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Naoki Hamaguchi isn't just sending a trailer. The FF7 Revelation director is heading to Gamescom's Opening Night Live to personally show off the trilogy's grand finale.
The Octopath Traveler series has sold seven million copies and spawned an entire HD-2D movement, but producer Tomoya Asano says a third mainline entry still isn't ready to be revealed.
Final Fantasy 14's generous free trial arrives on Switch 2, but the 117GB download eats nearly half the console's internal storage. Square Enix is already working on a fix for long load times.
Two months after fans spotted Donald Duck with five fingers on the Kingdom Hearts Collection artwork, Square Enix has finally responded, calling it human error. Not everyone's buying it.
Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis is ending service on October 6, and with it goes Before Crisis, a prequel that Western fans have waited nearly two decades to play. Its first English chapter launched the same day as the shutdown announcement.
Kingdom Hearts 4 was revealed in 2022 and has produced exactly two trailers since. Square Enix now admits its announcement strategy needs to change.
Asked about game preservation at a shareholder meeting, Square Enix said it uploads cutscenes to video streaming platforms. The gap between that answer and what preservation actually means is staggering.
A shareholder directly asked Square Enix what caused Dragon Quest 12's costly reboot from The Flames of Fate to Beyond Dreams. The company's response was a masterclass in saying absolutely nothing.
A swipe-based dating plugin launched inside Final Fantasy 14, and the community's response has been less about romance and more about the existential threat to the game's entire modding ecosystem.
After nearly a decade steering the FF7 Remake trilogy, Naoki Hamaguchi thinks someone else at Square Enix should tackle FF6.
Kingdom Hearts 4's trailer is full of characters from Union X Dark Road, a mobile game that no longer exists. Square Enix still hasn't offered any way to experience its story.
A 2024 photo of Travis Willingham making a "shush" gesture next to a Sephiroth cosplayer now looks like the most brazen tease Square Enix never had to authorize.
Naoki Hamaguchi says he's determined to finish the FF7 Remake trilogy properly, and we might see the game as soon as tomorrow at Summer Game Fest.
Square Enix just added a suite of built-in cheats to FF7 Rebirth, including infinite HP, 9999 damage, and a level 65 head start. And they don't disable trophies.
Square Enix confirmed during the Dragon Quest 40th anniversary stream that DQ12 has been rebooted from scratch, renamed Beyond Dreams, and given to a reshuffled team with no release date in sight.
Dragon Quest 12's new protagonist has drawn mixed reactions, but a fan theory connecting him to the trailer's lizard character might explain everything.
Eight unlisted videos on Square Enix's official YouTube playlist suggest Dragon Quest's 40th anniversary celebration is going to be massive, and Dragon Quest 12 is almost certainly part of it.
Naoki Hamaguchi has confirmed that Chadley, the FF7 Remake trilogy's most polarising NPC, will return with an expanded role in Part 3. The internet's reaction is exactly what you'd expect.
Square Enix considered winding down Final Fantasy 11 in 2024. Now its servers are so full it had to stop accepting new players on some worlds.
Square Enix is scrapping the 14-day cap on Final Fantasy 11's free trial and raising the level limit to 75. For a 24-year-old MMO still getting updates, it's a move that should have happened years ago.
A patch 7.5 dungeon boss with zero dialogue and no loot worth chasing has become Final Fantasy 14's biggest meme in months. Square Enix is already in on it.
Naoki Hamaguchi has beaten a game that technically doesn't exist yet over 40 times. Everything about FF7 Remake Part 3 suggests it's deep into polishing, not early development.
Christopher Koji Fox's AI-generated images during a Fan Fest lyrics panel killed the room's energy and sparked immediate backlash online.
Square Enix never attempted a Switch port of Final Fantasy VII Remake, but a modder with a soldering iron and a dream just made it happen anyway.