Latest about JRPGs
Final Fantasy creator shouts out Clair Obscur after its director said the JRPG icon "inspired me to become a game dev"
News The JRPG-inspired game just swept up at The Game Awards 2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 gets free update to ring in record-breaking The Game Awards GOTY win: "New weapons, new quest, new boss"
News There's yer new content
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 controversially wins Best Independent Game at The Game Awards
News Is Clair Obscur really "indie"?
Former Square Enix exec says the Final Fantasy dev's investors "are actually closely aligned" with what fans want
News "High quality, but with smaller dev teams"
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 is "finally starting to match the vision I had for it," director teases
News Expect the Highwind to take center stage
Former Square Enix exec says that's nothing new as major investor calls out the Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest creator for high development costs and lackluster sales
News Final Fantasy 16 reportedly cost around $58.3 million to make
Square Enix director Naoki Hamaguchi considered giving Cloud Strife a more realistic sword for Final Fantasy 7 Remake, but decided JRPG fans "wouldn’t accept it": "We stayed faithful to the OG"
News Big swords or bust
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 lead says the Highwind is an important part of the upcoming RPG, and it sounds like Square Enix is close to deciding on a name
News The RPG's leads will choose the title by the end of the year
The turn-based RPG secret sauce is that "you have time to engage on your own terms", Octopath Traveler 0's director tells me, which makes them perfect for "a wider age range"
Interview Octopath Traveler 0's director Yasuhiro Kidera and producer Hirohito Suzuki discuss the appeal of turn-based RPGs and balancing long narrative
