In a new video as part of Square Enix’s “The Games That Made Us” series, Final Fantasy 14 and 16 producer Naoki Yoshida and composer Masayoshi Soken talk about their past in gaming. Check out the 16-minutes-long video below.
29.04.2024 - 17:31 / videogameschronicle.com / Naoki Yoshida / Square Enix / Tom Ivan
Square Enix has prioritised fixing a Final Fantasy 16 bug that can prevent progress in New Game Plus mode.
“If players select New Game + and choose to skip the prologue, there is a small chance that, under certain conditions, party members will not appear on the screen, preventing progress through the main scenario quest A Chance Encounter,” it said.
“When the issue has been found, an update patch will be released to address and resolve the issue,” Square added, before offering some temporary workarounds, which are detailed in the X post below.
We would like to bring players’ attention to a known issue in Final Fantasy XVI that could impede game progress. The team is currently investigating the issue and has prioritized finding a solution.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. <a target="_blank" rel=«noopener» class=«link-external» href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/FF16?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#FF16
pic.twitter.com/4m99vAqULY— FINAL FANTASY XVI (@finalfantasyxvi) <a target="_blank" rel=«noopener» class=«link-external» href=«https://twitter.com/finalfantasyxvi/status/1783813387413020785?ref_src=» https:>April 26, 2024
In a new video as part of Square Enix’s “The Games That Made Us” series, Final Fantasy 14 and 16 producer Naoki Yoshida and composer Masayoshi Soken talk about their past in gaming. Check out the 16-minutes-long video below.
Final Fantasy 14 players can soon claim an outfit from the series' long history, as the Imp Attire from Final Fantasy 6 will be added to the game during the annual Make-It-Rain Campaign. The upcoming Final Fantasy 14 campaign will let players earn extra points and housing items by playing mini-games in the Manderville Gold Saucer.
Final Fantasy 14 is currently being targeted by a DDoS attack, causing disruption to fans attempting to play the game. Until it is resolved, Final Fantasy 14 players may want to hold off on attempting to log into the critically-acclaimed MMORPG.
Final Fantasy 14’s servers are currently under a worldwide DDoS attack that’s preventing players from logging into Square Enix’s MMORPG.
Square Enix has announced that it “expects to recognize extraordinary losses” for the fiscal year that ended on March 31, attributing them as “content abandonment losses”. The Japanese company has, in other words, cancelled undisclosed projects, owing to which it will incur losses amounting to ¥22.1 billion (roughly $140.4 million).
Square Enix has revised its approach to PC and console game development, and absorbed ¥22.1 billion (approx $140.9 million) in what it calls “content abandonment losses.”
Square-Enix has officially acknowledged a recently discovered bug revolving around Final Fantasy 16's New Game+ mode, resulting in a soft lock that does not allow players to progress. The launch of the newest main-series entry in the long-running RPG franchise last summer came with critical acclaim, lauded at the time as one of the best RPGs of 2023. Final Fantasy 16 received a nomination for «Best Role-Playing Game» at the 2023 Game Awards, and won the award for «Best Score and Music» during the show. Now, a new bug is plaguing fans' new playthroughs of the game.
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By splitting up Final Fantasy 7’s story across a trilogy of full-fledged games with its ongoing remake trilogy, Square Enix has been able to flesh out its world and characters much more than it would have been able to do with a more conventional remake. Where the latter are concerned, that has also included entirely new characters who weren’t part of the story in the original game itself, coming in the form of secondary members of the cast who still end up having fairly important roles to play.
Alongside its second paid expansion, Final Fantasy 16 Patch 1.31 improved the ability for players to pet Torgal by shortening the cooldown between petting animations. This improvement to Final Fantasy 16 was released alongside The Rising Tide DLC, and FF16 fans quickly pointed out the change to the game's cutest feature.
While Square Enix recently released the benchmark tool for the upcoming Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail, producer and director Naoki Yoshida has taken to a blog post on the game’s official website to reveal that the software will be getting a new version to improve what has been described by players as the “lifeless eyes” of characters.
Square Enix recently released a patch for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth that fixed an issue preventing the Platinum Trophy unlocking for some players, though it turns out the update also fixed another minor issue that players have discovered in the last few days.