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Three years ago, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn achieved two impossible feats: it reversed the critical failings of its 2010 predecessor and proved that the MMO genre is alive and kicking. Producer and director Naoki Yoshida retraces the title’s evolution to discover how the studio perfected things second time around

Late developer worked on characters, battle effects and environments for some of Square Enix’s most popular RPG titles

Kuala Lumpur studio assisting Square Enix with upcoming fantasy blockbuster

A Final Fantasy–themed Monopoly will be coming out next year. The board game will launch exactly 20 years after the release of Final Fantasy VII on PSOne, on April 14th 2017. It’s already available to pre-order, and is being releasedexclusively on merchandise website Merchoid. The board game will set consumers …

‘Dawnwalker’ proposed as name for Japanese outlet, following founding of Mistwalker in 2004

Yosuke Matsuda explains: ‘It wouldn’t be good for that market to consist entirely of free-to-play’

Hajime Tabata recalls that development team was inflicted with ‘Final Fantasy disease’ and he had to tell them: ‘We’re not special. Wake up’

Reboot of MMO is result of partnership between MapleStory studio and Square Enix

Although it might be a bit of a wait for the ‘more technically developed’ version – the RPG originally began life in 2006

We all love a good underdog story. Eddie the Eagle, Leicester City Football Club, Rocky… nothing quite captures the public imagination like a determined minnow taking on and beating the established giants. But there is another type of underdog story. The tale of a once great fighter who has faded …