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You Get To Ask The People Making Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Two Questions, They Said. Good Luck.

Yesterday, I attended a press junket for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, the latest in the megaseries and our first chance to see the game in action. The game, from what little we saw, could be cool. The press junket, on the other hand, wasn’t great. We got very little new info that isn’t already…

Final Fantasy: All the Bravest is $46 of In-App Purchases Looking for a Game

If you’re looking for a mildly interactive trip through the history of the Final Fantasy franchise and don’t mind shelling out a little more than $50 for the complete experience, Final Fantasy: All the Bravest might be a justifiable purchase. If you’re just in it for the gameplay you can save a lot of time…

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII will be out worldwide some time this fall on the PS3 and Xbox 360.

Final Fantasy: All the Bravest‘s special brand of insanity is now available on U.S. iTunes for a down payment of $3.99.

The Newest Final Fantasy Game Looks Absolutely Insane

As mentioned earlier, Final Fantasy All The Bravest is strictly combat. Square Enix just released this launch trailer for the iOS game showing how insane that can get in parties this size. The trailer also gives you a look at how the old-school jobs, sprites and music are integrated into the game. My advice: Use…

It’s Official: Final Fantasy All the Bravest Comes to iOS Tomorrow

The new Final Fantasy game is indeed Final Fantasy All the Bravest, for iOS devices, a spinoff combat-only title. It hit the New Zealand iTunes store a couple hours ago. Square Enix had said to expect an announcement on this tomorrow. Well, it’s already tomorrow in New Zealand. All the Bravest uses the Active Time…

Square Enix Will Probably Announce A New, Original Final Fantasy Game For iOS On Thursday

So Square Enix has a new teaser up for a game that they’ll announce on Thursday. The most plausible theory: it’s a totally new, original iOS game called Final Fantasy: All The Bravest Some have theorized that this is a remake or mobile port of Final Fantasy V or Final Fantasy VI, but the sprite…

Square Enix launched a teaser site. Is it a FFV remake? A FFVI remake?

Here’s What (Some) Japanese Developers Are Looking Forward To In 2013

And so this is 2013, and what have we done? Another year over, and a new one’s just begun… Holiday songs aside, 2013 is upon us, and that means reflecting on the past year and looking forward to things to come. This week, Weekly Famitsu asked several Japanese game developers about their plans for 2013.…

Man, Final Fantasy Tactics Sure Had A Steep Learning Curve

Earlier this week, I talked to some game developers about why they love Final Fantasy Tactics. But beloved or not, man, does this game have a steep learning curve. A little background: I never had a PS1, so I didn’t have a chance to play Final Fantasy Tactics. I became terrifyingly hooked on Tactics A2…

The New Final Fantasy XIV Opening Is a Ball of Fire and Pretty Pictures

Gotta give Final Fantasy studio Square Enix this: man, they can sure make dazzling cutscenes. Here is the new prologue for the revamped Final Fantasy XIV. Square Enix is massively overhauling its massive online FF game. Previously, Square Enix showed off a dungeon in the new Final Fantasy XIV. If you missed that, watch that…

Let’s Go Back To Final Fantasy Tactics. Oh, What An Intro This Game Had

The time has come. The time when I will finally play Final Fantasy Tactics. It’s been a blind spot for years, a game that I have wanted to play ever since I became terribly addicted to Final Fantasy Tactics A2 on the Nintendo DS. And now, at the start of 2013, I am going to…

Tomb Raider Will Have Multiplayer, Studio Confirms

A recent retail listing in the UK indicated that Tomb Raider‘s 2013 reboot will have a multiplayer mode, with playable characters including “Lara’s Shipmates or Yamatai’s Scavengers.” In a Tweet today, an executive for Tomb Raider studio Crystal Dynamics confirmed that the game would have multiplayer, and that details are forthcoming in the next Official…

A Glimpse At One Of The Dungeons In The New Final Fantasy XIV

This one is called the Tam-Tara Deepcroft, an instanced dungeon from Final Fantasy XIV. The above video footage shows what this dungeon will look like in version 2.0 of the game, A Realm Reborn, which will launch next year for PC and PS3. Cool music. Reminds me of Final Fantasy Tactics Square plans to start…

Here’s What Solo Gameplay Is Like in Lightning Returns: FFXIII

By now, most fans have seen the trailer for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII and are at least partly aware of the new game system that will involve a limited time of 13 days in which Lightning must save the world. Video from the trailer shows Lightning in her new outfit running, fighting, climbing and…

It May Be Expensive, But It’s Still Final Fantasy IV

While not the best Final Fantasy game of all-time (in my reality that’s IX), Final Fantasy IV was one of the first role-playing games to feature a deep, character-driven plot and introduced the world to the Active Time Battle system, adding an element of urgency to pressing one button over and over again. That’s at…

The 3DS Remake Of Dragon Quest VII Looks Pretty Solid So Far

While at Jump Festa 2013 this weekend, I had the chance to check out the 3DS remake of Dragon Quest VII. This is a remake of the seventh Dragon Quest game—which was originally released for the PlayStation back in 2000—seems to fit the console’s format very naturally. The graphical upgrade is very pretty and allows…

Here’s The *Official* First Trailer For Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

aka Final Fantasy XIII-3 You might have seen this a couple of days ago, if you were lucky enough to see the leaked footage before Square Enix pulled it down, but if you weren’t, here it is! Enjoy.

Square Enix Will Bring Final Fantasy V ‘And More’ Games To iOS

At the end of this trailer for Final Fantasy IV—which is out today on iOS for the Square Enix-ish price of $16—there’s a Very Special Teaser. Final Fantasy V! And more! This is very cool, especially if they keep going through the years. While the first four Final Fantasy games have already been re-released seven…

Heads up! Final Fantasy IV is now out on iOS. Yours for US$16 at the Apple Store