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Collection Of Mana Comes To Switch, Including An English Seiken Densetsu 3, And It’s Out Today

Twenty-four years after its release, Seiken Densetsu 3 is coming to the U.S. for the first time, as part of a new Switch package called the Collection of Mana. This newly localized version of the Super Nintendo role-playing game will be called Trials of Mana. And, surprise—the collection is out today Also in the package…

Final Fantasy VII Remake Watches, Yours For Only $2,500 Each

To mark Final Fantasy VII Remake’s release date, Square Enix is releasing limited edition Cloud and Sephiroth chronographs. Each is priced at $2,499 and in North America, limited to 77 pieces. The individually numbered stainless steel watches feature a Seiko-made movement as well as all sorts of nice Final Fantasy VII details. The timepieces will…

Everything Square Enix Announced At E3 2019

The first details on how Final Fantasy VII Remake will actually, you know, play, plus the first look at Avengers, were the highlights of Square Enix’s E3 briefing on Monday night. Lots of smaller announcements, including the long-awaited Western releases of some classic Japanese RPGs, followed. Here’s all the new news. Crystal Dynamics’ long-awaited Avengers…

Our First Look At The New Avengers Video Game

You know what’s weird: how we haven’t had big blockbuster video games based on The Avengers. That’s changing now, though, with the reveal tonight of…Avengers While Marvel and Square Enix first announced their deal back in 2017, it’s taken until now to get our first look at Avengers, which is being developed by Crystal Dynamics…

Outriders is a new 1-3 player drop-in, drop-out co-op shooter by People Can Fly (Bulletstorm, Gears of War: Judgment). It’s coming next year on PS4, Xbox One and PC.

Final Fantasy VII Remake’s Action-RPG Combat Detailed

Today during its E3 press conference, Square Enix showed off new gameplay footage of the Final Fantasy VII remake and reaffirmed that it’ll be released as a series of episodes. The Midgar portion of FFVII will be its own game, with subsequent episodes to presumably follow. “Remaking Final Fantasy VII has allowed us to dive…

We’re Liveblogging Square Enix’s E3 2019 Presentation [Update: We’re Done!]

Heather Alexandra and Gita Jackson are bringing you all the latest from Square Enix’s E3 press conference. We’re sure to see lots of Final Fantasy, The Avengers, and more. Watch the presentation here or follow along with us below.

Watch Square Enix’s E3 2019 Presentation Live, Right Here [Update: It’s Over!]

Can you believe there’s more E3? We’ve got Square Enix’s press conference at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific. Expect more from the Final Fantasy VII Remake, Marvel’s The Avengers, and Dying Light 2 Watch the presentation at YouTube, below, or on Twitch. Or you can read our recap here

There’s A Whole Lot Of Final Fantasy Music On Spotify Now

Streaming music service Spotify is generally hit-or-miss for video game soundtracks. That’s not so for Final Fantasy anymore, as official soundtracks for all the main games and many of its spin-offs are now available for your listening pleasure. There’s been Final Fantasy music on Spotify previously, but not to this extent. Noticed yesterday by Twitter…

All I Want To Do Is Play 16-Bit Action RPGs

It was about two months ago when, reading the latest updates on the Sega Genesis Mini, I thought to myself: “Wouldn’t it be cool if the classic 16-bit action role-playing game Crusader of Centy was on this? That’s what I’d probably play first.” The next thing I thought was: “Idiot, you have a Mega SG!…

Square Enix Announces Dragon Quest Walk, Its Version Of Pokémon Go

Today, Square Enix announced Dragon Quest Walk, an augmented-reality game based on Dragon Quest that encourages players to get out and about. The Pokémon Go comparisons are inevitable. In Dragon Quest Walk, you walk through an in-game field, which is filled with real-world Japanese landmarks like Tokyo Tower, and battle monsters. There is also customized…

How Dragon Quest XI Tells An Entire Story With Haikus

The wind blew you here. Surely it was not by chance. Will you hear my tale? These are the words spoken by Miko, the leader of the village of Hotto in the role-playing game Dragon Quest XI, which came out last year for PC and PS4. Like most of the other villagers, Miko speaks almost…

The first Star Ocean game is coming to PS4 and Switch. Square Enix announced Star Ocean First Departure R on Twitter today, which definitely sounds like either a remake or remaster of the 2008 PSP game, which was itself a remake of the original SNES JRPG which never released in the US. 

The Real-World Final Fantasy XIV Wedding Plan Sure Is Incredible

Square Enix previously announced that there would be a real-world Final Fantasy XIV-themed wedding plan offered in Japan. Now, we have a better look at the ceremony and wow, is it something. According to Famitsu, reservations are now being taken for couples to get hitched Final Fantasy style. As Kotaku reported earlier this year, the ceremony…

Here’s A Final Fantasy VII Remaster You Can Play Right Now

Back in January, we showed you a beta version of a fan-made Final Fantasy VII remaster, which used machine learning to automatically clean up the game’s visuals. It just hit v1.0 and is ready for release. Here’s some of the stuff the mod features/does: AI neural networks upscaled the game’s visuals to 4x the resolution…

I Can’t Go Through This Again, Final Fantasy VII

One of the most heartbreaking moments in gaming history has a new voice and a new face, thanks to last week’s Final Fantasy VII remake trailer. I have no idea how long it’s going to take for this game to arrive, but I’m already lamenting what’s to come. Aeris is going to die all over…

The official Twitter for Square Enix’s Studio Istolia is M.I.A., and the studio’s official site is gone. In March, former Tales producer Hideo Baba, who had been working on a new game for Studio Istolia, left the company. The status of the game, known as Project Prelude Rune, is still unclear. 

After Playing Episode 3, I Think I’ve Been A Bad Brother In Life Is Strange 2

The third episode of Life Is Strange 2 has the player grapple with the fact that protagonist Sean Diaz’s younger brother Daniel is his own person. It can go very badly. Each episode of Life Is Strange 2 is a delight, albeit the kind of delight that has me covering my face with worry. Sean…

The Final Fantasy VII Remake Finally Re-Emerges

After a long period of development hell, the Final Fantasy VII remake is finally back in the real world, with Square Enix dropping a short teaser trailer today and promising more to come in June. It looks great. First announced at E3 2015, the Final Fantasy VII remake went through some mysterious problems, with Square…

Final Fantasy XII Is Great On Switch

The Final Fantasy XII remake came to Switch this week, and the good news is that it runs pretty well in handheld mode. The even better news is that it’s got some killer features that should probably have been in the game from the start, which sure sucks for anyone who bought it two years…