Final Fantasy Haeresis XIII, perhaps the most intruiging game in the Fabula Nova Crystallis series. In 2006 Square Enix trademarked FF Haeresis resulting in a seemingly endless discussion about what this title really was and if it was real.
Today the US Patent & Trademark Office updated this trademark with the Notice of Abandonment.
Speaking of patents, the European patent for Final Fantasy Type-0 got approved last week, it was submitted back in December 2010. Square Enix also patented “SE masterpieces” last week. The patent is still under examination and while nothing is known about it, it fairly sounds like this could be a HD versions of Kingdom Hearts I/II & Final Fantasy X/XII for PS2.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth publisher Square Enix has declared a $140m loss based on a shakeup of its internal development pipeline.
What are they doing over there? Sounds like they canceled something big. I read a rumor a while back about ff9 remake . Here "Final Fantasy IX has gone through a very challenging development, the game is still in progress but may undergo changes drastic enough that we won't hear about it for a couple of years."
This could be one of the reasons if the rumor is true. That was Silknight i don't know how credible he is but it's something and it would make sense.
The industry implosion is continuing. Sky high budgets, prolonged development windows, stagnant sales numbers, and falling currency values (inflation) are wreaking havoc on the legacy industry. AAA games will slowly become the rarity.
Saad from eXputer: "After suffering from massive financial hits, Square Enix & Bandai Namco appear to be turning over a new leaf but I'm still unconvinced."
I was talking about games with some Japanese guys here in Japan, and it seems like around here Bandai Namco has a fame of making low-quality games, with the occasional gem.
About Square Enix, I believe they lack the capacity to improve. They should learn with Capcom (although even Capcom still makes some bad mistakes), but I don't think they ever will. They keep chasing whatever is new at the time (blockchain, AI...) to say "we innovate", without considering the public perception and if these things actually improve the games or not. Them releasing too many small games with no advertising also shows a lack of trust in its own products. Even with their biggest games, like turning FF into an action game with XVI and the very divisive plot changes regarding whispers and timelines in VII Remake, shows them trying to attract a new generation of gamers without understanding what made the series so big in the first place.
I don’t know why NOW they decide on this, but I guess later is better than never.
Saad from eXputer: "I'm glad I don't have to choose between Square Enix, Atlus, and FromSoftware due to bad release windows and Shadow of the Erdtree."
What a word vomit, rambling, turd of an article that simply states the obvious. Classic exputer.
Thought this was FFXIV(renamed)....guess not
That's fine. Never knew anything about it.
Nothing gained. Nothing lost.
Tbh they should just focus on getting out those games that they have already told us about, I think one of them is almost 7 YEARS in development and still isn't anywhere in sight?
HINT HINT SQUEENIX
I take it that picture is unofficial? I'd never seen a logo for this game with an illustration.
Sort of disappointed, although I shouldn't be because this was never anything more than a cool name.