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Final Fantasy XI‘s Newest Expansion will be Seekers of Adoulin

Commemorating a decade of Final Fantasy XI, Vanafest 2012 revealed a new expansion for the MMO. Seekers of Adoulin will promise new lands, new tales, new jobs—including the “Geomancer,” confirmed on the expansion’s official site. Check out its official trailer above. It’s mostly text, though the background of the “new tales” clip might give you…

By Owen Good Published June 23, 2012

An Open Letter To The Creators Of Final Fantasy

Dear Square Enix, How you doing? It’s been a while. Last I heard, you guys had some money issues. Hope you’ve bounced back. Sold off some of those extra records in the attic. Took out a second mortgage on your airship. Made some Facebook games. Whatever. I’m writing today because you’re the vanguard of role-playing…

By Jason Schreier Published June 22, 2012

Hey Square Enix, Please Bring This RPG To The U.S.

This is Bravely Default: Flying Fairy. It’s a role-playing game made by some of the people who made 3D Dot Game Heroes and some of the people who made Final Fantasy: The Four Heroes of Light. Nintendo showed it off during its Japanese livestream last night. And it looks wonderful. Let’s try to ignore the…

By Jason Schreier Published June 22, 2012

May The Incredible Music of Final Fantasy Live On Forever

No matter how you feel about the current state of Final Fantasy—and if you’re a fan of role-playing games at all, you likely have some sort of unshakeable conviction about which was the best, which was the worst, and how Square Enix has ruined everything—there’s one fact you can’t deny: It’s got some awesome jams.…

By Jason Schreier Published June 21, 2012

Reviews

Quantum Conundrum: The Kotaku Review

Let’s just get this out of the way: Yes, Quantum Conundrum is a first-person puzzler, just like Portal. Yes, it was designed by Kim Swift, the project lead on Portal. And yes, it shares some of Portal‘s core traits: there’s a physics-altering arm device, a goofy omniscient narrator, and an alarming number of buttons that…

By Jason Schreier Published June 21, 2012

Kotaku East

The Free-to-Play Square Enix Online Game You’ve Never Heard Of

When people think of Square Enix and online games, Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XIV—and perhaps the upcoming Dragon Quest X—are probably the games that come to mind. But late last year, Square Enix tried its hand at a free-to-play browser game by the name of MONSTERxDRAGON. MONSTERxDRAGON is a strategy RPG/card game hybrid…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 19, 2012

This is Only a Launch Trailer for Heroes of Ruin If You’re in Europe

Square Enix’s four-way online multiplayer Diablo-esque action role-playing game Heroes of Ruin is out today in Europe and the UK for the 3DS, so they can enjoy this launch trailer. North Americans are free to ignore this until next month.

By Mike Fahey Published June 15, 2012

Kotaku East

See How the Amazing Final Fantasy Tech Demo Stands Up to Pre-Rendered Graphics

Square Enix, the folks behind Final Fantasy, are working on a new game engine. And hot damn, it looks fantastic Recently, Square Enix showed a real time demo of the tech in action. In the above gallery, you can see how a pre-rendered version stacks up with a real-time version. This shows just how stunning…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2012

Now This is One Badass Metal Gear Figure

I liked the last Metal Gear figures Play Arts released, but I like the looks of this one a lot more. Metal Gear Solid 2’s Solidus Snake is the next character from the series to get the action figure treatment from Square Enix’s toy division, and he’s a beauty. You’d think those arms would be…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 14, 2012

It’s Time to Start Worrying About Thief 4

Editor’s Note: The mysterious figure known as Superannuation is back with more fistfuls of gaming gossip. What has Superannuation dug from the Internet this time to share with you wonderful Kotaku readers? One of the more mystifying absences from last week’s E3 was Eidos Montreal’s Thief 4, a game which has been in development for…

Superannuation Published June 13, 2012

Tomb Raider Creators Are No Longer Referring to Game’s Attempted ‘Rape’ Scene As an Attempted Rape Scene

The creators of the new Tomb Raider have denied that their new game features an “attempted rape scene,” directly contradicting their own statements to Kotaku last week Addressing the widespread reactions to the article posted on this site Monday, Crystal Dynamics studio head Darrell Gallagher released a statement today saying that there is no rape…

By Jason Schreier Published June 13, 2012

The People Behind Final Fantasy Are Making A Card Battle Game

Here’s a look at Guardian Cross, an upcoming Square Enix-published mobile game by some of the development team behind multiple Final Fantasy games. If you like cards and battling and battling with cards, you might just want to look into this one! It’ll be out this summer.

By Jason Schreier Published June 13, 2012

Hitman Director Says Controversial Trailer ‘Wasn’t Supposed To Be’ Sexist

The director of upcoming stealth game Hitman: Absolution says the team didn’t mean to cause controversy with their most recent trailer, which features protagonist Agent 47 slaughtering his way through a squad of scantily-dressed nuns In fact, he says the ensuing Internet firestorm caught them all off-guard. “[The controversy] was a big surprise to us,”…

By Jason Schreier Published June 13, 2012

Kotaku East

Final Fantasy III Has Chocobos Fit for the PSP

Have a look at the upcoming PSP version of Final Fantasy III. The game, which hit both the DS and the iOS, will allow players to play through FFIII with the game’s original music. It’s also has an “auto battle” feature that doubles the speed of the battles for automatic fighting. It’ll be out in…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 11, 2012

Here’s Proof That Final Fantasy VII Will Actually Run On Your Vita

In case you were worried that the Vita couldn’t handle your PSOne Classics version of Final Fantasy VII or something, here it is in action. It looks great, too! You might not be able to tell from the video, but the graphics are really slick. Square’s classic role-playing game will be available this summer when…

By Jason Schreier Published June 8, 2012

Kingdom Hearts Director Wants To Add Pixar

Buzz Lightyear as a Kingdom Hearts character? Could happen. Longtime Kingdom Hearts veteran and co-director of the upcoming Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Tai Yasue told me at E3 this week that he’d love to take Sora and Riku through the wonderful worlds of Pixar’s films. As a collaborative project between Square Enix and…

By Jason Schreier Published June 8, 2012

Future Graphics Face Off in this Next Gen DEATHMATCH

These aren’t just future graphics. These are future graphics going head-to-head, mano-a-mano. This is next gen graphics death match. Welcome to another edition of Kotaku Thunderdome: Here, two realtime tech demos enter, one leaves. Earlier this week, Square Enix showed off its graphics created by its brand new game engine tech, the Luminous Engine. Tonight,…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 8, 2012

New Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance Trailer Showcases Mickey, Minnie, Dragons Riding Meteors

Nintendo released this new trailer for Square Enix’s zany action-RPG last night. It’s looking pretty neat, particularly the Fantasia and Three Musketeers sections. And Mickey! Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance will be out July 31 for Nintendo 3DS.

By Jason Schreier Published June 7, 2012

Square Enix Is Releasing A Brand New, Original, Old-School Final Fantasy Game

It’s called Final Fantasy Dimensions, and it will be out for iOS and Android this summer. Looks like Final Fantasy IV or Final Fantasy V, no? It’s not: it’s a nostalgia-themed original game with touchscreen controls and some seriously classic gameplay. It was also released in Japan two years ago under the name Final Fantasy…

By Jason Schreier Published June 7, 2012

Kotaku East

That Stunning New Final Fantasy Tech? That’s Not for Sale.

Square Enix caused a lot of jaws to drop at E3 with the unveiling of its new Luminous Studio engine. The new game engine offers a whole new world in high quality graphic content for the creators of Final Fantasy. Square Enix CEO Youichi Wada spoke in an interview with Famitsu about the creation and…

By Toshi Nakamura Published June 7, 2012