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Final Fantasy XV Is Great In First Person, Unless You’re Fighting

Final Fantasy XV’s Royal Edition update introduces a new first-person mode to the game, allowing players to witness the world of Eos from Noctis’ point of view. Just don’t try fighting with it turned on unless you’ve got a strong stomach. Pressing down the L3 and R3 buttons on the controller (or the N key…

Final Fantasy XV Sure Looks (And Runs) Great On PC

Final Fantasy XV looks good on consoles, but on PC, it feels like the game that we were meant to play two years ago. The PC version of Square Enix’s boy band extravaganza launched today, and from some initial testing (with me on a GTX 1080 and Fahey on a Radeon Vega RX 64), it’s…

Final Fantasy XV: Royal Edition Adds A Big New Scene To The Final Act

Final Fantasy XV may be one of the strangest video games ever created, in large part because the developers have spent the past year and a half updating, changing, and adding new features to the game. And as of tomorrow, there’ll be a whole new story in the final act. We already knew that the…

Square Enix just uploaded a Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth trailer, calling it “First Teaser Trailer 2018.” Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth was a PlayStation Portable port of the original game, which was first released on the PS1 in 1999. Is a new port or remake in the works?

That Time The Final Fantasy Team Made An Aliens Game

The name Square is closely associated with RPGs, and for good reason. But in the days before it had its first huge hit with Final Fantasy, Square tried all kinds of different things, including licensing the rights to the 1986 film Aliens and producing an action game with some now-familiar names in the credits. There’s…

Oh No, Chrono Trigger Looks Awful On PC

Excitement for the surprise Steam release of Chrono Trigger quickly turned into dread today as fans realized that this port, like most of Square Enix’s PC ports, looks like garbage. Why has Square had such a hard time getting this right? No, Square Enix hasn’t replaced all of the character models with washed-out sprites as…

Square Enix Will Still Be Releasing Final Fantasy XV DLC In 2019

Originally, Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata said he wanted to add at least three more add-ons in 2018. That was the plan. Now Tabata is saying there are four more in-coming and all the DLC might not come out this year. In a recent 4Gamer interview (via Hachima), Tabata discussed the DLC, saying, “There…

People Are Still Trying To Make Final Fantasy VI Look Less Awful On PC

One of the biggest shames in modern gaming is how badly Square Enix mangled its ports of Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VI to the PC. Fortunately, modders are still working overtime to try to fix them. “A World Reborn,” for example, is an in-progress mod by ESN23 that adds more character to the…

Rise And Shine, Noctis Lucis Caelum

Players who pick up Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition on Steam before May 1 will receive the Half-Life Pack, allowing Noctis and multiplayer characters to cosplay Gordon Freeman. There’s even a crowbar. It’s completely ridiculous, almost as ridiculous as there being three different pre-order incentives for Steam (a fashion pack), Origin (a decal pack) and…

A Look Back At Parasite Eve‘s Great Dialogue

I love weird games, ones full of FMV cutscenes, mix-and-matched RPG battle systems, and nonsensical science fiction plots. Parasite Eve has given me all of those things, along with something I didn’t expect: great dialog. Parasite Eve follows NYPD officer Aya Brea, the sole survivor of a mass murder spree during an opera at Carnegie…

People Are Already Making Silly Mods For Final Fantasy XII On PC

If you have ever wanted to play all of Final Fantasy XII as Reks, the character who dies in the opening tutorial, you’re now in luck, thanks to the power of PC modding. “Play as Reks fully” is just one of many substantial PC mods that has popped up over the past couple of weeks,…

After 210 Hours On Kingdom Hearts‘ Destiny Islands, Man Reaches Level 100

AaroneousGaming is a trooper. For the past month, he’s been grinding through Destiny Islands in Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + II.5 Remix. And yesterday, he reached Level 100. That’s right, Level 100 in Sora’s home islands. You know, the extended tutorial where you’re supposed to get the hang of Kingdom Hearts and not where you’re…

Yuzuru Hanyu Would Be A Good Final Fantasy Character [Update]

This weekend, Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu won Olympic gold. In Japan, people were excited and online, they quickly pointed out that Hanyu’s dramatic poses and intense stares look like something straight from Final Fantasy Update February 20 – 2:00am: An earlier version of this story included clips of Hanyu apparently skating to Final Fantasy…

The Secret Of Mana Remake Makes A Great Game Worse

When Secret of Mana came out in 1993, it was rightfully praised as one of the Super Nintendo’s best action games thanks to a lovely soundtrack, beautiful spritework, and fun hack-n-slash gameplay. The 2018 remake has ruined all three of these things. I’ve played a couple of hours of the PlayStation 4 version of this…

The Internet Reacts To Riku’s Keyblade In Kingdom Hearts III

Riku has a new Keyblade in Kingdom Hearts III. People have opinions about it. Let’s see what they are! Here is said Keyblade: And the reaction:

Square Enix’s New Arcade Game Looks So Damn Cool

Leave it to Square Enix to make one of the neatest-looking arcade games shown at this year’s Japan Amusement Expo. It’s called Starwing Paradox, and features a movable pilot seat. Now, have a look at it in action. See? So cool. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking…

Listen To Kingdom Hearts III‘s Theme Song By Utada Hikaru

Pop star Utada Hikaru has become synonymous with Kingdom Hearts. It wouldn’t be a main entry in the series without her music. Utada Hikaru recorded songs for Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II. She’s back for KHIII with a track called “Chikai” (誓い), which means “oath” or “vow.” And here is the English language version,…

New Kingdom Hearts III Trailer Shows Monsters Inc. World

Joining the likes of Toy Story, Monster Inc. is also coming to Kingdom Hearts III, a game that is still scheduled to come out this year. Oh good. Below is the latest trailer, which shows off the Monster Inc. world with Sora, Donald and Goofy getting monster incarnations. The trailer also features Vanitas and Marluxia.

Final Fantasy XIV’s Almost Got Its Player Housing Problem Under Control

The release of new player housing in Final Fantasy XIV has traditionally meant a mad dash for sparse land followed by angry forum posts about how bad the housing system is. Thanks to new guidelines and restrictions limiting the amount of land players can own, today’s land expansion went relatively smoothly. Previously, when new housing…

Final Fantasy XIV: A Snow Sculpture Reborn 

At this year’s Sapporo Snow Festival, the centerpiece is an enormous Final Fantasy XIV snow sculpture. FFXIV producer Naoki Yoshida appeared on stage, giving a speech during the festival’s opening ceremony. The sculpture is lit up with projection mapping during the evening. This isn’t a first for Final Fantasy. Last year, Final Fantasy VII was…