The announcement of Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition sent shockwaves across the internet. The Chrono series has been somewhat of an under-utilized internal property for Square Enix. Consequently, it was a shocking surprise when last year a Nvidia GeForce Now leaked listing of unannounced games in development listed a Chrono Cross Remaster as one…
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Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition Arrives on Switch on April 7th
After months of speculation and rumors hinting about a possible Chrono Cross Remake/Remaster for modern consoles, the game’s release date was unveiled during Wednesday’s Nintendo Direct. Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition will arrive on April 7th to the Nintendo Switch, and it will do so in remastered form with some bonus features that should…
Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 2 Information Coming Later This Year
None of us expected the Final Fantasy VII Remake project to be completed on the PlayStation 4. In fact, most of us don’t expect the new series of FFVII titles to be finished before 2030. Case in point, FFVIIR-2 has yet to be announced, even though FFVIIR will turn two years old in just a…
Square Enix Announces Final Fantasy VII Themed Digital Clock
Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII continues to be the most popular and commercially successful game in its portfolio. Naturally, the company has milked the success of the game to no end. Given the game’s 25th anniversary celebration this month it seems that Square Enix is not done yet milking the IP with the arrival of…
Throwback Bit Thursday: Final Fantasy VII – The Game That Changed Fortunes
This week, Final Fantasy VII turned 25 years old (Japanese release), and it seems like the perfect moment to think back and reflect on how big a game it was for both the Japanese Role-Playing genre and the PlayStation’s emergence as the dominant home console player in the mid to late 1990s. Squaresoft Never…
Chrono Cross Remake to be Announced in February?
This past weekend marked Yasunori Mitsuda’s 50th birthday. The famed (Xenogears/Chrono Series) composer thanked his fans in a tweet where he hinted at a big announcement for one of his current projects scheduled to take place next month. Will it be the Chrono Cross Remake? Hard to say, but let us first take…
FFVII Fan: Final Fantasy VI Should Have Been Remade Instead
The title of this article might cause some initial confusion and maybe create some controversy. Does the “FFVII Fan” (in this case, me) want Final Fantasy VI to have been remade instead because he hated Final Fantasy VII Remake and wants FFVI fans to have to endured the same pain? Or is there more than…
Mainline Final Fantasy Games to Remain PlayStation Exclusive For This Generation?
In the battle for exclusive franchises and titles certain power moves have taken place over the last few years. Microsoft acquired Bethesda, thus inheriting all its multi-million-dollar properties. Microsoft would also pursue a deal with Electronic Arts in which it got the company’s games on its Game Pass ultimate subscription service at a low (if…
Breath of the Wild is the Greatest of All Time According to Japan (Top 100 Games List)
A Japanese TV Channel took up the task of polling 50,000 Japanese gamers. The poll asked these gamers to name their favorite game of all time. Given the large sample size of polled gamers, the choices listed here represent the current state of Japanese gaming, as far as Japan’s favorite games go. So let’s do…
Final Fantasy XVI Delayed By COVID; Possible Fall 2022 Release?
Final Fantasy XVI is one of the most eagerly anticipated titles of 2022. Details about the game have been scarce enough, and its ‘no show’ at the Tokyo Games Show was disappointing for fans. The game’s producer, Naoki Yoshida, addressed FFXVI’s ‘missing in action’ status for 2021 with the following twitter post: https://twitter.com/finalfantasyxvi/status/1475335618905669635?s=20 It seems…