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Final Fantasy XIV‘s Anniversary Takes Players To A Very Special Place

Final Fantasy XIV’s two year anniversary celebration is a one-way ticket to the place where dreams become reality—sort of. If you’re an active Final Fantasy XIV player and plan on completing The Rising event running through September 7, stop reading this article and go play. As long as you’re at least level 15 or so…

Watch Kirk Play Final Fantasy VI For The Second Time [UPDATE: Over]

Last night, Kotaku features editor Kirk Hamiltonplayed through a large chunk of Final Fantasy VI for the first time ever, making his way through the Battle of Narshe. When we last left off, Terra had just turned pink and flown into the sky. What could possibly happen next??? Tonight, in our second and most likely…

Square Enix and SNK Playmore Drop Their Lawsuits Against Each Other

I guess we can all be friends now. It started with a copyright infringement allegation—Square Enix published manga, High Score Girl, was using characters owned by SNK Playmore without permission. Then things got heated with a counter-suit from Square Enix. Now, nearly a year later, it looks like the two companies are ready to kiss…

Square Enix just launched its official Tokyo Game Show site. According to Famitsu, Star Ocean 5 will be playable for the first time at the show.

Deus Ex Propaganda Posters Spotted In The Wild

If you live in a big city you’ve probably seen many poster walls around that are plastered with an ever-changing sequence of ads, sometimes a whole row of the same thing and other times just a assortment of stuff or, when worse comes to worst, every Mortdecai character poster in sequence. It appears Square Enix…

You Can Now Play Triple Triad On Your Phone

Sixteen years after the release of Final Fantasy VIII, Square Enix has finally released an official stand-alone version of its legendary card game, Triple Triad You can get Triple Triad right now on both iOS and Android by downloading the Final Fantasy Portal app. Both the Portal app and the card game—which you download inside…

Final Fantasy VII Comes To iOS Today

Final Fantasy VII, a video game about an angry man with mommy issues, will come to iPhone and iPad tonight with the next Apple Store update, publisher Square Enix announced today. This is a port of the PC version, and it should be sufficient distraction for FFVII fans until the remake, which is currently scheduled…

Poll: What Japanese Gamers Want in the Final Fantasy VII Remake

So, they’re remaking Final Fantasy VII. It won’t be exactly the same and things will change. But what do you want in the game? Some Japanese gamers were asked just that. Note: The answer to this poll might contain spoilers if you’ve never played FFVII. According to My Navi, 444 of its readers were asked…

Square Enix’s streaming service Dive In is dead. The company’s Japanese headquarters announced that it will end on September 13. It launched in October 2014 in Japan. At last year’s Tokyo Game Show, Kotaku checked out Dive In. Read our impressions right here.

Dragon Quest XI looks very nice on the PS4 in this latest batch of screenshots. Check 4Gamer for more, including Nintendo 3DS screens.

We’ll Be Lucky To See Final Fantasy XV Next Year

Today in Germany, Square Enix announced that the elusive Final Fantasy XV is totally on schedule and that they’ve even planned out a release date. Then, in traditional Square Enix fashion, they said they couldn’t tell it to us yet. In a bizarre, frustrating live presentation from Gamescom this afternoon, FFXV director Hajime Tabata teased…

Final Fantasy VII Will See ‘Dramatic Changes,’ and That’s Good

Don’t expect the upcoming remake version of Final Fantasy VII to be exactly the same game you remember excitedly talking to your friends about over the school lunch table. At least when it comes to FFVII’s battle system, things are going to be different the second time around, according to Game Director Tetsuya Nomura. Speaking…

Final Fantasy Composers Tease FFXII Remake [UPDATE]

We might be one step closer to getting to see Vaan’s emaciated, whiny abs in glorious HD. At a Final Fantasy Distant Worlds concert in Pittsburgh Saturday night, composer Arnie Roth randomly announced that yes, Final Fantasy XII is getting a remake, much to fans’ surprise. Hitoshi Sakimoto, who scored FFXII, was also in attendance.…

This Isn’t the Final Fantasy XV You’ll Play

One day, you will play Final Fantasy XV. It’s been a long wait. But you will not get to play this Final Fantasy XV Via Tumblr fartnoisespbth, this fan art shows FFXV characters with their genders changed. Here you can see how the designs were tweaked. This would probably address the complaints of those who…

The Monster Hunter-esque Final Fantasy Explorers hits North American 3DSes early next year, on January 26. In case you need a refresher on exactly what the game is about, there’s a debut trailer above, and you can find our impressions of the Japanese version here

Final Fantasy Type-0 HD will be out for PC on August 18, Square Enix announced this morning. It’s a messy, clunky game thatI loved way more than I should have. The PC version will have graphical improvements as well as “improved in-game battle camera, full Steam achievements and trading cards, scalable motion blur settings and…

These Are the First Nintendo NX Games [Update]

We don’t know much about the Nintendo NX. Nintendo has called it a “dedicated game platform” that, perhaps, aims tosurprise players. Today, we do know two of the games headed for it. Update: August 4 – 4:00am Square Enix issued a comment to Kotaku regarding the NX release, attempting to clear up confusion as a…

New Tomb Raider Will Come To PC and PS4 In 2016

Windows players will be able to play Rise of the Tomb Raider a few months after it launches on Xbox. PS4 gamers will have to wait a year. There’s been anger and disgruntlement at the exclusivity of Rise of the Tomb Raider, which was initially announced as an Xbox platform exclusive last August. Turns out…

Square Enix Boss Thinks New Games Need Multiple Sequels for Success

Square Enix’s top bossman explains his theory of threes. Among the rather shocking announcements at this year’s E3, Square Enix also announced a new project. Tentatively titled Project Setsuna, the game is going to be an original RPG by the newly formed studio, Tokyo RPG Factory In an interview with Weekly Famitsu, Square Enix head…

Final Fantasy XIV Heavensward Log Two: Identity Crisis

I’d love to be able to report this week that I’ve reached the new level cap and experienced some of the high-end content Final Fantasy XIV’s first expansion has to offer, but first I need to figure out which version of my character I want to be. If Heavensward had introduced its three new adventuring…