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The project Final Fantasy VI Reimagined has officially released its 1.0 version. The culmination of multiple individual romhacking projects from DrakeyC, the mod aims to be a pseudo-remake of Final Fantasy VI, as created within the original's engine on the Super NES. The mod includes a...

Here come the early tech evaluations, then: according to the experts at Digital Foundry, based on several minutes of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth footage running on the PS5 Pro, the upgrade is a "night and day" difference. We've already heard murmurs about the improvements to this game in particular...

Final Fantasy 16 has been suffering from some unexpected bugs on the PS5 this past week, and it's beginning to look like the system's recent firmware update is to blame. Players have reported everything from graphical glitches to crashes in the console exclusive – none of which occurred prior to...

With its lengthy period of PS5 exclusivity now at a close, Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki "Yoshi-P" Yoshida is concerned about the inevitable debauchery that will follow once the PC modding community gets its grasping paws on the game (available today, 17th September). Yoshida doesn't want to...

If you're fond of old-school RPGs like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, you might want to keep an eye out for 8-Bit Adventures 2, launching on the Nintendo Switch next month on 16th October 2024. Built by Australian developer Critical Games, 8-Bit Adventures 2 takes everything you love from...

Hironobu Sakaguchi needs no introduction. As the father of the Final Fantasy franchise, he's the mind behind one of the most successful and popular JRPG series of all time. With FANTASIAN Neo Dimension reuniting Sakaguchi-san with Square Enix, he's spoken about how returning to his former studio...

Previously exclusive to Apple Arcade, Fantasian Neo Dimension is coming to Switch (and other consoles) later in 2024 as an expanded version of Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi's RPG. And while we're still waiting for a specific release date, hands-on previews for the game have dropped...

Fantasian Neo Dimension is an updated version of the original Fantasian — an Apple Arcade release from a few years back. It's produced and written by Hironobu Sakaguchi, who's often referred to as the father of Final Fantasy — and so when we were handed an opportunity to interview the man...

PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium subscribers have in the past few hours noticed that Final Fantasy XVI is appearing as a PS5 title included in Sony's membership service, allowing them to download and play the game. Square Enix hasn't stated in any official capacity that the game is set to come...

It's no secret that Square Enix has restricted a fair few games away from Xbox in recent years, including the big mainline Final Fantasy releases, but it sounds like the company is very keen to make sure that changes going forward. In a new interview with Eurogamer this week, Final Fantasy 14...

We've got some Final Fantasy 16 news to share today, but sadly it's not the kind we were hoping for! It's been announced that FFXVI will be coming to PC on September 17th, with still no sign of an Xbox release as things stand. That said, Windows Central talked to game director Hiroshi Takai...

After limited PlayStation exclusivity, Final Fantasy XVI is being released on other platforms. The game's Steam and Epic Games Store versions will launch on September 17. with a retail price of $49.99, and a "Complete Edition", which bundles both DLC expansions with the base game for $69.99. A...

We've known for a while that Final Fantasy 16 would eventually launch on PC, and now we have a confirmed release date. It drops next month, on the 17th September, ending the game's spell of total PS5 exclusivity, which has been in place since the action RPG first launched on the 22nd June, 2023...

Whether you're a lover or a hater of the incredibly divisive Final Fantasy 13 trilogy, you've got to wonder why Square Enix has never remastered the whole thing and bundled the games together for modern consoles. Fans have been asking after a trilogy collection for years, but the three titles...

There is something undeniably comforting about Square Enix's Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster collection, which preserves the first six entries in the legendary series on PS4. You can take further comfort in the upcoming physical Anniversary Edition; tangible copies were quite limited initially and...

Square Enix is releasing a second run of physical copies for the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series, and it'll be available on both the Square Enix store and in select retailers from 8th October 2024. Called the FINAL FANTASY Pixel Remaster Anniversary Edition, this new retail version comes...

When it comes to the world of video game music, few composers have as impressive a body of work as Hitoshi Sakimoto, which is ironic as he never initially set out to be a musician in the first place. A self-proclaimed "science and technology geek", Sakimoto got his start as a programmer and...

If you're a fan of the earlier entries in the Final Fantasy series — job classes and all — you'll likely be just as excited as us to learn about Scarmonde — a new 8-bit RPG coming to PC later this year (via itch.io and Steam). Created by the indie developer Ephiam, who previously made games...