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Final Fantasy XVI PC benchmarks: Poorly optimized and needs framegen just to hit 60 fps on a lot of GPUs

The PC port of Final Fantasy XVI delivers very poor performance, even on the fastest GPUs. You basically need upscaling and framegen just to break 60 fps with most graphics cards, with a 30 fps cap in all the in-engine cutscenes.

Tom’s Hardware

Sony PS5 update causing widespread game glitches and issues with disc drives

Players have noted problems with the visuals in several blockbuster games, including Final Fantasy 16 and Elden Ring

Evening Standard

Square Enix admits it might be cannibalizing its own games as multiple RPGs, including Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, get hit with its classic 'below expectations' line

"We did not manage our title portfolio across the company as well as we could have"

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The Most Exciting RPG of the Fall Is a Jaw-Droppingly Gorgeous Remake

Romancing SaGa 2 is already shaping up to be one of Square Enix's most impressive remasters, breathing new life into a classic RPG.

Inverse

Final Fantasy 16 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth didn't meet expectations for Square Enix

Square Enix confirms that PlayStation 5 exclusives Final Fantasy 16 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth didn't meet expectations.

Windows Central

Square Enix confirms lower-than-expected Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Final Fantasy 16 sales in newly public financial report: 'Profits unfortunately did not meet our expectations'

"We did not manage our title portfolio across the company as well as we could have."

PC Gamer

Steam users give Final Fantasy 16 a 'very positive' score after 900 reviews, but suggest you don't play the action RPG without this mod

Ultrawide support! Uncapped framerate on cutscenes! More!

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As Final Fantasy 16 players face crashes, mysterious black squares, and a flood of eternal darkness after the recent PS5 system update, Square Enix and Sony vow to find a cure

The devs "sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused"

GamesRadar

After pleading guilty to tax evasion and eating a $70,000 fine, the Apothecary Diaries manga's Nekokurage confirms she will remain the artist on the hit series

Legal woes will not prevent the series continuation

GamesRadar

One of FF14's most prolific raid guide creators is a science teacher, whose first 'Hector lectures' were made with an app from his time 'teaching online during the pandemic'

Hector strats (dynamo) (mitochondria).

PC Gamer

I queued for a Final Fantasy 14 boss fight in real life and it was shockingly similar to doing it from the comfort of my PC

Final Fantasy 14 Battle Challenge (Savage)

PC Gamer

Visions of Mana review

This comfort food RPG stays fresh from start to finish.

PC Gamer

Vocalist Chrissy Costanza on singing for Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail: "this isn't just 'game' music, it's 'music' music"

TechRadar Gaming spoke to Against the Current vocalist Chrissy Costanza to learn more about her contribution to Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail’s soundtrack.

TechRadar

Final Fantasy creator says returning to Square Enix after 20 years "was like returning to your home in the countryside, this old home that your parents always had"

Square Enix is helping Sakaguchi bring Fantasian: Neo Dimension to PC and consoles this winter

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Final Fantasy 14 encouraged series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi to return to Square Enix after 20 years for help freeing his JRPG throwback from Apple Arcade jail

"Yoshida understands the essence of what Final Fantasy, and in this case, Fantasian, represents."

Player One

Dragon Quest III HD-2D: Square Enix Makes New Reveal, Including Character Art

Square Enix revealed full character arts for every single character in its upcoming Dragon Quest III HD-2D remake that is launching on Nov. 14, 2024.

GamesRadar

Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake may have "never happened" if its devs didn't have access to the art style Square Enix used to freshen up other beloved JRPGs

"We wanted to keep what made the original so special"

Inverse

The Most Overlooked RPG of the Decade Is Finally Getting Its Second Chance

Fantasian, released on iOS in 2021, is one of the greatest RPGs of the last decade, and it's finally getting a second chance with a gorgeous rerelease.

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JRPG icon Hironobu Sakaguchi reckons Final Fantasy 6 is the "most complete" game in the series, "especially because it was the last Final Fantasy to use pixel art"

That puts him at odds with fellow FF veteran Tetsuya Nomura, who thought the classic game could've been better

TechRadar

Visions of Mana review: a thoroughly decent RPG that lacks ambition

Visions of Mana is a fine entry in the long-dormant RPG series, but one that probably won’t live long in the memory.

Inverse

37 Years Later, Final Fantasy's Creator Reveals the Secret Recipe to His RPG Empire

In an exclusive interview, Hironobu Sakaguchi reflects on four decades making iconic video games from 'Final Fantasy' to 'Fantasian' and predicts where the industry is headed next.

GamesRadar

Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P says there's an "extremely low" number of Xbox players in Japan, but Dawntrail is the "starting point" of more Square Enix games on Xbox

"We do want to release more Square Enix games on Xbox, and there will be more of our titles released on Xbox"

Windows Central

The director of Final Fantasy 14, Naoki Yoshida, declares, "We would like to release more Square Enix games on Xbox, and there WILL be more of our titles released on Xbox"

In a recent interview with Eurogamer, Final Fantasy 14's Naoki Yoshida discussed Square Enix's desire to strengthen its relationship with Xbox players following its successful launch on Xbox consoles.

Windows Central

The release date for the upcoming remasters of two classic JRPGs from the 1990s has been revealed

During Nintendo's August Nintendo Direct event, Konami dropped a trailer for the upcoming HD remasters of the first two Suikoden games along with a release date announcement.

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's director wants no part of the debate on whether Final Fantasy 17 should be turn-based, because Square Enix can do "whatever they want with it" and it'll still succeed

Guillaume Broche has big praise for Square Enix's franchise

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