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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.
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.
Square Enix is restricting what limited jobs can do in FF14 right before Beastmaster arrives, and the community is not impressed.
Taiwan's ratings board has outed what looks like a native Switch 2 port of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, the 2021 Eidos Montreal game that deserved a much bigger audience than it got.
Square Enix has partnered with Google to inject Gemini AI into Dragon Quest X, turning one of gaming's most iconic mascots into a chatbot. The slime deserved better.
FF14 director Naoki Yoshida has openly admitted that Final Fantasy's slow release cadence is pushing younger players away. The comment came in a promotional video, which makes it even harder to ignore.
Final Fantasy 11 has a problem most MMOs would kill for: too many players. Square Enix is sealing off a third server in under a year.