Final Fantasy

Final Fantasy XV Releasing September 30, Says Now-Private GameSpot Video

In a few hours, Square Enix will hold a big Final Fantasy XV event, where they’re expected to announced the game’s release date and other details. It looks like one of those pieces has already leaked out. For a hot minute,GameSpot published a videoannouncing Final Fantasy XV would arrive on September 30, a date previously…

Final Fantasy XIV Items and More Coming to Phantasy Star Online 2

Two of the biggest Japanese online games, it appears, are collaborating. And you thought these games were rivals? Ha! This was suddenly announced today at a Phantasy Star Online 2 event in Tokyo. According to Famitsu and 4Gamer, the Final Fantasy XIV incarnation of Odin will appear this summer in PSO2 as an enemy boss…

Is anyone else hearing the Final Fantasy victory tune in this trailer for Disney Crossy Road, which is a real thing that’s happening? Just checking.

Blogging For Final Fantasy XV Sounds Really Tough

Today on the Square Enix blog, Final Fantasy XV community manager Taji tells the story of his adventures to write an article on the Internet, which is something we here at Kotaku are intimately familiar with. As Taji explains, he was sneaking around the FFXV office when he found an interesting-looking creature on one of…

Spectacular Final Fantasy Cosplay Looks Like A Screenshot

Kilory is Kilory, a human cosplayer. She is not, as these images might have you believe, a living, breathing incarnation of Final Fantasy XIII’s Lightning. With some help from props maker 月家猫空 璟宿 和谐, she’s gotten as close to the series’ likeness as I think a human being is ever going to get. Simply incredible…

Terra and co. entering the coal mining town of Narshe for the first time. Orioto’s fan-art captures the moment from Final Fantasy VI’s intro perfectly and brings back some good memories. Dayshot is an image-based feature showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art we can find. Send us suggestions if you’ve got…

The Best Final Fantasy Summoning Animations

Since Final Fantasy III fans of Square’s storied role-playing series have been calling forth primal forces to do their often devastating bidding. Some are more impressive than others. While I appreciate earlier entries in the series for granting fans the power to summon creatures from mythology and beyond to add some extra power to our…

The Evolution of Final Fantasy‘s Behemoth From 1988 To 2016

While the story and the setting are always different, the main Final Fantasy games have a lot of reoccurring elements. Behemoth is one of them, appearing in almost every game, and its appearances are a super way to track not just the evolution of Final Fantasy, but the progress of the entire medium. RinoaMoogleGames’ clip…

Final Fantasy IX Won’t Stop Teasing Fans On Steam

Last month, video game enthusiast Square Enix surprise-released Final Fantasy IX on iOS and Android. But the PC version is still nowhere to be found, which is driving some fans crazy. Since Square announced the new ports of their classic PS1 game back in December, fans have been frantically checking Steam’s “new release” section and…

Band Says New Final Fantasy XIV Boss Battle Music Is Ripping Them Off [UPDATE]

During a boss battle introduced in the latest update to Final Fantasy XIV a song plays that sounds a lot like Powerman 5000’s “When Worlds Collide,” so much so that the band is calling it “a straight up rip off.” If you’re not familiar with the work of Powerman 5000, the American rock group fronted…

Final Fantasy XIV Gets A Cute David Bowie Reference

Above, via Redditor LightSamus: a dedication to the late David Bowie, found in Final Fantasy XIV’s new Antitower dungeon, which was added with the 3.2 patch yesterday. Cute. On another note, I’ve spent the past few weeks binge-playing FFXIV, and I really really love it, although it seems like I’ve just gotten up to the…

Final Fantasy IX Can Be Silly

“Emoticons are unavailable,” the mobile version of Final Fantasy IX tells you when you name a new character. WELL, WE’LL SEE ABOUT THAT. Meet one of Alexandria’s finest soldiers, Captain :(. When you’ve played an RPG like Final Fantasy IX over and over again more times than you can count, sometimes you’ve just gotta spice things…

Goofy Dad Recreates Final Fantasy VII Summons With His Butt

My five-year-old daughter, just now: “I like it when he was shaking his tush-tush.” Papa Luciano is at it again. After hilarious turns making his body a vessel for Smash Bros.’ taunts and Street Fighter victory poses, the middle-aged man is interpreting the summons from the beloved JRPG. You will believe a man can chocobo,…

My Favorite Images From Toy Fair 2016 Day Two

My second and final full day at my very first Toy Fair 2016 in New York City has come and gone, and already I miss it terribly. Nothing flipping through photos of Nerf guns, Pokemon plushies, Final Fantasy figures, Monster High dolls, Transformers, Marvel heroes and more can’t fix. I’ve been dreaming of this weekend…

Fan Transforms Ganon Amiibo Into Final Fantasy VII‘s Barret

Here’s an insanely great custom Amiibo Barret from Final Fantasy VII, by artist GandaKris It’s not a 3D-printed model, but a skinned, repainted, remodelled version of the Ganon Amiibo. You can see traces of his beard in the WIP photo below, but otherwise GandaKris did an amazing job, and it’s pretty hard to recognize the…

My Favorite Images From Toy Fair 2016 Day One

Day one of my first trip to Toy Fair came and went far too quickly. Between bitter cold temperatures and a series of scheduled appointments I didn’t get much time to wander the floor, but when I did I found pretty things at every turn. You’ll see some old toys and some new ones. Some…

Final Fantasy IV‘s Creepiest Enemy Pops Up In FFXIV

Hey, look, it’s Calcabrina. To quote Kotaku’s Mike Fahey: “NOOO, STOP, GET IT AWAY FROM ME.” For quite some time now, the folks at Square Enix have been stuffing Final Fantasy XIV with references to other Final Fantasy games, and this new patch is no exception. With patch 3.2, it looks like they’ll be adding…

Surprise: Final Fantasy IX Is Out Now On Phones

Stealthy Square Enix snuck Final Fantasy IX out on iOS and Android this morning, and presumably it’ll be on Steam soon too This new version of the ninth Final Fantasy has high-res character models, touch controls, and a set of new cheats like a “no random encounters” mode and a fast-forward button. You can also…

Reminder: Final Fantasy Tactics Is Still Incredible

It has become clear, in the wake of the disastrous Unsung Story, that we may never get a proper successor to Final Fantasy Tactics. Fortunately, the original game is as good today as it was in 1998. This past weekend, the game studio Playdek broke months of silence to announce that they’d put Unsung Story…

The Final Fantasy Adventure Remake Is Excellent

This week, Square Enix released Adventures of Mana, a remake of the classic Game Boy action-role-playing game Final Fantasy Adventure. Like many of Square’s other mobile games, it’s both A) pricey and B) excellent. I bit the bullet and bought a copy on iOS last night, dishing out $14 for the privilege. (It’s also out…