Jo Garcia, Playboy's "Cyber Girl Of The Year" is apparently a big gamer and Final Fantasy fan. She recently became Playboy's "Cyber Girl Of The Year" by beating out 52 weeks of rival models in an online-only competition. "People don't understand that that the whole gaming world is not just for geeks, and assume that every person who plays video games is a geek that wears glasses," Garcia said. "It's a misnomer that needs to be put to rest." Garcia currently plays PC games ... [Read More]

Nintendo's WiiWare service finally launched this week across North America with Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King being avaliable for download for 1,500 Wii Points. Nintendo's press release: "My Life as a King takes a legendary franchise and launches it into the realm of simulation gaming. Players are challenged to rebuild a kingdom, leading its young king on a path of discovery through an adventure bristling with mystery and intrigue." Nintendo also announced that Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life ... [Read More]

Today Square Enix announced the box art for Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift, which can be seen below. We at Final Fantasy Series haven't talked much about this game, which will be released on June 24 2008. But according to Square Enix the game takes over 110+ hours to complete 100% on the Nintendo DS. Expect updates on this in the coming month. [Read More]

Square-Enix's simultaneous release campaign is already starting to take effect, as a DS PAL release for Final Fantasy 4 has been confirmed! Square-Enix officially announced that Final Fantasy 4 would be "released across PAL territories in Summer 2008 exclusively on the Nintendo DS system." It was also mentioned those currently residing in the southern hemisphere will see the game in shops this Winter. Below are some images from the DS PAL version of Final Fantasy IV. [Read More]

Recently released on the WiiWare in Japan, Crystal Chronicles : My Life as a King is set to release more downloadable material. This includes; a Castle Update for 100 Points and Eleven new dungeons for 300 Points. Additionally, these next two downloads will be coming in June; Library (your people can memorise abilities specific to their race) for 200 Points, and Tower of Eternity (another new dungeon, this one holding a treasure!) for 300 Points. Unfortunately, these are only exclusive to the Japanese players at ... [Read More]

Final Fantasy IV for Super NES, Playstation, Gameboy Advance and Nintendo DS system A Dark Knight from the kingdom of Baron, on his journey to save the world from the evil Golbez. In Final Fantasy IV, the player controls a large cast of characters and completes quests to advance the story. Characters move and interact with people and enemies on a field map, which may represent a variety of settings, such as towers, caves, and forests. Travel between areas occurs on a world map. ... [Read More]

We have recently reported that Final Fantasy IV: DS would be coming to North America sometime in July, we can now officially announce that the game will hit North American stores on July 22, 2008. Final Fanasy 4 DS, is expected to be a massive success in terms of critical acclaim and sales. Time will only tell come July 22nd. Again keep checking back to FinalFantasySeries.net for more news on this next installmenet. [Read More]

Takashi Tokita, director of the original SNES Final Fantasy IV, has spoken about the DS remake in a recent interview. Tokita's comments that Final Fantasy IV for the Nintendo DS is by far the most difficult version of IV. The abilities from the original version, such as Cry and Pray, have been given more significance in battles to make them more useful to the Final Fantasy gamer. The team has addressed every criticism of the Final Fantasy 3 remake previously released for the ... [Read More]

North American DS owners will have something to cheer about now that Final Fantasy IV is due to be released this year. Nintendo Power is reporting that the retro/remake of IV's demo will be avaliable in English by July, 2008. Final Fanasy IV DS, a remake of the original 1992 title by Matrix Software, the team that dealt with the FF3 remake, was released on December 20, 2007 in Japan. It was followed by massive success in terms of critical acclaim and sales. The ... [Read More]

Although it was released in Japan back in October 2007, the announcement of an American release date for Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift hasn't even had a sniff of hitting the US shores. However this week Square Enix proclaimed the release date will be June 24th 2008 for Tactics A2. The platform of choice is the Nintendo DS. The game will hit European shores a little earlier for a change. 21st March is the planned date. httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=tNmnqjyYzJg [Read More]