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Final Fantasy XVI's PC spec requirements will be 'somewhat high', Yoshi-P says

Final Fantasy XVI's producer Noaki 'Yoshi-P' Yoshida says that the RPG's upcoming PC port might have steep spec reqs, and that dev is on its last stage.

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Nintendo is the richest company in Japan regarding cash flow and money in the bank

With no debt and over $11 billion USD in cash assets Nintendo is the richest Japanese company according to a new 'Top 300 Richest Japanese Companies' list.

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Final Fantasy XIV online play isn't free on Xbox, requires Game Pass subscription

Final Fantasy XIV online play won't be free on Xbox, will require Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or Game Pass Core unlike PlayStation who nixes the requirement.

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Square Enix to reduce games lineup, will now focus on quality over quantity

Square Enix's new CEO Takashi Kiryu lays out the foundation for the company's mid-term future that's built around fewer game releases of higher quality.

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Embracer cancels new Deus Ex game, lays off Eidos developers

The Embracer Group has reportedly cancelled a new Deus Ex game after two years of development, and laid off staff at game dev studio Eidos Montreal.

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Square Enix has a lot riding on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's success

Whether or not Square Enix achieves its total-year profit targets of $372 million will largely depend on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's overall sales.

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Yoshi-P wants Square Enix to become masters of the action genre

Final Fantasy XVI producer Yoshi-P wants Square Enix to become the top player for action games and help innovate the genre with more impactful stories.

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Yoshi-P on Final Fantasy 17: 'Nothing's been decided yet'

Square Enix's Naoki Yoshida briefly discusses Final Fantasy XVII, saying that he'd like see younger developers make a new innovative Final Fantasy game.

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Final Fantasy XIV Xbox open beta set for February 2024

Square Enix's popular MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV is coming to Xbox consoles this February with an open beta test build that all Xbox gamers can play.

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Final Fantasy XIV hits 30 million players, gained 3 million players in 6 months

Final Fantasy XIV has amassed 30 million registered players across all platforms, with the game managing to attract 3 million more users in 6 months.

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Square Enix will 'aggressively' use AI for game development and publishing

Square Enix's new president Takashi Kiryu plans to leverage artificial intelligence in the Japanese company's game development and publishing divisions.

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FFXIV and FFXVI producer Yoshi-P thinks cloud could replace consoles in 10 years or so

Naoki 'Yoshi-P' Yoshida has interesting predictions about the future of the video games industry, and he believes cloud could replace platforms/consoles.

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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth influenced by The Witcher 3's dramatic quests

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi says that he loves The Witcher 3, and that the fantasy RPG has influenced FF7 Rebirth's development.

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Xbox exec on Japan expansion: 'We face a challenge'

Xbox is eyeing global expansion and plans to achieve 'industry leadership' by revenue by 2030, but tapping into markets like Japan will be tough to do.

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AMD's FSR 3 Frame Generation source code is now available for game developers with new update

AMD's FSR 3 has been updated based on the recent impressive showing in Ubisoft's Avatar game, and the full source code is now available for all devs.

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Disney open to more collaborations with Eidos Montreal and Crystal Dynamics

Disney's gaming business is growing exponentially and the company is open to more collaborations with past partners like Eidos Montreal, Crystal Dynamics.

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Final Fantasy XVI on PC: there's possible good news on DLC, and bad news on the spec (for some)

It seems that the PC port of Final Fantasy XVI will bundle both DLC expansions, but the spec will likely call for an SSD as a minimum requirement.

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Singleplayer Blade game coming from Dishonored and Deathloop dev Arkane

Deathloop dev Arkane Lyon is working on a brand new Marvel game set in the Blade universe, will be action-adventure and set in the heart of Paris.

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The Game Awards 2023 sees Baldur's Gate 3 and Alan Wake 2 tie for the most nominations

The Game Awards 2023 nominations have been announced and the annual Game of the Year award will see some big titles go head-to-head.

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Square Enix profit drop due to tough comps, not because Final Fantasy XVI 'flopped'

The reasons behind Square Enix's profit drops go beyond the performance of Final Fantasy XVI, and we take a look at what's going on behind the scenes.

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Final Fantasy XVI is crossing over into FF14 with 'introduction' collab

Square Enix's Yoshi-P announces a bunch of new info about Final Fantasy XIV's upcoming Dawntrail expansion, including two new jobs, activities, and more.

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AMD's FSR 3 is officially launching in a few hours, with seemingly no early access for media

AMD's answer to DLSS 3 Frame Generation will be here in a few short hours, with FSR 3 and Fluid Motion Frames technology launching in two games.

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None of the new Final Fantasy 7 games support cross-save, direct progress does not carry over

Square Enix re-confirms that all of the new Final Fantasy 7 games are standalone AAA titles and will not share overlapping systems or compatability.

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Final Fantasy XVI officially confirmed for PC, won't be ready when PS5 exclusivity ends

Square Enix officially confirms that its latest blockbuster high fantasy RPG Final Fantasy XVI will cross over to PC with new optimizations intact.

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AMD lifts the lid on FSR 3 and its DLSS 3-like Fluid Motion Frames will work on all GPUs

FSR 3 is finally 'Coming Soon' and the first two titles to feature AMD's DLSS 3-like 'Fluid Motion Frames' are Forspoken and Immortals of Aveum.

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Embracer open to divesting studios, emphasizes external funding for new games

Embracer Group could sell off parts or whole game studios in an effort to reduce overhead costs of games development production, the company says.

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Crystal Dynamics & Eidos' profitability plan is ahead of schedule

Embracer Group CEO Lars Wingefors notes that Crystal Dynamics and Eidos' new profitability plan is ahead of schedule, but neither may be profitable.

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Square Enix pays off Final Fantasy XVI's dev costs, causes Q1 profits to drop

Square Enix's net profits and operating income plummet by over 65% and 78% respectively as the publisher pays off Final Fantasy XVI's development costs.

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Square Enix commits to launching more games on Xbox 'whenever possible'

With the news of FF14 coming to Xbox, Square Enix CEO Takashi Kiryu promises to bring more of the publisher's new titles to Microsoft's Xbox platform.

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Final Fantasy XIV coming to Xbox with cross-play

It's finally happening: Square Enix is bringing Final Fantasy XIV to Xbox Series X and S consoles in 2024, and will feature cross-play integration.

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Square Enix responds to Final Fantasy 16 sales confusion, says game sales are extremely strong

Square Enix has officially commented on the Final Fantasy 16 launch sales discussion, dispelling all controversy by saying sales are 'extremely strong'

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Square Enix wants to speed up game development and is 'exploring various ideas' on remasters

Square Enix's new president says the company isn't happy with the long development times for big game releases, and wants to speed up new game launches.

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Final Fantasy franchise sales break 180 million following Final Fantasy XVI's launch

Final Fantasy XVI's sales performance on PlayStation 5 has pushed total Final Fantasy franchise sales past 180 million worldwide in the last 36 years.

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There are very good reasons why Final Fantasy 16 didn't sell as much as Final Fantasy 15

Final Fantasy 16's launch was very different than Final Fantasy 15's and the two mainline game releases are difficult to compare for a number of reasons.

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Bethesda's Pete Hines explains the merits of platform exclusivity

Bethesda's Pete Hines reveals why Bethesda Games Studios recommended that Starfield go full Xbox exclusive, talks about positivity of exclusivity delas.

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Final Fantasy XVI day one patch confirmed, but it's not required

Square Enix's Creative Business Unit III confirms that Final Fantasy XVI will have a day one patch after all, but it won't be required to play the game.

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Outriders still has not made a profit, developer confirms

Polish game developer People Can Fly have yet to receive royalty payments for Outriders, indicating the game still has not turned a profit for Square Enix.

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Bulletstorm developer People Can Fly secures big contract for new Xbox game

Bulletstorm and Outriders developer People Can Fly are working on a secret new Xbox game codenamed Project Maverick with a substantial $50m budget.

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Phil Spencer explains why Japanese games skip Xbox

Xbox gaming CEO Phil Spencer weighs in on why Japanese game developers typically skip the Xbox platform: 'Sometimes teams don't have a connection to Xbox'

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Final Fantasy XVI PS5 demo drops tomorrow June 12

Square Enix officially confirms Final Fantasy XVI's demo release date for tomorrow, June 12 on PlayStation 5, complete with save progress migration.

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Square Enix's new CEO is a gamer who grew up playing Final Fantasy

Square Enix's new CEO Takashi Kiryu is a gamer who grew up with the Final Fantasy series, gives new confidence in the company's fresh business direction.

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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth ships on 2 discs, coming early 2024

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is the standalone second chapter of the Remake trilogy that's coming early 2024 to PS5, and it'll be released on two Blu-ray dis.

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New Final Fantasy VII Rebirth details revealed by Square Enix

Square Enix's Yoshinori Kitase and Naoki Hamaguchi give new updates on Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth's progress and gameplay features and exploration content.

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Final Fantasy XVI is PlayStation exclusive because Sony made the best offer

Square Enix approached multiple companies, but Final Fantasy XVI is exclusive to PlayStation because Sony made the best offer, game producer Yoshi-P says.

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Final Fantasy XI turns 21, Square Enix says 'Vana'diel's not going anywhere'

Square Enix's long-running MMORPG Final Fantasy XI just turned 21 years old and the developers say more content is on the way despite the game's age.

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Microsoft updates DirectStorage to version 1.2 with support for older HDDs

Microsoft has released Version 1.2 of the DirectStorage SDK, where in addition to performance improvements there's now support for older HDDs.

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Final Fantasy XVI playable demo coming to PS5 in June, save data carries over

Square Enix plans to release a playable gameplay demo trial for Final Fantasy XV about two weeks before the game launches, and save data will carry over.

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Final Fantasy XVI's Ifrit seen dealing 2 million damage in epic monster battle

Final Fantasy XVI promises outrageous action-packed combat, especially with its new eikon battles that channel larger-than-life kaiju monster battles.

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U.S. Senator calls Sony anti-competitive, asks for all exclusivity documents

Spurred by the FTC's market definition that excludes Nintendo, Senator Kevin Cramer (R - ND) calls Sony anti-competitive and asks for documentation.

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Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy coming to Steam to help spark PC game sales

Final Fantasy Origins Stranger of Paradise is coming to Steam with a new lower price tag as Square Enix tries to spark more full game sales on PC.