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23 Years Later, ‘Final Fantasy XI’ Is So Popular It's Making Its Developer Nervous

Square Enix's two-decade-old MMORPG is seeing such an influx of new players that it's had to shut the doors on the game's most popular server.

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23 years after launch, Final Fantasy 11 is suspending character creation on its most popular server as it buckles beneath the weight of player congestion

Vana'Diel's still kicking. Possibly too kicking.

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23 years in, Square Enix takes emergency action with classic MMO Final Fantasy 11 booming so hard amid discounts and a Final Fantasy 14 raid collab that worlds are spilling over

"Overall player population has been trending upward recently"

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Square Enix's new murder party game is like Among Us in a mansion, with a hefty helping of team deathmatch

Will you kill, or be killed?

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Square Enix's new murder-mystery shooter Killer Inn can't decide if it wants to be Clue or Counter-Strike, but it taught me that sniping is way easier than lying

Hands-on | Think Among Us, except you can buy a gun

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I played "Killer Inn" and now I have trust issues — but I can't wait to play this murder deduction game again

I spent about an hour and a half playing Square Enix's Killer Inn multiplayer game during a preview event. It's a compelling social deduction murder game that allows for different strategies, whether you're playing as an innocent lamb or a murderous wolf.

Windows Central

Former Square Enix exec says viral Roblox hit Grow a Garden is "somewhat evil": "Do you wanna pay to grow this faster? Do you wanna pay to steal this from someone's garden?"

That's the one that had 21 million concurrent players

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Final Fantasy 14 warns players that it's time for an upgrade as Microsoft gears up to end support for Windows 10: 'Support for this operating system is a difficult proposition'

Join the middle taskbar crew.

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Upcoming RPGs for 2026 and beyond

From Blood of the Dawnwalker to Fable, here all of the biggest upcoming RPGs coming in 2026

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director has "deep and inspiring conversations from all angles" with Stellar Blade head, notoriously horny fans trip over themselves asking for Tifa x Eve crossover

Easy now...

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The best Steam Deck games worth playing in 2026

From Baldur's Gate 3 to Stardew Valley, these are the 15 best Steam Deck games to play in 2026

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Square Enix announces a complete $60 Life is Strange Collection for PS5, but the monkey's paw curls: only 2 of the 5 games are actually on the disc

It's a rough time for physical collectors

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I've spent well over 1000 hours playing Final Fantasy, so here are my most unforgettable 15 characters across the series

From pixels to PS5, these are the best Final Fantasy characters that we've met so far in the famed JRPG franchise

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Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake won't have an upgrade or cross save on Switch 2, making the JRPG's game-key card your only physical option

The Switch version won't run any better on Switch 2, either

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'We made it too difficult for players to even get into the raid in the first place': Final Fantasy 14 director admits its latest dungeon was 'a misstep in development'

Forked Tower's been rocking some disastrous prongs.

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35 Years Ago, A Struggling Creator Invented Final Fantasy, And Changed Everything

One of the most influential RPGs of all time hit the NES in North America 35 years ago, kicking off a series that's still innovating today.

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Stellar Blade and Call of Duty Mobile weren't enough: Nier Automata is adding yet another crossover to its collection as Square Enix finally collabs with Astro Bot

Only a matter of time until Fortnite comes calling...

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Final Fantasy XVI producer doubles down on multiplatform strategy for Xbox — comments on popularity ofturn-basedRPGS

Naoki Yoshida, the producer of Final Fantasy XIV and XVI, was recently interviewed by Anime News Network regarding the state of Final Fantasy's future, while asking if the franchise will ever go back to having turn-based combat.

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As Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sparks love for turn-based RPGs, Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P says there's no "clear-cut answer" on if Square Enix will use the format in Final Fantasy 17 or 18

The studio doesn't want to put Final Fantasy 17 and 18 devs "on a rail"

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Former Square Enix exec says the developer "has spent two decades slowly moving away from being a content business" after accidentally predicting the rise of AI: "But the sun set on their opportunity to transition"

"In the meantime, we just made content"

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"What happened with Microsoft was clear": Former Square Enix exec says Game Pass, "a service with barely any growth," didn't cause layoffs – competition with AI did

"Get on board, or perish"

Windows Central

Xbox confirmed to be in attendance for Tokyo Game Show 2025 — set to be its biggest show yet

Tokyo Game Show 2025 has announced the full list of attendees, with Microsoft set to present an online exhibition for Xbox titles.

TechRadar

PlayStation, Square Enix, and more big studios have been confirmed for Tokyo Game Show 2025 - here's what to expect

The exhibitors for Tokyo Game Show 2025 have been officially announced, along with the first look at this year's key art.

Windows Central

Final Fantasy IX Remake possibly cancelled according to latest rumors — Which may be the saddest way to celebrate this legendary game's 25th anniversary

Over the last few months, there have been rumors that Final Fantasy IX is getting a remake. Sadly, on the day of its 25th anniversary, there's been a new rumor suggesting that this supposed remake is in trouble and may even be cancelled.

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Final Fantasy 14 is fast-tracking one of my most-anticipated fixes, releasing an entire month earlier than expected

Changes to entering Forked Tower are being implemented this week.

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