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Hands On with Square Enix’s New Streaming Service

Dive In is an up coming game streaming service for some of Square Enix’s most popular games to iOS and Android devices. Today at the Tokyo Game Show, I tried out the service on an Android pad. Let’s see how that went. For my time with Dive In I had the choice of playing Final…

This is Shinra Technologies. It’s Square Enix’s new venture into cloud gaming, headed up by former Square Enix honcho Yochi Wada. You can read more about it on the company’s official site.

Final Fantasy XV‘s Combat, Broken Down

Final Fantasy XV is actually a video game that is actually happening, and new footage released by Square Enix last night shows that it’s looking damn good, too. The one big question—other than “why is the steering wheel on the right?”—is “just how does that combat work?” We don’t have the answers to that question…

Smartphone game Final Fantasy Agito is coming to the PS Vita in Japan as Final Fantasy Agito Plus on January 15, 2015. No word on a Western release.

Tetsuya Nomura Is No Longer Directing Final Fantasy XV

Today, Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy XV has a new director. Originally announced in 2006 as Final Fantasy Versus XIII, the game was rebranded as Final Fantasy XV last year. The game is being directed by Hajime Tabata, the director of Final Fantasy Type-0 and Final Fantasy Type-0 HD “This move allows Tetsuya Nomura…

The same Game Informer report detailinga Final Fantasy XV demo for 2015 also gives a North American release date for Final Fantasy Type-0: March 17.

Final Fantasy XIV‘s Eorzea might not have Chemical X, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have their own version of The Powerpuff Girls, Professor Utonium… and some others trying to photobomb. via r/ffxiv Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can…

There’s a New Final Fantasy Coming. It’s a Typing Game.

For their next Final Fantasy game, Square Enix is adding a bit, or a whole lot of word play. Revealed in Weekly Famitsu, coming next week to iOS and Android platforms is Final Fantasy World Wide Words. The game uses the chibi-style character designs from the Theatrhythm series for an RPG that progresses through typing…

No, I Really Don’t Want Blue Slime Curry

Ungh. Knock it off with the blue food, will ya? Recently, we’ve seen blue hamburgers and blue ramen. And now, here’s some blue curry. This is actually “Slime Curry.” It’s going on sale in Japan this month. Obviously, it is supposed to evoke a Slime from Dragon Quest. Don’t believe me? Well, check out this…

Square Enix Will Stream Final Fantasy for Smartphones in Japan

Tokyo-based game maker Square Enix is rolling out its own cloud-based streaming service called Dive In. According to 4Gamer, Dive In is slated for iOS and Android and will kick off next month by offering three games: Final Fantasy VII International, Final Fantasy XIII, and murder mystery game Season of Mystery：The Cherry Blossom Murders In…

Moon Hunters, one of the neater Kickstarter projects I’ve seen in a while, is funded to the tune of $100k. Described as a mixture between Zelda and Starbound, Moon Hunters is one of the first participants in Square Enix’s Indie Collective program

The Final Fantasy XV Problem

On Sunday, when I asked Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi what he thinks of the current state of the franchise he built, his answer was short and blunt. “Final Fantasy XV is taking too long.” Is it? Well, when The Game Now Called Final Fantasy XV was first announced back in May 2006, the president…

Square Enix just launched its Tokyo Game Show website. Many games are listed on the site as appearing at this year’s TGS in either demo or trailer form. Two of them are not on it: Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts III. Maybe they’ll be surprises?

Things Are Very Different For The Creator Of Final Fantasy

When you create one of the most treasured franchises in video game history, what do you do next? When you work on that franchise for 20 years, can you ever really move on? For Hironobu Sakaguchi, the man who created Final Fantasy back in 1987, these have been easy questions to answer. (1. Move to…

A Special PS4 Covered in Metal Slime

To mark the release of hack-and-slash game Dragon Quest Heroes, Sony is releasing a “Dragon Quest Metallic Slime Edition.” According to Famitsu, the Metallic Slime is actually a USB cover. Slated to go on sale with Dragon Quest Heroes next spring, the price is currently TBA. “PlayStation4 ドラゴンクエスト メタルスライム エディション”の発売が決定 [Famitsu] To contact the author…

Eight Big Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Questions, Answered

The first current-gen Final Fantasy will be out within the next year, it’ll serve as something of a stopgap before Final Fantasy XV, and, well, it’s got kind of a silly name. RPG fans have been waiting a very long time for Final Fantasy Type-0, which was released for PSP in Japan way back in…

Here’s The New Trailer For Bravely Second

Bravely Second, the long-awaited sequel to Bravely Default, got a new trailer that was shown during today’s 3DS Nintendo Direct. It’s above, have a look—the world map and the cities look even more beautiful than in the first game. Bravely Second comes out on the Nintendo 3DS this winter in Japan. 「ブレイブリーセカンド」～胎動篇～ [YouTube] To contact…

Bravely Second Will Be Out This Winter in Japan

According to today’s Nintendo Direct, the eagerly-awaited Bravely Second will be released on the Nintendo 3DS this Winter in Japan. No word yet about a Western release window.

Kingdom Hearts 2.5 Has A Ton Of New Stuff

You’ll get to fight Monstro the whale and even, well, [SPOILER] in the upcoming remake of Kingdom Hearts 2, which will be out December 2 for PS3. Square Enix just released this new trailer to show off all the new stuff they’ve packaged into the HD collection, which they’re calling “KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.5 ReMIX.”…

Hey, Final Fantasy Explorers Looks Pretty Good

Fashion modeling agency Square Enix just released a handful of new trailers for Final Fantasy Explorers, which will be out for 3DS in Japan this December. There’s no U.S. release date for Final Fantasy Explorers yet, but it’s looking good so far. Monster Hunter-style gameplay with Final Fantasy classes and beasts. I’m sold.