Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary ultimate box promotional movie

By: Erren Van Duine Square Enix has uploaded a promotional video for their upcoming Japan-exclusive Final Fantasy Ultimate Box collection. Set for launch on December 18th, the Ultimate Box features every single mainline (sans XIV) Final Fantasy game on various PlayStation platforms. Included within are: Final Fantasy (PS1, 1 disc) Final Fantasy II (PS1, 1 disc) Final Fantasy III (PSP, 1 disc) Final Fantasy IV … Continue reading Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary ultimate box promotional movie

Upcoming contest – Win yourself one of these Final Fantasy 25th anniversary posters

By: Erren Van Duine Hey all. We’ve got a great new giveaway coming to the site here momentarily. Courtesy of Square Enix, we’ll be giving away a load of these specially designed Final Fantasy posters. Created to honor this year’s 25th anniversary of the series, all 14 mainline entries are gathered here using the designs of Yoshitaka Amano. These are indeed the same posters given … Continue reading Upcoming contest – Win yourself one of these Final Fantasy 25th anniversary posters

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Developer Interview

By: Erren Van Duine Previously detailed here, we now have Famitsu’s full Lightning Returns interview in full. The game’s lead development staff including Director Motomu Toriyama, Producer Yoshinori Kitase, Art Director Isamu Kamikokuryou and Game Design Director Yuji Abe have assembled to tell all following last week’s reveal of the finale to Lightning’s saga. Kitase: Including the initial development of novels and FFXIII-2’s DLC, Lightning … Continue reading Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Developer Interview

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is 30% complete

By: Erren Van Duine As promised, Famitsu’s exclusive interview with the Lightning Returns developers has surfaced in this week’s issue. Details are just now coming out, but the game is only 30% complete according to the staff. Lighting Returns will bring the long-promised happy ending for Lightning, and will not include any multi-endings. The game’s project leads specifically stated that this would be the last … Continue reading Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is 30% complete

Square Enix opens “Lightning Room” -Presentation for New Direction of Lightning Saga- twitter account

By: Erren Van Duine Square Enix has readied an all new Twitter account in anticipation of Friday’s 25th anniversary stage event. With the next entry in the FFXIII series being revealed, the first tweet comes from Producer Yoshinori Kitase. He explains that the account was made for this week’s reveal, which will provide a variety of updates during the presentation and Final Fantasy 25th anniversary … Continue reading Square Enix opens “Lightning Room” -Presentation for New Direction of Lightning Saga- twitter account

Naoki Yoshida: Regaining the trust of Final Fantasy fans will take a “long time”

By: Erren Van Duine Perhaps the greatest mind over at Square Enix right now is Final Fantasy XIV’s producer/director Naoki Yoshida, and it’s easy to see why. Speaking in an interview with Eurogamer, the humble creator took the time to touch upon some sensitive subjects. More specifically, the visible damage done to the Final Fantasy brand itself. “Losing your fans’ trust is very easy thing … Continue reading Naoki Yoshida: Regaining the trust of Final Fantasy fans will take a “long time”

Shinji Hashimoto: Final Fantasy Versus XIII is supposed to be incredibly amazing

By: Erren Van Duine It looks like producer Shinji Hashimoto was out and about today. If you recall, he recently retired from Twitter in order to focus more on game development. Appearing as a special guest at Ginza SWING, and covering all things Final Fantasy 25th anniversary, Hashimoto touched a bit on his own project – Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Though it hasn’t been long … Continue reading Shinji Hashimoto: Final Fantasy Versus XIII is supposed to be incredibly amazing

The Making of Agni’s Philosophy: Final Fantasy Realtime Tech Demo to be held at CEDEC

By: Erren Van Duine Square Enix will be holding a session for Agni’s Philosophy: Final Fantasy Realtime Tech Demo as a part of today’s CEDEC events. Producer/Director Yoshihisa Hashimoto, Creative Director Takeshi Nozue, and Lead Artist Ryo Iwata will be in attendance to talk about concept design, pre-rendering CG creation, real time work flow, and real time CG technology development. Those who have a Nico … Continue reading The Making of Agni’s Philosophy: Final Fantasy Realtime Tech Demo to be held at CEDEC

Square Enix posts $26 million quarterly loss

By: Brendan Sinclair Square Enix expects to turn a tidy profit for its current year, but it’s off to a bad start. The publisher today reported results for its first fiscal quarter (the three months ended June 30), which saw net losses of nearly ¥2.1 billion ($26.4 million). For the same period the year before, Square Enix turned a profit of ¥690 million ($8.8 million). … Continue reading Square Enix posts $26 million quarterly loss

Behold Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn with an all new trailer

So we all know about Final Fantasy XIV 2.0, a complete overhaul of XIV.  It is know more commonly known as Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn and now, Square Enix has offered a first glimpse into the game. This new trailers offers a glimpse into what Producer/Director Naoki Yoshida’s vision of the game.  It teases us fans of further announcements going forward.  In three … Continue reading Behold Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn with an all new trailer