Square Enix

Most known for its legendary Final Fantasy series of role-playing games, Square Enix has published multiple beloved RPG series such as Kingdom Hearts and Dragon Quest. Recent titles from the publisher include Forspoken on January 24, 2023 and Octopath Traveler II on February 24, 2023. Final Fantasy XVI marks the latest in the ongoing JRPG series and is expected to arrive on June 22, 2023 for the PS5.

ReviewsYear in Review

2022 Was The Year The Video Game Industry Ate Itself

Companies raced to gobble up studios from Bungie to Crystal Dynamics

By Ethan Gach Published December 6, 2022

CultureNews

Final Fantasy XVI Rated Mature For Sex Scenes and Hate Crimes

FFXVI ’s ‘realism’ with sex, violence, drugs, and hate crimes landed it a Mature rating

By Isaiah Colbert Published December 1, 2022
ReviewsYear in Review

The Biggest Game Delays Of 2022

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and other massive games that got pushed to 2023

By Ethan Gach Published December 1, 2022
OpinionImpressions

Front Mission 1st: Remake Isn’t The Reimagined Mech Shootout I Hoped For

New 3D visuals can’t distract from some archaic DNA

By Ethan Gach Published November 30, 2022
CultureNews

One Of The Best Deus Ex Games Is Disappearing

Goodbye, Deus Ex Go , you deserved better than this

By Luke Plunkett Published November 22, 2022

CultureNews

Report: Big Game Companies Like Square Enix And Roblox Are Ignoring Climate Change

While others, with robust policies in place, are trying to help limit global warming to 1.5 degrees

By Luke Plunkett Published November 22, 2022
The BestsGames

The Best Games Of 2022 (So Far)

From critical darlings like Pentiment to mega-hits like God of War Ragnarök , 2022 has provided no shortage of terrific games for players of all tastes

Kotaku Staff Published November 22, 2022
CultureNews

Report: Legendary Sonic Designer Yuji Naka Arrested In Japan

He's the latest developer to be caught up in a scandal involving the Dragon Quest series

By Luke Plunkett Published November 17, 2022
CultureNews

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Stuns With 2022 GOTY Game Awards Nomination

Geoff Keighley's world premiere hype machine reveals its full list of finalists

By Ethan Gach Published November 14, 2022
Tips & Guides

The Year Is Nearly Over, But You Still Have 10 Game Releases To Look Forward To

Sure we have Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarök , but this year’s game releases are far from over

By Ashley Bardhan Published November 11, 2022

OpinionCommentary

We Need To Start Holding Japanese RPGs To Higher Standards

Respecting Japanese video games means not treating them with kid gloves

By Sisi Jiang Published November 9, 2022
CultureNews

Final Fantasy XVI PS5 Exclusivity Only Runs Six Months

The 2023 JRPG may come to PC sooner than fans expect

By Ethan Gach Published November 7, 2022
CultureNews

Square Enix’s New Farming Game Lets You Choose Non-Binary Pronouns

Harvestella will give players the option to choose male, female, or non-binary pronouns in its character creator

By Isaiah Colbert Published November 5, 2022
CultureNews

Final Fantasy XVI Dev Has A Terrible Answer For Why The Game Is So White

Naoki Yoshida feels that racial diversity would be a violation of 'narrative boundaries'

By Sisi Jiang Published November 4, 2022
CultureNews

Hyped Mystery Square Enix Game Turns Out To Be NFT Junk

Fans who thought it was a Parasite Eve revival can't believe it

By Ethan Gach Published November 3, 2022

CultureNews

Video Game Studio Goes Through Expensive Rebrand, Is Then Immediately Shut Down

The studio had made games like Hitman Go and Tomb Raider Reloaded

By Isaiah Colbert Published November 1, 2022
CultureNews

Gorgeous Retro Soulslike RPG Looks Just Like Octopath Traveler

Duel Corp. features a procedurally generated world and custom character classes

By Sisi Jiang Published October 31, 2022
CultureNews

Yoko Taro Is Gonna Delete These Fans’ Saves Forever And They’re Gonna Like It

The termination of SINoAlice ’s Hong Kong servers coincides with one final in-game mission from Yoko Taro

By Isaiah Colbert Published October 27, 2022
CultureNews

GameStop Workers Reveal The Junk They Can’t Sell That’s Piling Up

Stores keep getting toys and random trinkets that customers just don’t want to buy

By Sisi Jiang Published October 27, 2022
CultureNews

Every U.S. PlayStation 2 Game Manual Is Now Scanned In 4K

Creating a complete set of U.S. PS2 booklet scans took 22 years, over $40,000, and a ton of passion

By Levi Winslow Published October 24, 2022

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