Things start out simple enough with some demographic questions. For example, it starts by asking which consoles and platforms someone has access to, how we find out about games, and our age. There are ...

Coming into 2026, a veteran Square Enix character designer Toshiyuki Itahana has left the company. Best known as the character designer for Final Fantasy 9, Itahana worked at Square Enix for more than ...

Final Fantasy designer Toshiyuki Itahana is leaving Square Enix after over 25 years at the company. Itahana explained in a statement posted in both Japanese and English that he'd decided to leave ...

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From his earliest gaming memories playing Spyro 2 on the PlayStation, to being obsessed with the swing-out animations in Marvel's Spider-Man, Cameron has always been, and continues to be, in love with ...

Square Enix is best known for its library of legendary RPGs. These include well-known titles like the Final Fantasy series, Final Fantasy VII in particular, but more obscure games like The Last ...

What some do not know about Dragon Quest VII is that this isn’t the first remake of the RPG classic. Back in 2013, it was remade for the 3DS, at least in Japan. This remake didn’t come west until 2016 ...

Itahana specifically noted the idea of departing Square Enix came up as he contributed to the Final Fantasy IX 25th Anniversary Project, as new character art from the artist appeared online and was ...

He has been gaming since receiving an original Game Boy and copies of Super Mario Land and Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden ...

Toshiyuki Itahana, one of the main character designers on Final Fantasy IX, as well as the character designer on the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles and Chocobo series, has left Square Enix to work ...

When you have a series that's consistently gotten new games for almost 40 years, you have to think about how younger generations will be able to play them. That, and, of course, thinking about your ...

Larian Studios head Swen Vincke said the upcoming RPG Divinity will not use generative AI art, though the studio still sees ...