The Latest Breaking News from Square Enix

Dawntrail's opening hour made my heart so full, which is almost enough to distract me from these mysterious gimp suits

Hey, uh, Square? How are these story-relevant? Square?

PC Gamer · Jun 28, 2024

Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail's 7.0 graphics update really is a game-changer—breathing life, colour, and atmosphere into the 11-year old MMO

Seeing it, believing it, hearing, feeling, and thinking it.

PC Gamer · Jun 28, 2024

Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail gets its own in-universe tourism website, complete with activity recs, recipes, and small-print about dying horribly

"All visitors must acknowledge that death can technically be considered a once-in-a-lifetime experience."

PC Gamer · Jun 27, 2024

Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail maintenance - when the MMO's servers go back up for patch 7.0 and Dawntrail early access

The 48-hour countdown is on

GamesRadar · Jun 25, 2024

Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail's preliminary patch notes are here—showing fixes to those annoying stealth quests and the ability to banish NPC-crowding players to the shadow realm

7.0 is just around the corner.

PC Gamer · Jun 25, 2024

As Square Enix tries to raise the bar for its own games, president says that doesn't mean only releasing massive AAA behemoths

Smaller titles are still in the pipeline, too

GamesRadar · Jun 24, 2024

Please be nice about FF14: Dawntrail spoilers if you're in early access, says Square Enix, as some players will start 'at the official launch or play at their own pace'

I'd avoid YouTube for a while, just in case the thumbnail goblins get any ideas.

PC Gamer · Jun 24, 2024

History of open world game design on PlayStation

Unpacking the history of the open world from PS1 to PS5.

Creative Bloq · Jun 24, 2024

6 months after revealing plans to become 'aggressive in applying AI', Square Enix's president announces he's being careful in applying AI

"We will actively use them in areas unrelated to creativity."

PC Gamer · Jun 21, 2024

‘Final Fantasy 14’ Will Fight Server Congestion Like It's a Raid Boss

'Final Fantasy 14' players have been waiting a long time for the 'Dawntrail' expansion, and Square Enix has now laid out plans for launch day server congestion.

Inverse · Jun 20, 2024