Japanese role-playing games on major consoles are dead
162 days 4 hours ago - Venture Beat writes: Even if we haven’t wanted to admit it, we’ve all known for quite some time that the days of abundant Japanese console role-pla... | Opinion piece | Culture
Hey, Remember When JRPGs Used To Be Good?
186 days 14 hours ago - PSX Extreme writes: Maybe it's a harsh thing to say. And I know there have been several quality JRPGs this generation, so don't jump down my throat... | Opinion piece | PS2
Former Square Enix boss calls merger ‘a complete failure’
220 days 16 hours ago - Former Square Enix president Hisashi Suzuki has suddenly become very vocal about the state of his old company, taking to Twitter by calling the mer... | Article | Industry
Kotaku: Best Final Fantasy Sequel Ever
268 days 4 hours ago - That's right, it's the end of Speak Up on Kotaku as we know it, at least as a daily feature. For years I've (Fahey) been going though the Speak Up... | Opinion piece | PS2
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Is $29 For 'Final Fantasy Dimensions' Insane, or Exactly What The Mobile Market Needs?
296 days 17 hours ago - Publisher Square Enix gave fans a case of sticker shock last week when they announced the price of their original, episodic Final Fantasy RPG for i... | Opinion piece | Android
Kotaku: Final Fantasy Games That Weren’t Really Final Fantasy Games
298 days 7 hours ago - Let’s go back in time. It’s 1990. The Company Then Known As Squaresoft is living large, riding the waves of success earned by 1987′s surprise hit F... | Opinion piece | PS2
Kotaku: A Beginner’s Guide To Final Fantasy, The Biggest RPG Series On The Planet
316 days 3 hours ago - So what came after Final Fantasy VII? Any other masterpieces? Let’s do another quick breakdown: Final Fantasy VIII – The story of a grumpy te... | Article | GameCube
Gametrailers: Square Enix May Outsource Future Final Fantasy Games
354 days 14 hours ago - Final Fantasy XIII had an enormous team of over 200 employees at one point and Square Enix believes it contributed heavily to the game's difficulti... | Article | Next-Gen
Kotaku: If There Were a Final Fantasy VII Remake, Final Fantasy Would Be Finished
358 days 17 hours ago - Kotkau writes: Another day, another request for a Final Fantasy VII remake. The game was released in early 1997, and there are still calls for a re... | Opinion piece | PS3
JapanTimes: Yoichi Wada hopes Japanese gamers will play COD, Japan's gamers starting to shoot 'em up
406 days 18 hours ago - It's a long running stereotype: Japanese gamers like role-playing games (RPGs), and Western gamers prefer first-person shooters (FPS). That doesn't... | Article | Industry
1up: How Can Final Fantasy Versus XIII Not be a Disappointment?
439 days 9 hours ago - Square Enix announced Final Fantasy Versus XIII way back at E3 in 2006, along with its peers Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII. Since... | Opinion piece | PS3
Europe, These Are Your Square Enix Masterpieces
456 days 21 hours ago - Ultimate Hits, Eternal Hits, and Legendary Hits are different Square Enix budget labels. We’re going to add one more to this list – Square Enix Mas... | Article | PC
A million sales pretty much guaranteed for Dragon's Dogma in Japan
456 days 21 hours ago - Dragon's Dogma, Capcom's action RPG could be seen as a risk outside of Japan, but in its homeland the game is assured success, producer Hideaki Its... | Article | Xbox 360
Independent: 'But Mum, it's not a mindless game, it's art'
456 days 21 hours ago - Does the written word encourage forgetfulness? Will novels play havoc with the delicate emotions of impressionable young women? Do the movies make... | Article | Culture
Sakaguchi: JRPGs promote story over player freedom
457 days 1 hour ago - “A lot of western RPGs focus on creating a world and award the player a great deal of freedom in it, instead of focusing on a story. I think the in... | Article | Industry
Kotaku: Five Dead JRPGs That Should Be Revived
457 days 12 hours ago - Kickstarter is now officially a thing. Not that it wasn't before. Since its launch in 2009, the crowdfunding website has evolved into an extreme... | Article | Industry
Square Enix may not bring Final Fantasy III to US and European Android gamers.
458 days 15 hours ago - While the post could be defined as more of an editorial, possibly a rant on my part, news is that Square Enix doesn't really consider US and Europe... | News | Nintendo DS
Kotaku: Stop Dragging Dragon Quest Around, Square Enix
458 days 16 hours ago - In today’s warrior-dragging (get it?) instalment of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Paradox Me ponders the poor treatment Square Enix has given Enix’... | Opinion piece | Industry
G4TV: The Innovation of Final Fantasy - Hits and Misses
458 days 20 hours ago - No one doubts that the Final Fantasy series changed the world of gaming, for better of for worse through their innovations. Their approaches to gam... | Article | Industry
No Final Fantasy 13-3
476 days 1 hour ago - The words "To be continued" at the end of Final Fantasy 13-2 is no indication of a third part of the 13er series. Square Enix also confirmed that i... | Article | Xbox 360
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