last year, Lightning from Final Fantasy XIII was moonlighting as a Louis Vuitton model. Now in 2017, she’s back with another gig. This time, she’s selling cars in China. She’s joined by Snow Villiers in a somewhat perplexing TV spot. People are wearing VR in Nissans? So they can take car trips with FFXIII characters?…

Man Pays $41,000 To Look Like Final Fantasy VIII‘s Squall Leonhart

Amirul Rizwan Musa, a 21 year-old entrepreneur from Malaysia, has spent over $41,000 on cosmetic surgery to look like Squall Leonheart, minus the scar. Can you see the resemblance? Known online as Miyyo RizOne, Amirul works as a model and runs his own cosmetics company. Recently his photos have gone viral online in Malaysia, where…

Final Fantasy XIV Besieged By DDoS Attacks

The biggest threat to Eorza isn’t the Garleans, or some other villain that I don’t want to look up because I haven’t even finished Heavensward yet. It’s Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, which have been hitting Final Fantasy XIV since June and show no sign of stopping, according to the developers at Square Enix.…

A Closer Look At Cactuar Ass

You wouldn’t think that Fantasy Fantasy’s cacti enemies would have terrific tushies. Then again, you’ve probably never thought about their backsides. Typically, when Cactuar is depicted, the reoccurring character is shown in a dash pose.  We usually see a Cactuar head on, so there isn’t that much of an opportunity to check out the caboose. …

Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age: The Kotaku Review

One of the strangest features in Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, which comes out today, is called the gambit system. This system allows you to write out a sequence of if-then statements, like “if you see an enemy, then attack it” or “if your HP goes below 100%, then use a Potion.” You can…

A Whirlwind Dance Tour Of Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood

Now that our Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood review is up, there are only four things left to do. Beat the final boss battle and dance, dance, dance. YouTube video creator Denmo has those last three covered with an outstanding musical journey through the expansion. Mind the spoilers. Fans have been creating music videos in their…

Square Enix Fixed Vaan’s Freaky Abs In FFXII: The Zodiac Age

In last year’s Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age trailer, it looked like we’d be stuck with Vaan’s spray-on abdominals. But now it seems like we won’t. Thank goodness for that! Note: This article was originally published on April 26, 2017. Below is a comparison from last year showing how Vaan’s PS2 abs stack up…

Podcast: Final Fantasy XII, Final Fantasy XIV, And… Other Games

Today’s Kotaku Splitscreen is made just the way you like it: heavy on the Fahey and the Final Fantasy First, Kirk regales us with stories from his backpacking adventures before settling down with me to talk Destiny 2 soccer (9:58), Mass Effect: Andromeda’s lack of DLC (15:43), and Zelda’s new content (24:44). Then we bring…

Final Fantasy XII’s New Fast-Forward Feature Is A Godsend

After several hours playing Square Enix’s new Final Fantasy XII remaster, I can confidently say I like it. I can just as confidently say that I like it a lot more because I can fast-forward through it. The remaster’s full title is Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age. It’s out on PS4 on July 11,…

Stormblood Makes Final Fantasy XIV A Better Game

Here stands Clan Destine, level 70 red mage, ready to take on the ultimate story battle in Final Fantasy XIV’s latest expansion. She’ll get to it eventually, but there’s a lot more to Stormblood than epic battles and new job classes. While I’ve spent a lot of time over the past week working my way…

Final Fantasy XII Is Way Better Than I Remembered

In 2006, when I first played Final Fantasy XII, I thought it was just fine. In 2017, I realize how silly that was. Final Fantasy XII is not “just fine.” It is tremendous. For the past week I’ve been playing an early English copy of Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, the remastered PS4 version…

Final Fantasy IX Had Some Spectacular Backgrounds 

Series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi recently reiterated which Final Fantasy was his favorite. Hint: it was the last one he happened to work directly on. While Final Fantasy IX isn’t at the top of my list, you can’t deny it had some really beautiful backgrounds. With Sakaguchi playing favorites again, illustrator Kevin Hong took it as…