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Final Fantasy XIV‘s New ‘Deep Dungeon’ Will Be Different Than Anything Else In The Game

When patch 3.35 goes live in Final Fantasy XIV, it’ll unlock the Deep Dungeon, a 50-floor instance with randomly generated maps that’s inspired by roguelikes. It sounds pretty rad. The Deep Dungeon, also known in English as the Palace of the Dead, is designed to both channel old-school Final Fantasy spelunking and to switch things…

Dengeki Online asked Tetsuya Nomura about more The World Ends with You, and he replied that he “wouldn’t say it’s impossible.” Nomura added that he’s been asked numerous times about a sequel, but making it happen isn’t that easy.

In Case You Can’t Get Enough Of Final Fantasy XV‘s Flying Car

The flying is smooth. The landing? Not so much. I’ve been dreaming of the Regalia Type-F since Square Enix revealed it didn’t need roads where it was going earlier this year. Now they’ve released a slightly beefier look at the convertible convertible, making it more implausible and desirable at the same time. Now all it…

The Final Fantasy XV Character With a Surprising Backstory

Prompto Argentum is razor thin, sports Final Fantasy hair and wears Final Fantasy style clothes. But he wasn’t always that way. In the latest episode of the Brotherhood Final Fantasy XV anime, we get Prompto’s backstory. The younger version seems like a nice, gentle soul. Unlike the Prompto of FFXV, he wasn’t in shape and…

Square Enix has announced that Platinum Games’ follow-up to Nier will arrive on PlayStation 4 in early 2017. The news came with a very pretty trailer for Nier: Automata, as all things should.

A Look At Final Fantasy XV‘s Massive Titan Boss Fight

Demonstrated at Microsoft’s press conference today—yes, a JRPG at a Microsoft press conference!—here’s the Titan battle in Final Fantasy XV. Presumably you get to summon him once you take him down.

Mankind Divided‘s Breach Mode Brings Arcade Action To Deus Ex

During today’s Deus Ex stream Square Enix showed off Breach, the fast-paced puzzle shooter game mode included with Mankind Divided. Players take control of Ripper, a hacker in the year 2029 who breaks into corporate servers to steal secure data. Completing missions in Breach will award the player with experience points, credits and booster packs…

Deus Ex GO Coming To Mobile Phones And Tablets This Summer

Adam Jensen joins Agent 47 and Lara Croft in Square Enix’s mobile lineup when Deus Ex GO arrives on cellphones and tablets this summer. Using the same turn-based board game format of Lara Croft GO and Hitman Go, Deus Ex GO sees Jensen using hacking, augmentations and combat to unravel a terrorist conspiracy.

Hey, It’s A . . . Oh, It’s Just A Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Trailer

Aqua demonstrates exactly how I feel when I see “Kingdom Hearts” from Square Enix in my inbox and it’s not about Kingdom Hearts III Not that I don’t mind getting a preview of the very-long-awaited third installment of the series via Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth by Sleep–A Fragmentary Passage. Aqua looks pretty amazing in the…

Final Fantasy XII On The PS2 Compared With The Remastered PS4 Trailer

Via Siliconera, here’s a look at how Final Fantasy XII on the PS2 stacks up against the PS4 remastered version’s debut trailer. There are bound to be more in depth comparisons once Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age is released, or at least once we have more footage. Don’t forget that Square Enix still has…

Square Enix’s World of Final Fantasy—first shown off at last year’s E3—now has a new trailer and release date. It’ll be out on PS4 and Vita on October 25.

A Remastered Final Fantasy XII Is Coming In 2017 [UPDATE: Confirmed For West]

Square Enix is calling it Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age. Here’s the debut trailer. FFXII was originally released for the PS2 in 2006. Famitsu reports that the HD version, however, will be based on Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System. Besides revamped character models and cutscenes, the game will feature auto-save, shorter load…

Nine More Things Revealed about Final Fantasy XV

In one form or another, this game has been in development for ages. Yet, as recently revealed in Square Enix’s Active Time Report(via Dengeki Online), there are still new things we are learning about it. 1. Crash the Flying Car and It’s Game Over. You can crash the car during take off and landing. However,…

Just Cause 3‘s Mech Land Assault DLC arrives June 3 for season pass owners, June 10 for folks that would rather pay piecemeal. The barrage of videos depicting gravity gun-based carnage will follow immediately after.

There’s A Song In Nier That Drives Me Up The Wall

There’s a village, The Aerie, which your character visits at the beginning of Nier. Its cacophonous theme is….surprising. As part of my never-ending battle against my backlog, I decided to finally play 2010’s Nier in preparation for the new game in the series, NieR:Automata. I’m about 15-20 hours in, so that’s not too far. During…

Let’s Talk About Final Fantasy XIV

It’s Friday, and I’m the only one manning Kotaku today, so naturally we’re going to talk about JRPGs. Or, as the case may be, MMOJRPGs. First of all, here’s a new trailer for the next update to Final Fantasy XIV, which comes out on June 7: So much content! Sucks about the whole monthly fee…

Dragon Quest Builders Is Coming West

The Minecraft–Dragon Quest hybrid game Dragon Quest Builders will head west this October, publisher Square Enix said this morning. It’ll be out for both PS4 and—remarkably, based on Square’s recent history—Vita. New trailer above.

Let Overwatch‘s Japanese Fan Art Begin!

Overwatch isn’t only capturing people’s imagination in the West. The game is also gaining a following in Japan and has the fan art to prove it. Here’s an interesting sight to see this week: The latest issue of Famitsu features Overwatch on the cover. Why is this interesting? Because this week, Dragon Quest Heroes II…

The Final Fantasy XV Spin-Off Movie Still Looks Incredible

CGI feature film Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV is set before the events of Final Fantasy XV. As we’ve seen, the movie looks beautiful. But now, let’s get to know the incredibly real looking characters of Kingsglaive The movie is set against a war between the kingdom of Lucis and the empire of Niflheim as elite…

I Am Setsuna Is Chrono Trigger In Everything But Name

It’s not clear why Square Enix isn’t making new Chrono games, but hey, at least there’s I Am Setsuna, which will be out for PS4 and Steam on July 19. (New trailer above.) In their press release today, Square was quick to note that the battle system is inspired by Chrono Trigger. The new trailer…