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Square Enix chooses Finnish visiblity optimisation tools
Read More »Final Fantasy XV needs to smash 10m copies to be a success
The latest entry in the Final Fantasy series needs to shift more than 10 million units to be considered a success. As reported by Kotaku UK, game director Hajime Tabata said at a press conference that Final Fantasy XV needs to hit this figure over its lifetime. This is a …
Read More »Three games, a movie, an anime TV show, Sean Bean, Audi, and Florence and the Machine… Square Enix sets up major Final Fantasy relaunch
Square Enix last night revealed ambitious plans to rejuvenate its ageing Final Fantasy series with its next game. Final Fantasy XV will debut on consoles on September 30th this year, the company announced during a star-studded conference last night. And the event was a significant statement of intent for the …
Read More »Square Enix takes over Waterloo Station to push Final Fantasy XV
Ahead of its Uncovered: Final Fantasy XV live stream tonight, Square Enix has been pushing the title at London’s own Waterloo Station. The publisher was displaying an ad for the upcoming RPG on the 120 square metre display at the transport hub. Square claims this is the largest indoor LED …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV to get simultaneous 2016 worldwide launch
The next iteration in Square Enix’s Final Fantasy series – XV – is going to be launching globally next year. That’s according to GameSpot who spoke to Final Fantasy XV’s director, Hajime Tabata. Tabata confirmed that the game is going to be released before 2017, pointing towards a 2016 launch …
Read More »Square Enix wants to update its Final Fantasy XV demo
In an unprecedented move Japanese publisher Square Enix has revealed plans to release a content update for one of its demos. The Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae was distributed with Final Fantasy-0 HD last month, but Siliconera reports that director Hajime Tabata has confirmed that work on a version 2.0 …
Read More »TRAILER: New characters revealed in Final Fantasy XV video
RPG fans were treated to a first glimpse at two new characters in Square Enix’s upcoming Final Fantasy XV in a video released this weekend. Shown off at Japanese anime convention Jump Festa 2015, the short reveals both popular summon Titan – who is now absolutely huge – and Cid. …
Read More »Final Fantasy Reborn
In recent years the Square Enix E3 booth has resembled that of your stereotypical Western publisher. For two years we’ve had Lara Croft and Agent 47 dominate the firm’s showcase. The stars of Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts were there, just hidden away behind the banks of Tomb Raider demos. …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV coming to PS4 and Xbox One
Square Enix has revealed that the freshly announced Final Fantasy XV will be released on both PS4 and Xbox One. The game has been in development for over seven years for current gen machines under the name Final Fantasy Versus XIII but is now due for release in 2014. It …
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