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Square Registers Trademark, And More Fantasy on PC

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By acharris7720-02-2014

Square Enix have registered a trademark in Japan for the Shrina Company, the power company of Final Fantasy VII. The trademark was registered for use with videogames, so it looks like there is something on the horizon within the Final Fantasy Universe. I can't see it being an HD remake of Final Fantasy VII, as they said it would be too big of a task, so it looks like we will have to wait and see.

Also announced by Square Enix is that they want to bring future Final Fantasy games to the PC. At the moment Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XIV are out on the PC, none of the Final Fantasy XIII games have made their way to our much-loved platform. While the series has had its heritage on the consoles, going all the way back to the NES, this is something that could change, according to what Yoshinori Kitase, producer of Final Fantasy, told Eurogamer.

"Then we had to port it to the consoles. As far as the technology is concerned, it would have been possible for us to make a PC version, but we decided against it for two reasons: we looked at the market situation and we didn't think it would be a good idea, and also it would have involved lots of complex issues like security. So we decided not to do it this time around.

"But we see potential in it and there are lots of regions and countries where PC is very strong. So in terms of our hope of being able to deliver our games to every single country in the world and to as many gamers as possible, yes, we would definitely be interested in pursuing that route in the future."

Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VIII have seen their way onto Steam recently, and Kitase saying we could get more releases on the digital platform. "Final Fantasy 7 and 8 are now available on PC and they've been proving quite popular. It's an early stage for us. We haven't got an awful lot of experience in this field. So when we have more know-how and experience in this market we would be very interested."

With Final Fantasy XV being announced just for PS4 and Xbox One, this does beg the question, when are they going to start releasing the games on the PC then? They will either have to port the console version of FF XV over to the PC, or start from Final Fantasy XVI.


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Only a little bit late.

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A bit late to the party aren't they?