Final Fantasy

Final Fantasy XII On The PS2 Compared With The Remastered PS4 Trailer

Via Siliconera, here’s a look at how Final Fantasy XII on the PS2 stacks up against the PS4 remastered version’s debut trailer. There are bound to be more in depth comparisons once Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age is released, or at least once we have more footage. Don’t forget that Square Enix still has…

A Remastered Final Fantasy XII Is Coming In 2017 [UPDATE: Confirmed For West]

Square Enix is calling it Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age. Here’s the debut trailer. FFXII was originally released for the PS2 in 2006. Famitsu reports that the HD version, however, will be based on Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System. Besides revamped character models and cutscenes, the game will feature auto-save, shorter load…

Final Fantasy II Retrospective: The Black Sheep Of The Series

When you first open up Final Fantasy II, you’re asked to name four characters. Seconds later, those characters are stuck in an unwinnable battle, and you’re forced to watch them die. This is part two of Kotaku’s Final Fantasy Retrospective, in which we take a look back at every mainline FF game leading up to…

An Impressive Resume of Anime and Video Game Backgrounds

What do Terra Formars, Fullmetal Alchemist and Final Fantasy X have in common? They all had backgrounds done by studio Kusanagi. The Tokyo-based studio has worked on an incredibly impressive list of games and anime that include the likes of Final Fantasy XII, Love Love?, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Cowboy Bebop, Front Mission 2, Sakura…

Nine More Things Revealed about Final Fantasy XV

In one form or another, this game has been in development for ages. Yet, as recently revealed in Square Enix’s Active Time Report(via Dengeki Online), there are still new things we are learning about it. 1. Crash the Flying Car and It’s Game Over. You can crash the car during take off and landing. However,…

Let’s Talk About Final Fantasy XIV

It’s Friday, and I’m the only one manning Kotaku today, so naturally we’re going to talk about JRPGs. Or, as the case may be, MMOJRPGs. First of all, here’s a new trailer for the next update to Final Fantasy XIV, which comes out on June 7: So much content! Sucks about the whole monthly fee…

The Final Fantasy XV Spin-Off Movie Still Looks Incredible

CGI feature film Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV is set before the events of Final Fantasy XV. As we’ve seen, the movie looks beautiful. But now, let’s get to know the incredibly real looking characters of Kingsglaive The movie is set against a war between the kingdom of Lucis and the empire of Niflheim as elite…

“Final Fantasy Disease” Infected Square Enix, Says FFXV‘s Director 

Do you have it? According to Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata, “lots” of fans do. From the sound of it, some people at Square Enix have been infected, too. In a refreshingly frank talk with Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada on Japanese site 4Gamer, Tabata mentions what he calls “FF byou” (FF病) or “Final Fantasy…

Poll: Most Japanese College Students Haven’t Played a Final Fantasy 

Actually, 70.3 percent of those who replied said they hadn’t. NicoNico reports that MyNavi polled 401 male and female university students (200 men and 201 women) in Japan and asked them if they had ever played a game in the Final Fantasy series. And how did they reply? Yes 119 students (29.7 percent) No 282…

A Great Thing Final Fantasy IX Did

It’s Friday, which is still Kotaku JRPG Day in my heart. So here’s an interesting thought on what made old Final Fantasy games special, from two veteran designers who have plenty of insight on what it’s like to make video games. First, some context: designers Brett Douville (LucasArts, Bethesda) and Tim Longo Jr. (LucasArts, 343…

The locations in Final Fantasy XV, which is finally coming out this fall, look terrific. Via Famitsu, here’s a clip showing off some of the game’s varied environments.

PC Modder Says It’ll Take Months To Get Final Fantasy X Running At 60 FPS

Final Fantasy X originally came out on the PlayStation 2 in 2001. One modder is trying to make it conform to modern PC gaming standards—with mixed results. Naxshe has posted a couple videos of their effort to give the recently released Steam version of Final Fantasy X a full 60 frames-per-second makeover. Here’s the game’s…

This Final Fantasy XV Interview Is Incredible

Hironobu Sakaguchi was the first director of Final Fantasy. Hajime Tabata is the latest director of Final Fantasy. When they get together, the results are surprisingly hilarious. Today Famitsu Magazine published an English transcript of a recent interview they held with both Final Fantasy luminaries, and it’s full of incredible moments. Sakaguchi’s comments are blunt,…

Final Fantasy X Pops Up On Steam

Final Fantasy X, a video game about ghosts playing soccer, showed up on Steam this week alongside its peppy sequel, FFX-2. Seems like they’ll be coming to PC soon. The Steam listing says this HD remaster—previously released on PS3, PS4, and Vita—will be out for PC on May 12, but Steam’s gotten dates of Final…

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, a wonderfully titled RPG for iOS and Android, will come to North America in the near future, publisher Square Enix announced today. The game launched in Japan last October.

Ten Years Ago, Square Announced Final Fantasy Versus XIII 

As Final Fantasy fans across the world wait impatiently for FFXV, let’s take some time to celebrate an important milestone. Yesterday, Final Fantasy Versus XIII’s announcement turned ten years old Happy birthday, announcement! Yep, an entire decade has passed since we first met Noctis. On May 8, 2006, Square Enix announced Versus XIII during their…

Yokai Watch Is Coming to Final Fantasy XIV

In a somewhat unexpected move, Yokai Watch characters are coming to Final Fantasy XIV in a future update. According to Famitsu, further details are to come, but footage released today at a Nico Nico event outside Tokyo show popular Yokai Watch characters like Jibanyan, Komasan, and Whisper. Here’s a full list of all the characters:…

Final Fantasy: The Kotaku Retrospective

Here’s a theory: Final Fantasy is defined by how it sounds. No, I don’t mean the music—although Nobuo Uematsu’s stirring soundtrack is as pivotal to Final Fantasy’s success as anything else—I’m talking about how it sounds. The chime of a menu cursor. The squeal of an NPC’s dialogue box. The thunderous jolt of a random…

First Look at the Final Fantasy XI Reboot for Mobile 

Nexon is making a mobile version of Final Fantasy XI with Square Enix. Today, we get our first peek at the title. According to Ruliweb(via tipster Sang), the game was shown today at the Nexon Developer Conference in South Korea. Note that the slides are titled Final Fantasy XI Reboot. The announced title is Final…

Japanese Factories at Night Are Magnificent

Plus, there’s a nice Final Fantasy VII vibe going on. For a while now, photographers have been tweeting photos of factories at night to the hashtag #工場夜景 (koujou yakei) or “factory night view.” Many of these appear to be refineries, and the resulting images are often futuristic and otherworldy.