The Latest Breaking News from Kazutoyo Maehiro

Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles director is a big PC gamer, and says he was 'very particular' about making sure they got the new UI just right

The mouse and keyboard controls, as well as Steam Deck support, were top priorities for the remaster team.

PC Gamer · Oct 1, 2025

Final Fantasy Tactics devs originally considered making a famously powerful character weaker when he levels up because that's how getting old works: "His strength actually becomes lower"

Hey, leave Cid alone!

GamesRadar · Sep 5, 2025

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles devs blur the line between remake and remaster further, say the new strategy RPG is neither

Square Enix opens a whole new can of worms

GamesRadar · Sep 4, 2025

Losing Final Fantasy Tactics' source code meant The Ivalice Chronicles devs had to use any available resources to rebuild the remaster, "whether that be the retail copy of the game or the smartphone version"

"It was a little bit of a different struggle than what you might expect if you're creating a game from absolutely nothing"

GamesRadar · Sep 2, 2025

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles devs "haven't made any changes to characters that were powerful," because they "didn't really want to disappoint" OG fans with nerfs

Square Enix "didn't really want to break" anything in the strategy RPG

GamesRadar · Sep 2, 2025

'Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles' Director Would Love To Do A Sequel

Recreating 'Final Fantasy Tactics' was an arduous process, but its directors tell Inverse they're already hoping to do even more.

Inverse · Sep 2, 2025

45 minutes of Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles has me certain that Square Enix "rebuilding" the remaster after losing the original source code was worth the effort

Gamescom 2025 | After a hands-on session and a chat with the leads behind Final Fantasy Tactics' remaster, I'm already hungry for more tactical RPG action

GamesRadar · Sep 2, 2025

After Final Fantasy Tactics' source code was lost, the remaster's devs looked at fan-made websites' preservation efforts: "We know you guys do such a good job of keeping all of that up to date"

The code was lost when "we wanted to do another language, we would keep just stacking on top and overwriting and overwriting."

GamesRadar · Sep 1, 2025

Final Fantasy Tactics remaster makes Cloud easier to use, Square Enix promises, and even gives him the Materia Blade right off the bat, so you'll want to see the secret hiding where it was in the original RPG

Director Kazutoyo Maehiro admits "he was pretty difficult to utilize as a character" in the original strategy RPG

GamesRadar · Aug 26, 2025

‘Final Fantasy Tactics’ Remaster Fixes Its Biggest Narrative Flaw

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles is making some vital story changes to help flesh out some fan-favorite characters even more.

Inverse · Jul 22, 2025