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Could Final Fantasy XVI be the last numbered title in the beloved RPG franchise? That's unknown, though game producer Naoki Yoshida has brought the issue up with Square Enix executives.Speaking with GQ (and spotted by Twitter user Wario64), Yoshida touched on how the number format for Final Fantasy mainline games can be confusing for audiences. "A lot of players are going to come in and they're going to look at it like a comic book where you have to read from the beginning to know what's going on now,"…

During the downtime ahead of today’s Final Fantasy XIV developer livestream — a regular event in which game director Yoshida and community manager Toshio Murouchi talk about new additions and updates to the game — Yoshida was seen playing a Switch.Naturally, fans assumed he was playing Zelda because... who isn’t right now. And he was! Yoshida directed his attention to the camera and turned his Switch around to reveal he was playing Tears of the Kingdom on the fancy new Zelda-themed OLED Switch.Yoshida put on his producer…

Tower of Fantasy's first major content update is coming later this fall, but players don't have to wait until then to check out the new playable character Cobalt-B, who will be added to the free-to-play gacha MMORPG on October 6.Cobalt-B gives off some serious maniacal scientist vibes, as she obsesses over perfecting her signature weapon, the Flaming Revolver, in a new trailer. Despite being called a revolver, Cobalt-B's weapon sure seems like a shotgun, with gameplay footage showing her blasting enemies…

2022 is a big year for Final Fantasy. It's the franchise's 35th anniversary, and a major anniversary milestone for multiple individual FF titles. Final Fantasy V's 30th anniversary, Final Fantasy VII's 25th anniversary, and Final Fantasy XI's 20th anniversary all take place this year.In a recent earnings call translated by David Gibson, Square Enix said announcements for Final Fantasy's 35th anniversary celebration are likely to come at the end of this month or June (which is home to Summer Game Fest and…