News2026-05-19 22:00“The sharp player decline we expected never came.” Final Fantasy 11 director talks about recent surge in players and challenges the MMORPG faces due to server limitations and lack of manpower Amber VFinal Fantasy / News (Japan-related)8
Final FantasyNews2026-03-26 13:26Final Fantasy 14’s unexpected bump in age rating from 15+ to 17+ praised in Japan for “taking the players’ side” despite commercial downsidesĐorđe PFinal Fantasy / News (Japan-related)
News2026-03-12 20:00Final Fantasy creative director Tetsuya Nomura keeps getting asked to “design a character like Sephiroth” when working on other games and projects Amber VFinal Fantasy / News (Japan-related)
News2026-03-05 15:51The closure of two major Final Fantasy 14 news aggregator sites is a “big turning point” for the Japanese FFXIV community. Veteran player explains what made them so influentialAmber VFinal Fantasy / News (Japan-related)2
News2026-03-04 23:00Japanese players can finally access Final Fantasy 7 on Steam with recent re-release, but domestic region-locking remains an issue for several titles Mohamed HassanFinal Fantasy / News (Japan-related)
News2026-03-04 15:53Final Fantasy 11 is closing off yet another major server to new players due to overpopulation Amber VFinal Fantasy / News (Japan-related)3
News2026-03-03 15:31Another Final Fantasy 14 news aggregator in Japan announces closure and apologizes to Square Enix staff Amber VFinal Fantasy / News (Japan-related)1
Game DevelopmentInterviews2026-02-26 18:00Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy’s third entry is progressing “very smoothly.” We ask director Naoki Hamaguchi why the team chose not to switch to Unreal Engine 5 Ayuo KawaseFinal Fantasy
Game DevelopmentInterviews2026-02-23 18:00We ask Final Fantasy VII Remake director Naoki Hamaguchi about the Switch 2 version’s “hair problem.” Why does it happen, and can it be avoided? Ayuo KawaseFinal Fantasy1
Game DevelopmentInterviews2026-02-19 18:00Final Fantasy 7 Remake’s Nintendo Switch 2 release was, from a technical standpoint, only possible with Game-key cards. Director Naoki Hamaguchi explains why Ayuo KawaseFinal Fantasy7
News2026-02-05 18:03Japanese grandma who played Final Fantasy 11 for 20 years passes away. Developers extend condolences Carlos "Zoto" ZotomayorFinal Fantasy / News (Japan-related)
Final FantasyNews2025-12-02 16:55Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi digs up his first ever game proposal from the 80s Đorđe PFinal Fantasy / News (Japan-related)
