Final Fantasy 8 Remastered Announced for This Year
Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy VIII Remastered will be headed to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC later this year.
The trailer finally confirms that the classic Final Fantasy game from 1999 will be making a return, joining Final Fantasy VII, IX, X, X-2, and XII on today's current consoles.
A few years ago, we ranked all the Final Fantasy games, and even though Final Fantasy VIII only made it to #11, we did say "The breathtaking opening sequence, the failed assassination plot on Sorceress Edea, and the battle between the Balamb and Galbadia Gardens are some of the most exciting and cinematic moments in all of Final Fantasy."
Final Fantasy VII Remake: Breaking Bad, Supergirl Stars in Voice Cast
The voice cast for Final Fantasy VII Remake was released following announcement details of the game at Square Enix's E3 2019 press conference.
Voice actors include Breaking Bad's Matt Jones, who portrays Wedge; Gideon Emery from Star Wars: The Clone Wars, who voices Biggs; Britt Baron from GLOW, voicing Tifa; John Eric Bentley from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, who plays Barret; Erica Lindbeck from Spider-Man and Persona 5, who voices Jessie; Briana White from Occupants, who portrays Aerith; Tyler Hoechlin, who voices Sephiroth; and Cody Christian from Teen Wolf, who portrays Cloud.
The release date for the FF7 Remake – which is March 3, 2020 – was announced in a trailer that was shown at a FF7 concert in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Outriders Is a New Co-op Shooter From the Bulletstorm Developer
People Can Fly, developer of Bulletstorm and Gears of War: Judgment, has revealed Outriders, a 1-3 player, drop-in-drop-out third-person shooter. It will come to PC, PS4 and Xbox One in Summer 2020.
Revealed during Square Enix's E3 conference, Outriders will have players create their own character and set out across the ruined world of Enoch, in search of the source of a mysterious signal. Along the way, you will presumably be doing a lot of shooting - and you'll be able to do it entirely alone, with up to two friends, or a mixture of both.
Don't expect Bulletstorm's wackier sensibilities, however - People Can Fly makes clear that this is a "dark and desperate sci-fi universe", and the CG reveal trailer makes that clear.
Square Enix Announces Racing Game Circuit Superstars
A new, top-down racer called Circuit Superstars is coming from Square Enix in 2020.
Bringing together several different "eras and styles of motorsport," Circuit Superstars features a cartoon art style and top-down play reminiscent of older racers like Super Off-Road or R/C Pro-Am.
Circuit Superstars is being published by Square Enix Collective next year, and will be released on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch.
For more on IGN's E3 coverage, stay tuned to IGN's E3 2019 hub. Be sure to also check out the list of confirmed E3 2019 games, as well as the list of games that won't be at E3 2019.
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Releasing This Winter
Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remaster will be released this winter.
The game, originally released on Nintendo GameCube, will be released on PS4, Nintendo Switch, and iOS and Android mobile platforms.
In addition a remastered edition of the original game, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remaster also features online multiplayer. The trailer offered few details, but it appears that a team can play together as a party to take down enemies.
For more on IGN's E3 coverage, stay tuned to IGN's E3 2019 hub. Be sure to also check out the list of confirmed E3 2019 games, as well as the list of games that won't be at E3 2019.
The Last Remnant Remastered Available Tonight on Switch – E3 2019
Square Enix announced that The Last Remnant remastered is available tonight on Switch at its E3 2019 press conference.
The Last Remnant originally came out in 2008 for the Xbox 360 and PC with the PS3 version eventually being canceled. The Last Remnant Remastered came out for the PlayStation 4 in December 2018 and now the title will finally drop on the Nintendo Switch eShop. For help getting through this last gen RPG, be sure to check out our Wiki guide for The Last Remnant.
Final Fantasy VII Remake Expands on the Story of Midgar
The Final Fantasy VII Remake expands on the original's story so much that not only will it likely be presented on two Blu-ray discs, but the story of Midgar is also considered to be its own game. FF7 Remake Producer Yoshinori Kitase made this statement at the Square Enix E3 2019 press conference.
During the announcement, Kitase and other presenters also detailed how combat works in FF7 Remake. The real-time action has a strategic element through command-based combat called Tactical Mode. Once two ATB bars are filled after landing enough attacks, time slows down and allows you to perform various abilities and – if Materia is equipped – cast spells. Using items while in battle reduces the ATB bars' charge.
Watch Dogs: Legion Does Not Actually Have Any Dogs
No dogs allowed in Watch Dogs: Legion
While Watch Dogs: Legion (Ubisoft’s near-future open world dystopian London action hacking game) looks to be the deepest and most ambitious Watch Dogs game in the franchise yet, there is one thing the game will not have: actual dogs.
Speaking to IGN’s Brian Altano during our E3 Live show, Watch Dogs: Legion creative director Clint Hocking said “There are no dogs in the game because if you’re gonna play as anyone, we would have to be able to support playing as a dog, because that’s only fair.”
Xbox Gamertags Now Support 10 New Worldwide Alphabets
Xbox is revamping its gamertag functionality to allow Xbox gamers to truly be able to express themselves in a way that matches their identity and gamers can also now choose any gamertag, even if it is taken.
As detailed on Xbox Wire, starting today, and throughout the next year, the Xbox Gamertag will be getting new features and options across PC, mobile devices, and Xbox One consoles.
Microsoft is unveiling a new display option for gamertags, as well as support for 10 new wordwide alphabets, including Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Hangul, Katakana, Hiragana, CJK Cymbols for languages in China, Japan and Korea, Bengali, Devanagari, Cyrillic, and Thai.
Microsoft Aiming for a First-Party Xbox Game About Every Three Months
Matt Booty, head of Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios, has said that his team is aiming to release a first-party Xbox game about every three months.
Speaking to IGN's Ryan McCaffrey, Booty was asked if there was any goal or cadence at which Microsoft wished to release its first-party games.
Booty responded that Xbox Game Pass is "the main driver" for a release schedule as Microsoft wants to ensure there is a "steady stream of games" coming into the subscription service for both PC and console.
For Booty and Microsoft, "every three months feels about right."
"I think about like how long you spend with a game and just sort of the cadence of discovery there," Booty explained. "So if you can do a game every three months, and if a game takes somewhere between two years and four years, I mean, just think about things that have come out recently, you know, things like Red Dead and God of War need to be getting into five, six years. Right? But let's just say for the sorts of studios, like a Ninja theory or a double fine that two, three years starts to be the cadence, right?