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E3 – New Final Fantasy XIV Trailer Keeps the Fantasy Train Rolling

So humor me when I say this: I’ve always wanted an MMORPG to sink hours of my life into. Sadly I never had the attention span for it, but if my recent numbers showing hundreds of hours I spent on both Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls (and I’m going to just put in Dark Souls II in there for good measure preemptively) then my proclivity towards long, character building has changed. Will Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn be the [...]

Lightning Returns: FFXIII – Third Time Might Be the Charm

Lightning is getting ready to strike once again, for better or for worse. There were hardly any games this generation that were as divisive as Final Fantasy XIII. With the third and final game in the series in the works, some are waiting for the series to end and be done with while others are eagerly awaiting the epic conclusion. One of the most interesting things about the upcoming title, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, is that it is due to [...]

Music Does The Game Good

  While it is probably one of the lesser appreciated aspects of a video game, (damn graphics and all of their fancy polygons) music is definitely one of the most remembered and cherished. From humming the Mario theme down the street to having the Final Fantasy VII victory fanfare set as a ringtone on your phone and full-fledged orchestral concerts celebrating the sounds that give you a reason to take note and listen, it is and probably will continue to [...]

[RIP PS2] Final Fantasy X: Blitzing Towards Oblivion

[The PS2 is now officially discontinued! We wanted to give this mighty system a proper farewell so we're dedicating an entire week to it.] One thing that always drew me to the Final Fantasy series is how masterfully Square presents a glossy, colorful, beautifully detailed world with dynamic characters layered atop stories that take dark and shocking turns. Over the years, Square has done a masterful job of keeping the player on his/her toes by doing things like killing off [...]

[RIP PS2] In Simpler Days: Kingdom Hearts

[The PS2 is now officially discontinued! We wanted to give this mighty system a proper farewell so we're dedicating an entire week to it.] Who would have predicted the brilliance of infusing a Japanese role-playing game with Disney characters? Well, Squaresoft did, and the product is still one of my favorite games from the days of the PlayStation 2. Soon, an entire series would emerge only getting more complicated with every entry, but in the beginning, things were much simpler, [...]

[News] Two New Videos Out To Hype Up Final Fantasy XIII: Lightning Returns

Siliconera reports that a trailer for Final Fantasy XIII: Lightning Returns debuted over at Jump Festa and Square Enix even released a second, shorter video titled “The Final Journey of Lightning.” Though the Lightning Saga seems to have divided fans and critics, I’ll just come out and say that I’m in the camp that’s excited for the finale. Rex seemed slightly dubious of the new entry back when he wrote up the game’s announcement, but since then we’ve seen an [...]

[Featurama] Silver Haired Devils: Sephiroth

A while back here at Twinfinite, we spent an entire week discussing villainy. We gave our favorites, discussed their acceptance in society and even re-imagined what our favorite games would be like under a more diabolical director. I loved celebrating villains, but still there were many ideas left on the chopping block for me. After sitting down and thinking about each of my favorite villains in each respective genre, some of the top villains always seemed to share the same [...]

[News] Square Enix Announces Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

Just today, as part of celebrations for their 25th birthday, Square Enix officially announced the latest entry in the Final Fantasy XIII series, a full-fledged console entry entitled Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. (Because XIII-3 would just be silly) For this game, director Motomu Toriyama is pushing two main motifs: “Lightning returns,” and “world driven.” The plot, in which Lightning must prevent the world from destruction within thirteen days,  is being pitched as her “final battle,” so this hopefully means that this will be the [...]

[News] Hey! Final Fantasy Versus XIII Not Cancelled

Right so there was this thing about Final Fantasy Versus XIII having been cancelled. It seemed likely with Final Fantasy XV becoming a thing that definitely exists and the Final Fantasy XIII title having run its course with two iterations. Well not so! says Yoichi Wada of Square-Enix. In fact, he just got out of a meeting. A super-secret meeting with Versus XIII’s development team headed by Tetsuya Nomura. Nobody knows what exactly happened during this meeting but Wada has [...]

[Guest Featurama] Three Steps To Square Enix’s Success

[Promoted from our Community Manager's inbox, here's another fantastic Guest Writer! This article comes from community member Chris Leddy. He offers up a three step plan to get Square Enix back to its former glory. You can find Chris on Twitter in case you have some, ahem, suggestions of your own.]  Listen in children to a tale of true horror…The age of WRPGs is upon us! Hark! and come unto me to hear the tale of a generic fantasy plot [...]

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