Live-action Final Fantasy XIV series canceled due to ‘size and scale’

Seemingly in response to complaints over the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth demo's graphics, Square Enix has announced an update is coming February 21 with visual improvements that'll apply to the full game at launch.

Patch 6.57 for FFXIV dropped in the early hours of February 13, bringing a host of updates in preparation for the upcoming Xbox open beta, lifted raid restrictions, and better A Realm Reborn quest rewards. It’s not a big patch, but it’s one worth mentioning.

Final Fantasy XIV is finally coming to Xbox consoles after a decade-long console exclusivity period on PlayStation, and the Xbox port of the critically acclaimed MMO includes a quality-of-life feature that fans have been begging for.

A group of developers with credits across a number of Final Fantasy games - including the composer of Final Fantasy XII and a former Final Fantasy XIV artist - have unveiled their own upcoming JRPG headed to PC next year.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's chunky new demo has been out for a few days now, and fans have been scouring every single nook and cranny for any potential piece of information that could reveal more of the story. While nobody has found anything like that so far, they have found a couple of neat little nods to the original game in the form of two posters in Tifa's bedroom in Nibelheim.

As fans dig into the new Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth demo, some players are expressing concerns over what they perceive as subpar visuals in certain areas.

The Final Fantasy XIV Online open beta will begin on February 21sts, Square Enix has confirmed. However, it is only open to new players who have not played Final Fantasy XIV Online before, meaning players with existing accounts on other platforms will not be able to log into this version of the game until after it has fully launched.

With just weeks to go before the release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, we’ve had our second hands on and now, on the eve of the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth demo’s appearance on PS5, we can finally share our thoughts from the first few hours of the game.

A planned live-action adaptation of MMO Final Fantasy XIV is officially “dead”, according to the TV series’ producers. A combination of the pandemic and the “size and scale needed to do it right” are apparently to blame, with Amazon reportedly coming closest to making it a reality - but to no avail.

The Final Fantasy XIV live-action television series first announced back in 2019 is «dead,» according to the production company that was working on it. Hivemind, which also worked on Netflix's The Witcher, was developing the series with Sony Pictures Television, but co-founder Dinesh Shamdasani revealed on Twitter that the project is dead when asked about it, as reported by PC Gamer. 

Many people are looking forward to Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and that’s not a shock at all. When Square Enix released the first entry of the “remake saga” back in 2020, gamers were stunned by how well the publisher had remade the original title despite focusing only on the Midgar storyline for the “first part.” The graphics were stunning, the voice acting was on point, and the updated combat system made it feel like an RPG while also being “upgraded” to fit modern times. However, a few flaws held it back, mainly in the party system.

Until Dawn is the next popular video game to get the live-action treatment.