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Here's why Final Fantasy 14's upgraded characters looked so bad in its Benchmark test, and how Square Enix is improving them for 7.0's launch

It's all down to lighting issues

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Final Fantasy 14's Dawntrail expansion is in the final stage of development, so rest assured it won’t suffer an Endwalker-style delay

Square Enix is currently in the final checking stage

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Square Enix president bemoans weak Final Fantasy sales and says his restructure is existential: 'Our winning formula is no longer effective'

Cloudy outlook.

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Pouring fuel on the Nier 3 fires, series producer says several Automata leads have reunited for a new game that "might be Nier" but also "might not be Nier"

The gang is back together, for...something

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NieR series producer says he's doing something with the key creatives, adds with a chuckle: 'It might be NieR, it might not be NieR'

"I'll have something a bit more comprehensive to say in the not-too-distant future."

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Following Japanese giants like Sony and Capcom, JRPG powerhouse Square Enix says it wants "to win over PC users" as the Final Fantasy 16 port nears completion

PC is a "growth market," and Square isn't the only that thinks so

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Final Fantasy 14's spin on D&D has proven so popular it's already sold out before a single dice has been rolled, though a second wave of reprints is on its way

Limit: Broken. Stock: Depleted. Catboy lovers: In shambles.

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Square Enix is laying off employees in the US and Europe

The bold new business plan revealed today has some nasty fine print.

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Square Enix to 'aggressively pursue' a new multiplatform business strategy 'designed to win over PC users'

New plan will also include a shift from "quantity to quality".

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PlayStation will lose Final Fantasy exclusives, as Square Enix announces plans to bring more of its games to Xbox and PC

Square Enix has announced in their latest FY24 report that it plans to focus on releasing more games on multiple platforms, including Xbox, and revive old IP as part of their new business strategy.

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Square Enix to "shift from quantity to quality" as it "aggressively pursues a multiplatform strategy" which could spell the end of PlayStation-first Final Fantasy games

It still plans to "regularly release AAA titles in its major franchises"

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Final Fantasy 14 hit with 3 days of DDoS attacks just weeks from Dawntrail, as Square Enix scrambles to fix the MMO's servers

Logging in - and staying logged in - was a major trial

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Final Fantasy 14 suffers from global round of DDoS attacks, Square Enix 'investigating the attack and taking countermeasures'

Warriors of Light have been suffering from lag and log-outs for the last few days.

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Square Enix announces it's tanked $140 million in losses due to 'content abandonment', though there's no clue as to what's been dropped—and where

Mid-life crisis (core).

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A New Adventure Awaits You in SaGa Emerald Beyond

SaGa Emerald Beyond is finally here and available for the PC, consoles, and mobile platforms.

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After shutting down its American operations, veteran Japanese studio behind beloved JRPGs launches cult action RPG in English to zero buzz and confused fans

This is Square Enix-level marketing

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Final Fantasy 14 devs more likely "to do something light again" for its next project as "you can kinda tell" Yoshi-P is "done" with Final Fantasy 16's "dark fantasy"

“I look over at Yoshi-P every now and then and you can kind of tell he is like, ‘I am done with dark fantasy, I want to do something light again'"

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NieR creator insists that his decisions are based on what he thinks will sell, while also quipping that 'at first I listen to what the publisher wants from me, but later I don't'

The famously easily marketable and consumer-friendly NieR and Drakengard games.

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Visions of Mana won't have multiplayer, but producer Masaru Oyamada wants 'to implement features like that in the future'

Don't write off a co-op Mana game just yet.

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Final Fantasy XIV has a new benchmarking tool ahead of the release of the Dawntrail expansion

Give me a character creator and I'll create a purple-haired Elvis, apparently.

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1 month later, one of Square Enix's best recent JRPGs is finally back on Nintendo Switch after mystery vanishing

Octopath Traveler is back, baby

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's most painfully boring minigame was originally twice as tedious, but at the last minute Square decided "it might be stressful"

Square Enix "put in a lot of work" to make mako vacuuming "feel satisfying" and, well, at least they tried

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The Official Benchmark Software for the Dawntrail Expansion of Final Fantasy XIV Online is Now Available

The new benchmark software for Dawntrail is now available to download and lets you experience the new features while also testing your computer.

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth update quietly fixes the confusing retry menu JRPG fans have been clowning on since launch

That Platinum Trophy stopping bug has also been fixed

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How action led the way in Final Fantasy 16's bid to reinvent the long-running RPG series

Interview | Edge magazine explores the making of FF16 with the devs who brought it to life

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