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Friday21st Apr 2023
News Final Fantasy 12 Director Quashes That Long-Standing Basch Rumour
Will the real fon Ronsenburg please stand up?
Final Fantasy XII, love it or hate it, is a fascinating beast, telling a steam-punk saga of political machinations and out-and-out war. It brings together a colourful cast of characters, some more beloved than others. Game director Yasumi Matsuno, apropos of absolutely nothing, just popped up on Twitter...
Tuesday16th Mar 2021
News Still Brilliant PS2 RPG Final Fantasy XII Is 15 Years Old Today
Don't Basch it
Believe it or not, Final Fantasy XII is 15 years old today. The PlayStation 2 RPG first launched in Japan all the way back in 2006, on the 16th March. We still remember waiting what felt like an age for the game to release here in Europe (it was actually a year late), and reading all about it in the Official PlayStation Magazine...
Friday24th Apr 2020
News Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age Has Just Been Patched for the First Time in a Year
Job reset function
While it is an excellent remaster of one of the franchise's most overlooked titles, we didn't exactly expect to be writing about Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age when we woke up this morning. However, here we are. In what is a rather random but welcome update, Square Enix has updated the PlayStation 4 version of the game with a...
Tuesday21st Nov 2017
News That Final Fantasy XII News Square Was Teasing? The Sky Pirate's Den Returns in New PS4 Patch
Plus a free PS4 theme
Square Enix has revealed the news that "will make fans of Final Fantasy XII happy", and no, it's not a Switch version. In fact, it's a relatively small addition, but we're glad that it's making a return. Okay, so Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age will be receiving a new PlayStation 4 patch tomorrow -- that's the 22nd...
Wednesday15th Nov 2017
News Square Enix Teases Final Fantasy XII News That Will 'Make Fans Happy'
Frantastic
Last month, Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age had shifted one million copies on PlayStation 4, taking both shipped figures and digital sales into account. It's a good result for a remastered PlayStation 2 title -- a divisive one at that -- and as such, the publisher will be hosting a celebratory livestream...
Thursday26th Oct 2017
News Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age Has Passed 1 Million Shipped and Sold Digitally on PS4
Not bad for a PS2 remaster
Square Enix has rather happily announced that Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age has shifted over one million copies worldwide. That includes both shipped numbers and digital sales on PlayStation 4. Not too bad for a remastered PlayStation 2 game that's only been on the market for about three months. When we...
Wednesday5th Jul 2017
News Square Enix Is Livestreaming Moogle Rabbits to Promote Final Fantasy XII on PS4
Just so you know
We're not really sure where to start with this one. Square Enix has told us that it's doing a livestream leading up to the launch of Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, but it's certainly not your usual gameplay teaser stream or anything like that. Instead, the publisher will be presenting viewers with live rabbits cosplaying as...
Thursday8th Jun 2017
News Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age's Story Trailer Will Bring Back Memories
A world at war
Rightly or wrongly, Final Fantasy XII gets a lot of stick for its story. Rather than being very character driven, as is the case with many Final Fantasy games that came before it, XII went for a political plot that was wide in scope. It still had its memorable characters, of course, but a lot of fans weren't so keen to latch onto...
Friday26th May 2017
News Final Fantasy XII PS4 Trailer Shows One of the Series' Most Divisive Gameplay Systems
We quite like it, honestly
Ah, the Gambit system. Introduced in the original PlayStation 2 version of Final Fantasy XII, it's divided opinion ever since. Some people enjoy what it brings to the table, others think that it takes a lot of the moment-to-moment fun out of battle. Basically, the Gambit system allows you to set up automatic commands and...
Monday22nd May 2017
News Final Fantasy XII Looks Amazing for a Remastered PS2 Game on PS4
Loads of new screenshots show it all
Looking at these new screenshots for Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, it's a little difficult to believe that this is essentially a remastered PlayStation 2 title. Square Enix has released a bunch of fresh Japanese images, and the game's looking bloody good for something that originally released over a decade...
Tuesday16th May 2017
News Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age Is No Simple PS4 Remaster
It's being reworked for modern times
According to producer Hiroaki Kato, Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age isn't just some simple remaster. Speaking to French publication Finaland, Kato reveals that the development team spent a huge amount of time tweaking and rebalancing the game for a modern audience. "We didn't want to simply make a...
Wednesday26th Apr 2017
News Journey Forth with Loads of Final Fantasy XII PS4 Gameplay
To the skies and beyond
Following on from the game's new story trailer, Square Enix put together a Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age livestream earlier today which featured a load of gameplay footage from the PlayStation 2 remaster. We've embedded an archive of the stream above - just skip to around the 34 minute mark for the first slice of...
News Good Lord, We Can't Wait to Play Final Fantasy XII Again on PS4
Remaster gets a new story trailer
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age has a brand new story trailer, and upon giving it a watch, we've realised just how much we'd like to play the sprawling role-playing release all over again. In other words, the hype train has well and truly left the station. Fortunately we don't have to wait that long to get our...
Monday17th Apr 2017
News It's Hard to Believe Final Fantasy XII Is a PS2 Remaster
Not Basch
We recently put together a list of 41 PlayStation 2 Classics that must come to the PlayStation 4, but we excluded a handful of titles on the basis that they're already getting the remaster treatment. One such title is Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, which originally released in 2006 – not that these screenshots suggest as much. To...
Monday13th Mar 2017
News Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age Limited and Collector's Editions Detailed
The Inflated Age
Fresh off January's news that Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age will be released on 11th July, publisher Square Enix has today detailed the various editions that are available for pre-order. Hold onto your DualShock 4s everybody - here we go. Collector's Edition First up is the Collector's Edition, which is now available for...
Tuesday31st Jan 2017
News Final Fantasy XII Uses a Phoenix Down in July on PS4
The zodiac age
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age may already have its Trophies in Sony's system, but it's not releasing anytime soon. Square Enix announced as part of Final Fantasy's 30th Anniversary event today that the PlayStation 2 remaster will release on
Wednesday25th Jan 2017
News Square Enix Teases 'Exciting Announcement' Coming Tomorrow, Probably Final Fantasy XII
Cheeky Baschtards
Those scamps over at Square Enix think that they're clever, but we're onto them... Or so we think. Earlier today, it was brought to our attention that Trophies for upcoming PlayStation 4 remaster Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age are live on Sony's servers, and now Square Enix is saying that it has an "exciting announcement"...
News Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age's Trophies Tease Imminent Release
Trinkets already on Sony's servers
There's no date attached to role-playing remaster Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age just yet, but it looks like the game is ready to go. Trophies for the title have appeared on tracking websites overnight, and this usually doesn't occur until a title has gone gold and its trinkets have been added to Sony's servers...
Thursday15th Sep 2016
TGS 2016 Remember the Glory of Final Fantasy XII with New PS4 Trailer
Eyes to the sky
We have such fond memories of Final Fantasy XII back on the PlayStation 2 - and we're sure that we're not the only ones. In case you haven't heard, Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age is an enhanced remaster of the epic last-last-gen adventure, and it's due out on PlayStation 4 in 2017. The re-release has nabbed a new trailer at Tokyo...
Wednesday31st Aug 2016
News You'll See More of Final Fantasy XII PS4 Remaster at TGS Next Month
Vaan-tastic
Forget the future - the past is where it's at. Final Fantasy XV may be out later this year, but while you all sit there pondering whether or not it'll be a colossal disappointment, we'll be licking our lips in anticipation for Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age. And yes, it really is one of the best Final Fantasy games - naysayers be...
Friday17th Jun 2016
E3 2016 Final Fantasy XII Is Being Rebalanced for PS4 Remaster
Stats, items, and loot all getting tweaked
In case you missed the news prior to the start of the E3 avalanche, Final Fantasy XII is being remastered on PlayStation 4, and it'll include the highly praised Zodiac Job System. The superb PS2 role-playing title is, in our humble opinion, one of the best titles on Sony's last-last-gen console, so the hype...
Monday6th Jun 2016
News Final Fantasy XII Will Look and Sound Better Than Ever Before on PS4
The Zodiac Age awaits
In case you missed the news, Final Fantasy XII is being remastered exclusively for the PlayStation 4 – and publisher Square Enix has since added that Vaan's very punchable face will be making its way West in 2017. That's right, The Zodiac Age will be released next year in Europe and North America, as well as its native Japan...
News Final Fantasy XII Remaster Announced for PS4
More final a fantasy than before
Often featured in "Best Final Fantasy Games" listicles across the Internet, Square Enix has just unveiled a brand new version of the ten-year-old Final Fantasy XII, which heading to the PlayStation 4 in 2017. The announcement arrived in the form of a short teaser on the publisher's YouTube channel, which features a...
