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Final Fantasy publisher Square Enix announces layoffs for US and UK teams — as AI creeps into game testing

Square Enix is laying off large chunks of its remaining U.S. and U.K. teams, while the company is also aiming for generative AI to play a huge part in future QA.

Windows Central

Square Enix aims to have AI doing 70% of its QA work by the end of 2027, which seems like it'd be hard to achieve without laying off most of your QA workers

Square Enix is partnering with an AI research lab at the University of Tokyo to "improve the efficiency of game development processes."

PC Gamer

Mass layoffs hit Square Enix hours after it shares plans to have AI handle "70%" of its quality assurance and debugging soon

Square Enix also revealed plans to shift development to Japan

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Kingdom Hearts 4 hopium is in overdrive thanks to a single image of Sora's voice actor in the studio: "YALL IS IT TIME??? IS IT FINALLY TIME????"

Haley Joel Osment is recording... something

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Square Enix's multiplatform plan is already working, but it still wants to follow up a Dragon Quest roguelike and Dissidia Final Fantasy with more mobile games based on "major IPs" and "automate 70% of QA" with AI

The house of Final Fantasy wants to "establish a competitive advantage in game development" with AI tech

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As a Dragon Quest noob, Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake honestly feels like the perfect introduction

Now Playing | It only took me nearly 40 years

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From Studio Ghibli to Square Enix — Japan's major IP holders take a stand against OpenAI’s use of their content in Sora 2

CODA sent a letter to OpenAI, demanding that it cease using copyrighted Japanese content to train its AI models.

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Square Enix, Bandai, and other Japanese studios demand OpenAI stop using their content without permission, drop a not-too-subtle hint about legal trouble if it doesn't

Japan's Content Overseas Distribution Association has noticed that an awful lot of what comes out of Sora 2 "closely resembles Japanese content or images."

PC Gamer

Final Fantasy 14 and World of Warcraft are starting to meet in the middle on modding, and it's a strange new world for MMOs and their AddOn communities

Two households, both alike in genre, in fair AddOn-a, where we lay our scene.

PC Gamer

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director "would love" to make a AA game with a similar scope to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 that's "really focused on one area"

But only if Naoki Hamaguchi "completely ignored" his role at Square Enix

GamesRadar

Square Enix finally says the words Final Fantasy 14's MMO fashion devotees have waited years to hear: "From Patch 7.4 onward, you'll be able to equip any glamours regardless of your class/job!"

That glass you heard break was Square Enix pressing the big red button

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Studio Ghibli, Square Enix, Bandai Namco and more Japanese companies demand OpenAI avoid unauthorized use of their IP: "There is no system allowing one to avoid liability"

"Respond sincerely"

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Final Fantasy 14 says screw it, you want healers in platemail, you can have them—promises to remove all class and level restrictions on glamour

In the most normal voice ever: YES! YES!

PC Gamer

Final Fantasy 14's lovably polygonal grapes have snuck their way into Pokemon Legends: Z-A

They're doing their best

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Square Enix says no spoilers for the remakes of 38-year-old NES JRPGs Dragon Quest 1 and 2, please – there's a "big surprise" in store

"If you are streaming a scene that is closely related to the game's scenario, please voluntarily mark it as 'Contains spoilers'"

PC Gamer

This year's JRPG remakes keep proving that old games don't just get by on nostalgia: They're still just really good games

Fun most definitely allowed.

Inverse

‘Dragon Quest 1 And 2’ Remake Review: One Masterpiece And One That’s Just Fine

‘Dragon Quest I & II's remake is a strong follow up to the previous game, particularly building out ‘Dragon Quest 2’ into one of the series' best entries to date.

I'm convinced the Switch 2 is perfect for RPGs –as proven by this classic JRPG

Dragon Quest returns again

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I’ve spent more than 40 hours slaying fiends in Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake, and it’s a triumphant revival of two legendary RPGs

Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake takes two classic JRPGs and transports them into the modern era with finesse and grace.

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says the team could do a "completely new IP" or maybe "something new within the Final Fantasy series" after finishing Part 3 of the JRPG remake

"I'm really looking forward to it"

Inverse

The Next HD-2D Remake Should Be The Most Overlooked Final Fantasy Game

HD-2D has given Square Enix's role-playing games a new lease on life, and it's time to bring Final Fantasy into the fold.

GamesRadar

Final Fantasy 7 Remake director promises Part 3 news "in the not too far future" and tells fans he's "running straight to my hotel room and back to checking some of the levels"

"Rest assured it's going well and we're working very hard on it"

GamesRadar

Pokemon Legends: Z-A sells over 5.8 million copies in its first week, cementing the real-time RPG as a success even if it's still lagging behind Legends: Arceus

Numbers only Square Enix could be disappointed with

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Square Enix unveils Dragon Quest I and II HD-2D Remake's launch trailer — catch a glimpse of this Xbox JRPG's story changes before joining the adventure

Square Enix has just uploaded a new trailer for Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake, giving players one final preview of its reimagining of the first two Dragon Quest games before launch.

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The most mid Square Enix game in existence, Balan Wonderworld, shocks the nation and sells a single copy in the US this September: "Somebody made the conscious decision to pick up that game"

Balan Wonderworld lives

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