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Confirmed: The Best Final Fantasy Is Coming To The PlayStation Network
After a couple of weeks’ worth of teasing, Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada confirmed during a brief Twitter video that the best Final Fantasy game ever created will soon be released on the PlayStation Network. Just in case any of you forgot which Final Fantasy was the best, it was of course, Final Fantasy IX…
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Three Minutes Of Final Fantasy XIV Footage And Japanese Voices
Square Enix Japan is creating a series of video blogs called Life in Eorzea, with the first one featuring plenty of Chocobos, tiny little guys dancing, and plenty of Japanese people talking. The nice folks at FFXIVCore have translated some of the chatter going on behind the Final Fantasy XIV gameplay footage, and it doesn’t…
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The 10 Tribes Of Final Fantasy XIV – Oh Look, Dark Elves!
Sure, Final Fantasy XIV only has five races that are renamed versions of the races from Final Fantasy XI, but with two tribes each, that’s like ten races total! Let’s take a look at them, shall we? The Japanese Final Fantasy IV site now formally splits each of the game’s five races into two separate…
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Final Fantasy IX Looking Likely for PSN
With Final Fantasy VII and VIII already on PlayStation Network, Final Fantasy IX shouldn’t be too far behind. Via Twitter, a Square Enix producer says the company will be considering such a release very soon. Shinji Hashimoto had been asking for followers’ opinions regarding FFIX over the past several days and then late Friday, in…
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CEO: We’ll ‘Explore the Possibility’ of Final Fantasy VII Remake
Creative types like game directors saying they’d love to do a remake of Final Fantasy VII, that’s one thing. But now the CEO himself says the company will, at least, “explore the possibility” of doing so. Yoichi Wada, the president and chief executive of Square Enix, told Siliconera that the company has heard its fans’…
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More Giant Robot Love From Front Mission Evolved
Square Enix passed us the box art and a batch of new screens for Front Mission Evolved today, including at least one shot of a mech that seems to be joyously completing an upbeat dance routine. What won’t those giant robots do? That’s another giant robot-related prayer that Square Enix and Double Helix Games have…
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Wild Arms Creators Make RPG Magic On The iPhone
From Square Enix and the developers Wild Arms comes Chaos Rings, an iPhone game that looks like it could be the first great 3D Japanese RPG on the platform, with production values on par with PlayStation-era Final Fantasy titles. The comparison is apt, considering the game features designs by Yusuke Naora, the character designer for…
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Comic Book Series Helps Make Sense Of Nier
DC’s Wildstorm imprint makes video game comic book magic once more with Nier, a three-part online comic book series detailing the fall of humanity and its lasting effects in Square Enix’s upcoming action RPG. Nier is a video game with a strong focus on one particular plot point: Nier fights to find a way to…
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Frankenreview: Final Fantasy XIII
Come, brave adventurers, and witness the Final Fantasy XIII Frankenreview, a Franken so disparate we decided to run the graph right at the top of the post. As you can plainly see, Final Fantasy XIII isn’t shaping up to be the runaway critical hit that Square Enix was hoping for. Metacritic scores are currently hovering…
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Final Fantasy XIII Review: A New Paradigm For An Old Franchise
The role-playing series that launched a million bad attempts at cosplay is back, with a new group of colorful characters carrying the fate of the world on their shoulders in Final Fantasy XIII. Hovering above the surface of the planet Pulse, the shell-like city of Cocoon was once a haven for humanity, but fear of…
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Final Fantasy Fans Are Far Too Sensitive About The Xbox 360
At the big Final Fantasy XIII launch at the HMV store in London, fans show their disapproval of the prospect of winning a free Xbox 360 bundle. Really guys? Gary from The Koalition was on hand at the big London Final Fantasy launch, where hardcore Final Fantasy fans nearly booed presenter Alex Zane off the…
By Mike Fahey
