All companies have their own idea of what constitutes acceptable fan creations, but some have gotten very specific when it comes to their guidelines recently. Square Enix is among them, and has outlined its latest set of rules for the NieR series of games in …Read more »
Square Enix, the video game company behind iconic titles like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, will allow its employees to work from home permanently going forward. The change is a result of a survey of employees at home temporarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic: some …Read more »
With the recent release of Final Fantasy VII Remake and announcement of Final Fantasy XVI, the world has Final Fantasy on the brain. In comes ranking site Goo, which has asked its readers that age-old question: who are Final Fantasy’s hottest babes, man? Well, 2,907 …Read more »
Way back in 2016, we ran a story on how Fairy Tail creator Hiro Mashima had finished the newly-released Final Fantasy XV in just two days. Now the master has done it again, completing Final Fantasy VII Remake in under 24 hours. At 12:04AM, April …Read more »
At this point, it’s needless to say that it’s been a long road for Final Fantasy VII Remake. While the wait may have been tough for many, it finally launched on PS4—where it will be a timed exclusive for one year—on Friday. Now that it’s …Read more »
As everyone waited for last night’s stream of The Game Awards 2019 to kick off, Square Enix went ahead and shared a brand new trailer for Final Fantasy VII Remake. This one is finally coming out on March 3, 2020, and will be exclusive to PS4 until …Read more »
Final Fantasy: Lost Stranger is an interesting metafictional take on traditional video-game-to-manga adaptations. While it could very easily cross over into the embarrassing world of self-insert wish fulfillment scenarios, instead it subverts expectations and turns into something much more exciting. Protagonist Shogo works at Square …Read more »
The wait keeps getting shorter and shorter for Final Fantasy VII Remake, which hits PS4 on March 3, 2020. Well, the first part does… there’s still no word on how many parts there will be after the retooled Midgar section. Still, with the release on the …Read more »
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered, a fresh new edition of the PS1 classic, is just weeks away. The remaster, which features enhanced graphics and other new features, is set to hit the PS4, Xbox One, Switch and PC September 3, it was revealed today. The remastered …Read more »
The July 18 arson attack on Kyoto Animation was a dark day for the anime industry and Japan as a whole. The weeks since have seen some positive impact in the way people from all over the world have reached out for support and assistance, but there …Read more »
There’s been a lot of chatter about Tifa’s new design for Final Fantasy VII Remake, and it all hit a fever pitch when a recent Famitsu exchange with Tetsuya Nomura made its way online. Thanks to some out-of-context misunderstandings and inadequate translations, many were left to assume Square …Read more »
Square Enix has a plan in store for bringing its manga series directly to English audiences outside of Japan. The publisher announced a partnership with Penguin Random House to begin distributing select titles starting this fall, so look for the Square Enix imprint to make …Read more »
It’s been… so long. The wait for more footage of the Final Fantasy VII Remake may have been a hefty one, but Square Enix came through with a fresh preview just in time for Sony’s State of Play livestream. More information is due out in June, but …Read more »
U.S. fans have been treated to a handful of video game concerts over the years, but none quite like this one. For the first time in the region Final Fantasy VII is getting its own concert, which will mark 22 years since the fan-favorite RPG’s initial launch. …Read more »
Some players take gacha games way too seriously, especially when they don’t get the items or characters they want. An example of taking it way too far presented itself when a 25-year-old nursing care worker allegedly emailed death threats to Square Enix staff members, threatening …Read more »
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