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Final Fantasy XIV‘s Finest New Features Coming December 17

I really love the reborn Final Fantasy XIV, but it’s the sort of love that can’t be fully consummated until I can own my own in-game estate and fight a giant, crown-wearing Moogle. Thank goodness for December 17’s massive patch 2.1. It’s got everything. I suppose some players are looking forward to the advancement of…

Final Fantasy VIII is on Steam starting today, Square Enix just announced. It’s going for $11.99, and it comes with an optional cheating tool called Magic Booster and the mini-game Chocobo World.

Akihiko Yoshida, a brilliant artist and character designer, is leaving Square Enix. Yoshida, however, said he will continued to work on Bravely series.

You’ll Never Guess Where Puzzle & Dragons Is Hitting Next

Role-playing game Puzzle & Dragons, which features puzzles and, um, dragons, has been a smash hit mobile title. The game is getting a 3DS version this month in Japan. And next spring, it’s coming to Japanese arcades. Yes, arcades! Remember those? Developed by Square Enix, the arcade version is called Puzzle & Dragons Battle Tournament…

First Look at Bravely Second, the Totally New Bravely Default Sequel

The eagerly-awaited sequel to role-playing game Bravely Default (pictured) has apparently been announced for Japan. According to an unconfirmed leak, it’s titled Bravely Second. And it’s a brand new game. Note: the announcement came via a Japanese magazine leak. Kotaku has yet to confirm the leak first hand with the actual magazine. The magazine article…

The global PS4 beta for Final Fantasy XIV begins on February 22, 2014. An April 2014 release date was also announced. That’s for Japan and,it seems, North America. [Thanks, Alex!]

League of Legends, Turned Into Final Fantasy VII… Has Potential

Would it be possible to transform League of Legends into a JRPG, specifically, Final Fantasy VII? The answer is yes! Thanks to Brazilian YouTuber Pato Papao, we now have a highly detailed LoL / Final Fantasy crossover fan-video, with the appropriate dances, moves and skills. There’s also plenty of extra little tidbits for those who…

War. War Sometimes Changes.

Not all the time. Just occasionally. Like…when wandering swordsmen get robot arms and giant swords. Studio Hive is a Thailand-based studio who provide illustrations and concept work for video games, advertising, movies and TV. They’ve recently worked with clients like Square Enix and, like every other game artist on the planet, Applibot’s Legend of the…

There Are Three Words for This Ridiculous Final Fantasy Costume

One of them is bad. But that’s okay, I guess? Behold some of the latest Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII downloadable content. Today, Square Enix launched the first round of DLC for the game. The outfits, which come with weapons, are The Divine World’s Saint Clothing Style, The Final Liberation Clothing Style, and, wait for…

There’s A New Final Fantasy Out Today, And You Should Stay Far Away

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years hits iOS and Android today, and while it’s not as egregiously offensive as some other games in the once-beloved series (like the microtransaction machine All The Bravest), it is a terrible game and you should stay away. I wrote a little bit about The After Years last year, so…

This glitch in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn will get your character stuck in MMO emote hell, as you can see in the above GIF. To get similar results with a frozen upper torso, type “/sit,” then press the emote and the “w” buttons simultaneously. If you get lucky, you won’t fly away completely.…

If Disney Princesses Were Final Fantasy Characters …

We’ve seen classic Disney heroines as Street Fighter characters, but they’d make an even more outstanding and complete party as Final Fantasy characters, with all the essential jobs assigned to them. Digital artist Geryes took the most iconic Disney princesses, and reimagined them with belts and zippers, as if it were designed by Tetsuya Nomura…

Square Enix Game Improved With Silly Real Faces

We told you about the facial mapping tech in Square Enix’s vampire hunting game, Bloodmasque, back in July, but it wasn’t until today that we truly got to see how ridiculous the game can get if you use the feature in the right way. By ‘the right way’ I mean ‘uploading yourself making faces that…

Here’s a Marvelous New Dragon Quest 3DS XL

Early next year, Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca’s Marvelous Mysterious Key hits the Nintendo 3DS. To mark the occasion, Nintendo is releasing a special 3DS XL. Neat DQ print, no? Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca’s Marvelous Mysterious Key is a remake of Dragon Quest Monsters 2: The Mysterious Key to Malta,…

Check Out the Rejected Lightning Returns Logos

This is the Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy logo. You might have also seen this logo with an all-black background. But have you ever seen the rejected ones? At a recent event in Tokyo for Lightning Returns and Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD, Square Enix showed off the Lightning Returns logos it didn’t end up using. Below,…

Sources: Studio Behind Deus Ex And Thief Cancels New Game

Eidos Montreal, the studio behind Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Thief, has just cancelled a third game they had planned, multiple sources have informed Kotaku This isn’t Thief, which is out in February, or the next-gen Deus Ex planned for the future, but a third, unannounced game, sources say. We first heard the news from…

FFXIV‘s Got 1.5M Players. Guess That Massive Overhaul Paid Off.

Final Fantasy XIV hit 1.5 million registered players in its first two months, and if you’re wondering what that means, here’s one suggestion: A Realm Reborn was worth it. First, let’s put that number in context: 1.5 million might be negligible for a free-to-play game, but Final Fantasy XIV is a subscription-based MMORPG. All of…

Tidus’s Laugh Makes The Big Bang Theory Actually Funny

The Big Bang Theory without the canned laughter and Tidus’s horrible laugh from Final Fantasy X are both very uncomfortable to watch separately. But YouTuber skylazor mixed the two together, and the result is… something really special. And it could have been even better with the Japanese version Big Bang Tidus [YouTube] To contact the…

Remember, People Outside Japan May One Day Make A Final Fantasy Game

One of the saddest game cancellations of the last few years has got to be Grin’s Fortress, an ambitious Final Fantasy title that would have been the first major game in the franchise to be developed outside Japan. Those interested to see what a Western take on the series might look like, though, still have…

Unseen Tetsuya Nomura Sketches From the 1990s

These days Square Enix’s Tetsuya Nomura busies himself with Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts III. But let’s take a look back in time, before he was the famous game designer he is today. Takashi Aki, who worked as a planner on Final Fantasy V and FFVI, was recently cleaning up and discovered a handful…