Tag: Square Enix
News Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Won't Have Remake and Rebirth's 'Cheats' at Launch
But they are coming eventually
Eyebrows were raised when Square Enix introduced 'Streamlined Progression' to both Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth post-release. Essentially in-game cheats, these options allow players to toggle things like infinite HP and MP, instant weapon mastery, and unlimited resources. The idea is that the...
News Romancing SaGa 3's PS5 Remake Looks Amazing, But Its Release Date Is a Problem
Romance is dead
Square Enix has announced a full-on 3D remake of Romancing SaGa 3, titled Romancing SaGa 3: Destinies United. Going by the above trailer and the associated press release, this is set to be a brilliant revival. It retains everything that made the 1995 original unique, while also bolstering the experience with modern design. The game...
Preview Final Fantasy 7 Revelation on PS5 Is So Huge I Got Lost in Its Demo
Revelatory
I’ve touched Final Fantasy 7 Revelation on PS5 Pro, but I’ll be brutally honest with you: I’m not entirely sure how to approach this preview. At an event in London last week, Square Enix put me in control of the Highwind and set me free to explore the concluding instalment in its well-regarded remake trilogy. I had an hour to...
News Play the First Dragon Quest Monsters on PlayStation in Over 20 Years with PS5 Demo
Sample the Withered World
Square Enix has released a free playable demo for its upcoming RPG, Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World, available now on PS5. A quick trailer shows off what you'll be able to check out: Launching for PS5 on 3rd December, Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World is the first entry in the spinoff series to hit...
News Long Lost Dragon Quest Spin-Off Torneko's Mystery Dungeon Is Remastered on PS5 Today
Golden oldies
Well here's an announcement I don't think anyone saw coming. Square Enix has remastered an ancient Dragon Quest spin-off, and it's releasing today on PS5. Dragon Quest Heroes: Torneko's Mystery Dungeon - Classic HD is a revival of 1993 SNES title Torneko's Great Adventure. The original game was never officially released outside of...
Preview Dragon Quest's Pokémon-Like Monster Game Could Be PS5's Perfect Cosy Escape
A nice change of pace
It’s looking like a “Clash of the Titans” kinda November, with both Zelda and GTA 6 duking it out. (Not to mention the dozens upon dozens of other titles vying for your attention in September and October.) Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World may be the cosy kind
News Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Will Ship on One PS5 Disc, Digital Download Required
True of all platforms, by the way
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation’s physical edition will “require” an Internet connection to play. Unlike its predecessor Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, which famously shipped on two discs, the latest game will be available on a single Blu-ray only. A
News You Can Now Try Final Fantasy Resonance for Yourself with Free Playable Demo on PS5
Available today
Publisher Square Enix has announced a playable demo for its upcoming HD-2D RPG, Final Fantasy Resonance. The news comes via a new trailer for the game, which also reveals that everyone's favourite villain, Sephiroth, will appear in the game. Available now on PS5, the demo (about 4.8 GB) allows you to play the entire first chapter...
Preview 5 Reasons Why PS5 JRPG Final Fantasy Resonance Will Really Resonate with Fans
Cloudy with a chance of fanservice
Final Fantasy Resonance is a fan’s dream. I was lucky enough to play the franchise’s first HD-2D effort at an event in London yesterday, following the PS5 release’s showing at Gamescom in Cologne last week. And while the outing – inspired by long-running gacha game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius – harboured...
News Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Will Get Sephiroth and Vincent DLC Expansions
Past glories
Square Enix has confirmed that not one, but two DLCs will be coming to Final Fantasy 7 Revelation post-launch. The first is simply titled 'Sephiroth', while the second is called 'Vincent & The Turks'. No pricing or release window has been given for either. Both expansions will be made available through a paid 'Story Expansion Pass',...
News Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Ends the Trilogy in April, Loads of New PS5 Gameplay Revealed
What a Revelation
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation will bring an end to Square Enix's remake trilogy on the 8th April, 2027. The release date was confirmed during the latest State of Play. This third game has obviously been a long time coming, considering the original Final Fantasy 7 Remake first launched for PS4 all the way back in 2020. In fact,...
News Square Enix Denies Rumours of Being Bought Out
Hip to buy Square
Rumours of a Square Enix buyout have been doing the rounds over the last 24 hours or so, and they actually got so loud that the publisher itself has had to come out and address them. The whispers stemmed from a Japanese business magazine, which suggested that Square Enix was on course to being privately traded — that is,...
Giga Chadley
I think Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth introduce some characters of a very questionable quality, but Chadley's probably the worst of the lot. The annoying robot boy completely outstayed his welcome in Rebirth, where he would constantly offer unneeded guidance as you traversed the game's more open areas. To me at...
News The Weapons Star in Fresh Look at Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, Still Set for Spring 2027 on PS5
Weaponised
Square Enix did indeed provide us with a fresh look — or more of a glimpse, really — at Final Fantasy 7 Revelation during Gamescom Opening Night Live. This wasn't a surprise blowout like Summer Game Fest's reveal, but it's still another peek at the anticipated RPG in action. This latest trailer locks right in on the Weapons — the...
News You'd Have to Be Heartless to Hate on This Extended Kingdom Hearts 4 Trailer
Nomura says 2027 release is "100% certain"
Following its confirmation for a late 2027 release yesterday, Square Enix has now deployed a full-length Kingdom Hearts 4 trailer. While the footage primarily focuses on the new Coco-inspired world, we also get a glimpse of the real-world Shibuya location that’s made up a chunk of the title’s marketing...
News A Kingdom Hearts Animated Series Is 'Coming Soon' to Disney Channel, Disney Plus
Gawrsh
Disney has announced an animated TV series based on Kingdom Hearts. The news comes via the company's D23 expo, which is currently underway in California. "An original Kingdom Hearts anime series inspired by the beloved video game franchise is coming soon to Disney Channel and Disney Plus," reads the announcement. A report on Variety...
News Pixar's Coco Confirmed for Kingdom Hearts 4, Launching on PS5 in Late 2027
Brand new trailer revealed
Expectant Kingdom Hearts 4 fans have been rewarded at this year's D23 expo, as Disney and Square Enix have released a new trailer for the highly anticipated action RPG. The trailer, which you can watch below, confirms a couple of things. Firstly, Sora will be travelling to the world of Pixar's Coco, and you can see him...
News On the Cusp of Kingdom Hearts 4 Blowout, Disney Says Series Is a Billion-Dollar Brand
About to get even bigger
It’s pretty much expected that Kingdom Hearts 4 will feature heavily at this weekend’s bi-annual D23 convention. Disney will host a livestream of its scheduled Kingdom Hearts panel, which will take place on 15th August from 4:30PM PT. And now in anticipation of the event, the company’s described the Square Enix...
News Final Fantasy Resonance Shows Off 11-Minute Shiva Battle and Squall Summon on PS5
Whatever
Square Enix has just dropped a 16-minute gameplay video for Final Fantasy Resonance — the upcoming turn-based RPG that's been built on the bones of the old mobile title, Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. But you're not getting a broader view of the overall adventure with this footage. Instead, it shows off a full, uncut boss battle with Shiva,...
News Hungry Fans Hopeful for Kingdom Hearts 4 Updates in Live Streamed D23 Panel
Geoff Keighley isn't helping either
Disney's big upcoming expo, D23, gets started very soon, and Kingdom Hearts fans already have something to be excited about in the form of a "Deep Dive" panel. This was announced about a month ago, but it's recently been confirmed that the panel will be live streamed, meaning you don't have to be in attendance in...
News New Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Gameplay Confirmed for Gamescom Opening Night Live
Cloudy forecast
It's official: we'll be graced with a new look at Final Fantasy 7 Revelation later this month, during Gamescom Opening Night Live. Geoff Keighley's showcase takes place on Tuesday the 25th August at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 7pm BST / 8pm CEST, just before the German convention opens up to the press and public the following day. The thing...
FITS and starts
Arguably the biggest surprise of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation's full reveal back in June was the confirmation of a job system, allowing players to customise Cloud and co. to better suit their needs on the battlefield. But we didn't learn all that much about said system. All we got was a brief explanation of 'FITS' — Function...
News Will Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Get a Physical PS5 Edition? Director Can't Confirm Anything Yet
"We're still having internal discussions"
Physical video games have become a hot topic ever since Sony announced its move to stop making discs for PlayStation software, starting in 2028. While the market clearly shows digital games make up the vast majority of sales these days, many have voiced their concerns about losing physical media altogether...
News Final Fantasy 6 Remake Would Have to Be '4 or 5' Games, Suggests Series Producer
Would it, though?
Ever since Final Fantasy 7 Remake became a reality, fans of Square Enix's long-running series have pondered the potential of similar remake projects for other classic Final Fantasy games. In particular, Final Fantasy 6 is a popular suggestion. Not only is it widely considered to be one of the best entries in the franchise, it's an...
News HD-2D PS5 RPG Final Fantasy Resonance Is Looking Great in This New Gameplay Trailer
Does it resonate?
Square Enix recently released a new trailer for its upcoming RPG Final Fantasy Resonance, and it looks pretty dang good. Here it is: Final Fantasy Resonance is a turn-based RPG that adopts the HD-2D art style, with pixelated, sprite-based characters inhabiting a 3D world. It's a complete reimagining of the free-to-play mobile...
News Gawrsh! Kingdom Hearts 'Deep Dive' Locked for D23 Next Month
Commemorating 25 years of Square Enix franchise
Disney’s biennial D23 fan event will offer a “deep dive into Kingdom Hearts” on 15th August, potentially hinting at new info on the upcoming Kingdom Hearts 4. While the blurb doesn’t explicitly mention the latest instalment in the Square Enix RPG, the timing fits given the re-emergence of the...
News Could Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Get as Many as 9 DLC Packs?
Probably not
A small update to the backend of Final Fantasy VII Revelation's listing on the Epic Games Store would suggest Square Enix has some pretty substantial plans for supporting the RPG after its launch next year. A Premium Edition, a Premium Plus Edition, a Story Expansion Pass, and a whopping nine DLC packs have all appeared on the backend...
Time's on your side
The worst thing about The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is its name, so we're off to a pretty positive start. Square Enix's latest HD-2D jaunt is an action RPG, with its overall structure resembling classic The Legend of Zelda and Mana games. In that sense, it feels like a bit of a throwback, despite having all of...
News Final Fantasy Tactics Remaster Gets Surprise PS5 Patch, Adding New Game+, Settings, and More
A tactical choice
Square Enix has just pumped out a surprise patch for Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles — and it's a pretty significant one. An enhanced (and slightly expanded) remaster of the stone cold classic strategy RPG, The Ivalice Chronicles released for PS5 and PS4 back in September of last year. It's barely been mentioned by...
News Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Rebirth Sales Seemingly Spike After Revelation Reveal
Finish what you started
There's been a lot of debate over just how commercially successful Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth have proven to be — but I was always of the mind that the remake trilogy would have serious legs. In short, selling the second and third parts of a planned trilogy is always going to be difficult. Plenty of...
Opinion PS Plus Users, You Should Play Final Fantasy 16 (But Only If You Play It Like This)
Burn it all down
I really like Final Fantasy 16, but there's no denying that it's another very divisive instalment in Square's decades-old series. While the franchise has always attempted to innovate with each new game, it's still easy to argue that 16 is the furthest Final Fantasy has ever strayed from its traditional JRPG roots. 16 is an action...
News Turn-Based RPG Final Fantasy Resonance Is Not a Port or Remake of Shuttered Gacha Game
More like a reimagining
Square Enix announced Final Fantasy Resonance recently, the first turn-based RPG in the long-running franchise for years. But the news may have come as a monkey’s paw moment for many of you: it’s based on the 2015 mobile game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, which ceased service in 2025 after a ten year run in its native...
News Kingdom Hearts 4 PS5 Release Date Hopium Hits New High
Is it closer than we think?
When is Kingdom Hearts 4 coming out? Next year, if you believe some particularly optimistic copy published by a variety of Australian retailers. In their product listings for the newly announced Kingdom Hearts Collection 1-3, both JB Hi-Fi and
News Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Will Address Rebirth's Excessive Minigame Problem
"Improvements aimed at minimising frustration"
Even though it's one of the most highly rated games of the entire generation, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth still receives criticism for its unapologetic focus on side content. More specifically, the second game in the remake trilogy is utterly packed with minigames — activities that can, on occasion, sap...
News For the First Time in Decades, Dragon Quest Monsters Is Coming to PlayStation
The Withered World out on PS5 in December
We already knew Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World was coming to PS5, but now we have a release date. Thankfully, this one's managed to avoid the September and October nightmare schedule, and is set for the 3rd December. As the headline of this article alludes, this is the first time in decades that...
News While You Wait for Kingdom Hearts 4, Play the Entire Saga with New Collection on PS5
Wouldn't you think my collection's complete
In case you missed it, Square Enix has just shown off Kingdom Hearts 4 for the first time in years, with a fresh look at gameplay and cutscenes in the upcoming action RPG. There's still no telling when it'll arrive, though. In the meantime, you'll be able to play pretty much every other Kingdom Hearts...
News Kingdom Hearts 4 Magically Returns in New PS5 Gameplay Trailer
Embrace the light
Who had this on their Nintendo Direct bingo card, then? Kingdom Hearts 4 lives, but there’s still no release date attached. Square Enix showed off some new gameplay footage of the highly anticipated title, showing protagonist Sora in the downtown Tokyo-style environment it’s been teasing ever since this project was first...
News A Brand New Final Fantasy RPG Has Been Announced for PS5
Crystal chronicle
So, Square Enix finally decided to stop making HD-2D RPGs with crap names and just name its latest one Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy Resonance is the iconic series' first HD-2D instalment, and it looks pretty promising. But, you'll have to get your head around the fact that this is actually based on the now defunct mobile gacha...
News 'There Is Only One Ending': Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Director Confirms Linear Story
Sorry, story ghosts
Despite the twisting and turning of Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, the third game in the trilogy will be sticking to just a single, linear path. Over the years, some fans have wondered whether the games would eventually branch off from the original events of Final Fantasy 7 — perhaps in a way that's...
News Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 Named Revelation, Job System Gameplay Blows Minds
Spring 2027 release
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation... it does have a nice ring to it. This is the official name of the third game in Square Enix's remade trilogy, and as many fans speculated, it's very open. Cloud and the party have access to the Highwind airship here, which allows you to zip all around the world. You can then jump off the vehicle...
Rumour Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 Reveal Is a Lock for Summer Game Fest
Cloudy forecast
We'll finally get to see Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 this week, if a reliable insider's tip is to be believed. Responding to another user's query on Reddit, prevalent games industry whisperer Nate the Hate says that he's "heard" Part 3 will be present at Summer Game Fest — which is happening this Friday. It wou
News Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Cheats Live Now in New PS5 Patch
Another set of streamlined progression features
Just as it did upon the Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2 ports of Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Square Enix has today updated Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth on PS5 with the selection of cheats the other two consoles get with their new versions. An update is live now on PS5, and having downloaded it, you shall...
News Dragon Quest Monsters Finally Drops Nintendo Exclusivity with a New PS5 Game
The Withered World awaits
An all-new Dragon Quest Monsters game has been announced, and it's "coming soon" to PS5. The intriguingly titled Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World is actually called Dragon Quest Monsters 4 in Japan, so it's another mainline entry and not some kind of spin-off. As the headline of this article suggests, it's been a...
News Dragon Quest 12 Renamed and Re-Revealed After Development Restart, First Gameplay Shown
But it's still a long way off
Dragon Quest 12: The Flames of Fate no longer exists. The next mainline instalment in the decades-old franchise was announced years back, but executive producer Yosuke Saito has confirmed that the project ran into quite a lot of trouble. Basically, development was scrapped, and the whole thing was restarted. The...
News Dragon Quest's 40th Anniversary Show Confirmed, But It's Only 10 Minutes Long
Short and hopefully sweet
As promised, Square Enix will host a broadcast in celebration of Dragon Quest's 40th anniversary this week. It's happening on the 27th May at 6am PT / 9am ET / 2pm BST / 3pm CEST, so the good news is that I won't be staying up all night to catch it. The show will be available in Japanese and in English via subtitles. It's...
Rumour Dragon Quest Has Multiple Major Reveals Lined Up for Its Big Day This Week
The quest continues
Dragon Quest Day is almost upon us, and if fresh rumours are to be believed, the annual celebration is going to be one heck of a blowout. The big day is happening this week, on the 27th May. To be clear, this was always going to be an important showing because it's the franchise's 40th anniversary — but the hype is now...
News Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Dev Regrets Brutal PS5 Platinum Trophy
Now considers it "excessive" in hindsight
Don't worry, Balaam_, the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi hears you: the requirements for the game's Platinum Trophy were far too unreasonable. In an interview with Restart.Run, Hamaguchi was asked what he wished he'd done differently during the development of the game, and the Trophy list...
Hands On The Adventures of Elliot Fixes My Biggest Problem with Square Enix's Modern RPGs
Pace race
A lot of you reading this won't agree, but I think almost every single 'smaller' RPG that Square Enix has released over the last decade or so suffers from the same problem: bad pacing. To be fair, this isn't just a Square Enix problem. Modern gaming in general seriously struggles to tell well-paced stories thanks to the rise of open world...
News Play One of Square Enix's Most Promising PS5 RPGs Right Now with a Free Demo
Sword and hopefully not bored
I absolutely hate the name, but there's no denying the potential within The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales. If you haven't been keeping up, this is a new action RPG from Square Enix, which boasts that (admittedly quite tired) HD-2D graphical style. It's from the same team that made the Octopath Traveler...
News Is It Almost Dragon Quest 12 Time? Pray to Yuji Horii and the Big Slime in the Sky
Livestream planned for this month
A 40th anniversary Dragon Quest livestream will take place later this month, on 27th May – and everyone’s praying for a Dragon Quest 12: The Flames of Fate update. In a YouTube video which has since been delisted, series creator Yuji Horii confirmed: “We’ll be doing a livestream on 27th May. I think...
