Final Fantasy

Wow, Look At All The Final Fantasy Spinoffs

This week’s biggest Tokyo Game Show news was Final Fantasy XV—hey, it’s alive!—but while we were all gawking at bromantic road trips, Square Enix showed off a bunch of other Final Fantasy spinoffs that are worth at least a little attention. Let’s go through them all. Above: a new look at the Monster Hunter-ish Final…

Hands On with Square Enix’s New Streaming Service

Dive In is an up coming game streaming service for some of Square Enix’s most popular games to iOS and Android devices. Today at the Tokyo Game Show, I tried out the service on an Android pad. Let’s see how that went. For my time with Dive In I had the choice of playing Final…

Bravely Second is Exactly What You Want It to Be

Bravely Default is a darling of a JRPG that hearkens back to the Final Fantasy games of yore—and one of the best games the 3DS has to offer. From playing the game’s demo, Bravely Second seems like simply more of the classic JRPG gameplay you know and love. The Tokyo Game Show demo was rather…

Final Fantasy XV‘s Combat, Broken Down

Final Fantasy XV is actually a video game that is actually happening, and new footage released by Square Enix last night shows that it’s looking damn good, too. The one big question—other than “why is the steering wheel on the right?”—is “just how does that combat work?” We don’t have the answers to that question…

The Internet Reacts To Final Fantasy XV’s New Trailer

Last night, a new trailer hit for the long-awaitedFinal Fantasy XV. The internet seems to have a consensus on it: the game is looking spectacular. There’s lots of hype right now—partially because the game looks great, but also because folks hadn’t seen new footage in a long while. The Final Fantasy fandom was hungry for…

Final Fantasy XIII Is Coming To PC

Remember back in the day when Square announced that Final Fantasy XIII would be coming to Xbox 360 and everyone freaked out? Hold onto your keyblades: now it’s coming to PC, too. Steam lists the RPG for release on October 9, at $16. Seems like a straight port. Square says they plan to release the…

Smartphone game Final Fantasy Agito is coming to the PS Vita in Japan as Final Fantasy Agito Plus on January 15, 2015. No word on a Western release.

The Final Fantasy Type-0 Demo Is Like Boxing with Kiddie Gloves On

The long awaited Final Fantasy Type-0 is coming to the West in its brand new HD-remastered form this coming March. This past Tuesday, Brian Ashcraft and I stopped by Square Enix HQ in Tokyo for some hands-on time with the game. Type-0 is an action RPG where you control a party of three characters you…

What Final Fantasy Type-0 Looks Like On PS4 And Xbox One

Final Fantasy Type-0 has long been one of Square Enix’s most anticipated games and the Tokyo Game Show 2014 trailer does a good job showing why. Final Fantasy Type-0 was originally released in Japan for the PSP on October 27, 2011. Final Fantasy Type-0 HD will be released in North America and Europe on March…

The New Final Fantasy XV Trailer Has Renewed My Faith

If Final Fantasy XV‘s latest trailer is any indication, this game could well be worth the wait. The new Tokyo Game Show trailer shows off gameplay that’s more than combat—there’s also driving! And this latest look at Final Fantasy XV offers some truly stunning graphics. Did you give up on Final Fantasy XV? Don’t. Not…

Tetsuya Nomura Is No Longer Directing Final Fantasy XV

Today, Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy XV has a new director. Originally announced in 2006 as Final Fantasy Versus XIII, the game was rebranded as Final Fantasy XV last year. The game is being directed by Hajime Tabata, the director of Final Fantasy Type-0 and Final Fantasy Type-0 HD “This move allows Tetsuya Nomura…

Pretty GIFs From Final Fantasy Type-0 For PS4 And Xbox One

UPDATED POST: Looks like someone at IGN accidentally pulled the trigger early on publishing English gameplay footage from the HD version of Final Fantasy Type-0, which will be out on March 17, 2015 for PS4 and Xbox One. It looked great, so we pulled a few GIFs and will leave them for you here while…

Final Fantasy IV, which has been released on every digital device known to man, is now on Steam, too. It’ll run you $16 for the PC version, which is a port of the three-dimensional DS remake of the fourth Final Fantasy that includes some stuff that wasn’t on the Super Nintendo, like voice acting and…

The same Game Informer report detailinga Final Fantasy XV demo for 2015 also gives a North American release date for Final Fantasy Type-0: March 17.

Report: Next Year, You Can Play A Demo Of Final Fantasy XV

It’s been a looooooooong time coming, but – according to a report on Game Informer – next year you’ll be able to get your hands on at least some of Final Fantasy XV, with Square Enix to release a playable demo of the title sometime next year. Game Informer says this demo will show you…

Games in The Final Fantasy Series Earlier today we learnedthat Square Enix will release a Final Fantasy-branded mobile typing game. Square has released a lot of these kinds of spin-offs over the years and they include everything from action RPGs like Crystal Chronicles to the more strategic Final Fantasy Tactics… but how many Final Fantasy…

Final Fantasy XIV‘s Eorzea might not have Chemical X, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have their own version of The Powerpuff Girls, Professor Utonium… and some others trying to photobomb. via r/ffxiv Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can…

There’s a New Final Fantasy Coming. It’s a Typing Game.

For their next Final Fantasy game, Square Enix is adding a bit, or a whole lot of word play. Revealed in Weekly Famitsu, coming next week to iOS and Android platforms is Final Fantasy World Wide Words. The game uses the chibi-style character designs from the Theatrhythm series for an RPG that progresses through typing…

Square Enix Will Stream Final Fantasy for Smartphones in Japan

Tokyo-based game maker Square Enix is rolling out its own cloud-based streaming service called Dive In. According to 4Gamer, Dive In is slated for iOS and Android and will kick off next month by offering three games: Final Fantasy VII International, Final Fantasy XIII, and murder mystery game Season of Mystery：The Cherry Blossom Murders In…

The Final Fantasy XV Problem

On Sunday, when I asked Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi what he thinks of the current state of the franchise he built, his answer was short and blunt. “Final Fantasy XV is taking too long.” Is it? Well, when The Game Now Called Final Fantasy XV was first announced back in May 2006, the president…