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Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy OriginJack is not a hero in the traditional sense, but a man consumed by a hunger to destroy Chaos, a force that turns out to be a myth created by humans to…
Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera OmniaOn the 29th of February 2024, the digital world of Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia went dark, ending a seven-year run that had begun on the 1st of…
Final Fantasy XV: Pocket EditionNoctis Lucis Caelum, the crown prince of Lucis, never expected to rule a kingdom from the palm of his hand. In 2018, the Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition…
Final Fantasy IV (2007 video game)In the year 2007, a voice actor named Megumi Ida stood before a crowd of eight hundred applicants to sing a single song that would define the emotional core…
Final Fantasy XIIIOn the 17th of December 2009, the world of Gran Pulse collided with the floating city of Cocoon in a way that would redefine the Final Fantasy series.
Final Fantasy IIIFour nameless children from the village of Ur stand at the precipice of a world ending, chosen by dying crystals to become the Warriors of Light.
Final Fantasy VIICloud Strife was never a hero. He was a nobody, a failed infantryman who never made it into the elite SOLDIER program, yet he walked into the world of Final…
Final Fantasy VII RemakeIn 2015, a single trailer shattered the silence that had surrounded Final Fantasy VII for nearly two decades, sending Square Enix stock soaring to its…
Final Fantasy VII RebirthOn the 29th of February 2024, the world paused to witness the release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, a game that did not merely continue a story but…
Final Fantasy XIII-2Lightning, the hero who saved the world, simply ceased to exist for everyone except her sister. In the opening moments of Final Fantasy XIII-2, the world has…
Final Fantasy XVIOn the 14th of June 1992, a young boy named Clive Rosfield stood in the ruins of his home, watching the sky turn black as a fire Eikon named Ifrit…
The Last StoryOn the 27th of January 2011, a game released in Japan that would become a cult classic despite its initial obscurity in the West, The Last Story arrived with…
Final Fantasy III (2006 video game)Final Fantasy III was the only entry in the original series that never saw an official release outside of Japan for sixteen years, leaving a generation of…
Final Fantasy XVOn the 29th of November 2016, the world of video games witnessed a collision of massive scale and intimate tragedy when Final Fantasy XV launched, delivering…
Final Fantasy X-2Yuna, the High Summoner who had saved the world from the monster Sin, did not return to her quiet life as a religious icon.
Dragon QuestIn 1986, a small blue blob with a single tear-shaped eye and a wide, toothy grin became the unlikely face of a revolution in video gaming.
Final Fantasy IIIn the winter of 1988, a small team of ten developers at Square in Tokyo made a radical decision to abandon the very concept of levels, the cornerstone of…
Final Fantasy XIn the year 2001, a video game shattered the boundaries of what a role-playing adventure could be by introducing a world that did not exist in reality, yet…
Final Fantasy XIIIn the year 2006, a video game shattered the conventions of its genre by allowing players to control the camera with a simple twist of the right analog…
Final Fantasy (video game)Hironobu Sakaguchi stood on the precipice of professional ruin in 1987, having already failed to deliver a hit game for Square, a company teetering on the…
Final Fantasy XIVFinal Fantasy XIV began as a catastrophic failure that nearly destroyed the reputation of the Final Fantasy brand. When the original game launched in…
Final Fantasy XIV (2010 video game)On the 30th of September 2010, the world of Final Fantasy XIV opened its doors to millions of players, only to reveal a digital landscape that was…
Final Fantasy VIIISquall Leonhart enters the world of Final Fantasy VIII with a jagged scar running from his brow to the bridge of his nose, a physical mark that defines his…
Bravely DefaultIn September 2011, a quiet announcement from Nintendo sent shockwaves through the gaming community, revealing a new title that would soon challenge the very…
Granblue FantasyOn the 10th of March 2014, a game launched that would redefine the mobile role-playing genre by merging the soul of a classic Final Fantasy team with a new…