Final Fantasy

Final Fantasy XIV‘s Coolest Feature Fits In Your Hands

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is a lovely game, but few would call it “innovative.” I’ve been playing the game on both PS4 and PC for the past several weeks and have been having a blast. But even a relative MMO lightweight like me can tell that the game isn’t breaking much new ground.…

New Final Fantasy Commercial Is One Hell Of A Nostalgia Trip

This new Japanese commercial for Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call is absolutely ridiculous. Thirty seconds of creepy horror movie singing followed by another 30 seconds of Final Fantasy nostalgia tripping. I love it. Curtain Call, the sequel to 2012’s Theatrhythm, is a rhythm game where you tap tap tap your 3DS stylus to the beat…

Batman Vs Superman Headlines Today’s Gaming Wallpapers

Superman, Batman, Aquaman, and a very large shark from Injustice: Gods Among Us lead off this week’s selection of a dozen gaming wallpapers. Injustice: Gods Among Us by Sinatar Fables: The Wolf Among Us by WesFelon Skyrim by Unreal Tom Raider: Underworld by Auto-Reply inFamous Second Son by Shikari The Amazing Spider-Man by littlegrasshopper NaissancE…

Final Fantasy XIV on PC vs PS3 vs PS4

It’s time for a graphical showdown, MMO style. If you are curious about the different versions of Final Fantasy XIV, particularly when it comes to the visuals, then you should watch this comparison video by IGN. To me, it seems like the differences between all the versions aren’t too pronounced—but obviously, the PS3 version doesn’t…

Bioshock, Portal, And Final Fantasy Backpacks

Classy backpacks by Gametee: Science Innovators, Rapture, and Shin-Ra Electric backpacks available at Gametee Previously: Custom articulated, light-up GLaDOS figure You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

FFVI Magitek Armor

By Carlos Villa, Magitek Armor entering Narshe from Final Fantasy VI. Below, see Yoshitaka Amano’s version of the same scene: Via FF Wikia Previously: Final Fantasy Artwork Auction You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Here’s a trailer to remind you that Final Fantasy XIV officially makes the jump to PS4 today. Note that if you’ve already got the PS3 version of FFXIV: A Realm Reborn, you can get a free upgrade to the PS4 version. Here’s how

That’s Just Too Much Video Games For One Cartoon Episode

The show is Steven Universe, a relatively new animated series on Cartoon Network about a young boy called Steven, and his intergalactic female warrior friends. Its 16th episode, ‘Steven the Sword Fighter’ was aired recently and surprisingly, it was full of video game references! In this episode, Steven is about to learn the art of…

Leon Chiro and Artemis Entreri bring the Final Fantasy beefcake. Photo by Xenolink

Japan’s Big RPG Bubble

Earlier this week, Square Enix boss Yosuke Matsuda said some things that left a whole lot of RPG fans scratching their heads. “Due to having split [the development mindset] according to regions around the world, we weren’t able to see this clearly up until now, but fans of JRPGs are really spread around the world,”…

Final Fantasy SNES Console Should Have Been A Real Thing

I’ve always preferred the PAL/Japanese Super Nintendo to the American one. Not just for its more elegant design, but for its timeless colour palette. This custom console takes that theme and goes all Final Fantasy with it, and I love it We all need more Chocobos on our console power buttons, but it’s the controller…

Happy 20th Birthday, Final Fantasy VI

Twenty years ago, an RPG called Final Fantasy VI came out in Japan, and really, it’s all just been downhill for video games since then. Square’s seminal RPG for the Super Nintendo was filled with issues: buggy skills; weird translations; way too many fights that were way too easy. But somehow, against all odds, the…

If Final Fantasy Battles Were Actually Dance-Offs

Using attack moves and magic is so boring. Why not get down and dance it out instead? Now that would make for an interesting battle! Mike Song is back with a Final Fantasy themed choreography, and it’s fantastic to watch—it even has nice little touches like having the dancers do idle animations of sorts: Here’s…

Square Enix Has Finally Realized That People Like JRPGs

Once upon a time ago, a Japanese company named Squaresoft made lots and lots of RPGs that people really really liked. Today, a Japanese company named Square Enix makes video games. One of those games, an RPG called Bravely Default, sold a lot of copies both in Japan and in the west, which has made…

Final Fantasy Turned into a Religious Experience

The Ise Grand Shrine is one of Japan’s most important Shinto Shrines. This week, as the Emperor and Empress visit, the shrine is launching a new web animation with music from Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu. The tune might sound familiar. The composition closely resembles the Final Fantasy “Prelude”—if it’s not, you know, simply that…

You Can Cosplay In Secret, Wearing Regular Clothes

Regardless of the personality of the person wearing the outfit, cosplay is an incredibly extroverted pastime by virtue of what it is: a human being walking around dressed as a make-believe character, usually from a fantasy or science-fiction universe. That being the case, it’s certainly not for everyone. At least not all of the time.…

It Takes A Special Game To Make Me This Obsessive, Bravely Default

I’m fifty-two hours into my first play-through of Bravely Default: Where the Fairy Flies. All four of my characters are level 99, each has all 24 of the game’s jobs mastered. I’ve not maxed-out levels and jobs in a Final Fantasy game in… ever. Recently Jason Schreier wrote about a column by BuzzFeed’s Rachel Sanders…

Final Fantasy XIV… As A Super Nintendo Game

Square Enix made this video. It’s wonderful—like their 16-bit FFXIII video—and makes me wish they’d turn this into a real game. Here’s what that boss looks like in the real Final Fantasy XIV, by the way:

The Best Final Fantasy Music

Over the past couple of decades, Final Fantasy has done many things very well: stories, characters, art direction, chocobos, all that jazz. But one thing has always made Final Fantasy stand out among its peers: the music. Most of the credit for that music goes to Nobuo Uematsu, the tremendously talented composer responsible for the…

Final Fantasy XIV Originally Failed Because of… Flowerpots

Well, that explains everything. As we all know, the first iteration of the second Final Fantasy MMORPG, released in 2010, pretty much sucked. Players were miffed, which prompted Square Enix to rework and re-release the game in 2013 as A Realm Reborn, to much better results. But what caused FFXIV to fail in the first…