Case in point, Final Fantasy 10 is continue to enjoy success. In fact, the entire Final Fantasy 10 series – which includes Final Fantasy 10, Final Fantasy 10-2, and the HD remaster collection that includes both – has now collectively sold over 20.8 million units worldwide. Square Enix has confirmed that figure to Gematsu, revealing that the games have sold an additional 6.8 million units since their collective sales were reported at 14 million units back in 2013. It’s highly likely that those sales have mostly (if not entirely) come from the remasters.

Meanwhile, there’s plenty of upcoming Final Fantasy releases to look forward to as well. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion launches this Winter, with Final Fantasy 16 coming in Summer 2023, and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth launching in Winter next year.

As announced earlier today, five classic Final Fantasy titles will be coming to PS Now starting this month with the remastered version of the original Final Fantasy 7. In October, Final Fantasy 8 Remastered will follow, and then in November will be Final Fantasy 9 to round out the original PS1 released trio of titles. Then for December, it will be a double whammy with HD remasters of Final Fantasy 10 and its sequel, 10-2. There will be a number skip here as 11 was a MMO title, but 2022 will begin with the release of Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age.

These titles will begin coming to the service starting on September 7th, which you can download or stream on all PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 as well as compatible PCs.

In November 2019, Microsoft announced that a large number of Final Fantasy titles would be coming to Xbox Game Pass in the future. Since then, of the ones that are confirmed, a few (Final Fantasy 7, Final Fantasy 8 Remastered, Final Fantasy 9, and Final Fantasy 15) have been added to the service’s catalog, but many others remain missing.

Final Fantasy 10, Final Fantasy 10-2, Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age, Final Fantasy 13, Final Fantasy 13-2, and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13 were all also among the games that were confirmed for Xbox Game Pass, but these haven’t yet shown up in the service’s library. However, Microsoft confirms that though their arrival will be a bit belated, they’re still planned for Game Pass, and will be coming in 2021.

A Microsoft spokesperson said to True Achievements: “As we announced at X019, we are excited to bring the Final Fantasy franchise to gamers with Xbox Game Pass. We have done so throughout 2020 and will continue to do so in 2021 and beyond. We look forward to announcing specific launch dates for more Final Fantasy titles in the future.”

Meanwhile, Microsoft and Square Enix have also been in discussions to bring Final Fantasy 14 to Xbox One for some time now, so here’s hoping that happens sooner rather than later. Whenever that does happen, it’s unlikely it will come to Xbox Game Pass.

At X019, Square Enix was on hand to announce that numerous Final Fantasy titles would be coming to Xbox Game Pass. This includes Final Fantasy 7, Final Fantasy 8 Remastered, Final Fantasy 9, Final Fantasy 10 and 10-2, Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age, Final Fantasy 13/13-2/Lightning Returns and Final Fantasy 15. But wait, there’s more.

For the first time ever, Kingdom Hearts will be coming to Xbox One, with Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix, Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix and Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue coming to the platform. Even more amazing is that there will be a demo for Kingdom Hearts 3 available today.

The above Final Fantasy games will arrive on Game Pass, along with the Kingdom Hearts titles on Xbox One, some time in 2020. Kingdom Hearts 3 is currently available for Xbox One and PS4 and will receive some new DLC in December with ReMind. This adds new story content, new bosses and additional scenarios to play as other characters. Stay tuned for more details and updates from X019 in the meantime.

With Final Fantasy 7, Final Fantasy 10, Final Fantasy 10-2, and Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age all due to launch on the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One over the next two months (and with the latter game getting some new extra features with these versions), some of you may be excited to get the games on your systems already. The good news is, the Switch versions of these games are now all available for pre-load via the Nintendo eShop.

Final Fantasy 10 and 10-2 can be pre-loaded now with a 14GB download (the final installation will be over 29GB); Final Fantasy 7, which will cost $16, is 3.7GB and available to pre-load now as well. Finally, Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age, is miraculously only 12.6GB in file size with no additional installation necessary. It too is available to pre-load now.

It still feels surreal that these games will be coming to the Switch, a Nintendo console, at all—Nintendo has never received a mainline Final Fantasy game past 6 previously, so this makes for a dramatic change. If you want to play it, Final Fantasy 9 is already out on Switch and Xbox one (and PS4, and PC) right now.

In 1996, Square decided to jump ship from a cartridge based Nintendo console to the CD based PlayStation for their then-upcoming Final Fantasy 7, changing the trajectory of PlayStation, Nintendo, and the series itself dramatically. Now, more than 20 years later, in what has to be the ultimate symbolic victory, Final Fantasy 7 is returning to Nintendo, on their newest cartridge based console. It was announced today during the Nintendo Direct stream that Final Fantasy 7 is coming to Nintendo Switch.

That’s not the only Final Fantasy game making the jump, either. Final Fantasy 9, 10 HD, 10-2 HD, and 12: The Zodiac Age are all making the jump to the Nintendo Switch as well. This marks their very first appearance ever on a Nintendo system (until now, no Final Fantasy game beyond 6 has been on Nintendo hardware). All of these games will also be coming to Xbox One, Square announced, breaking their two decade long PlayStation exclusivity at last.

That’s not all. 15 Pocket Edition is out now on Switch, following its PS4 and Xbox One launch recently, for an introductory price. Crystal Chronicles Remastered was also shown off some more on the Switch, and World of Final Fantasy was confirmed to be coming over to the Switch as well. Additionally, Chocobo Mystery Dungeon is also coming to Switch as well. Square is going all in with Final Fantasy on Switch, it looks like.

All these games will be available in 2019.

#FINALFANTASY is coming to #NintendoSwitch, kupo! Many titles from the legendary RPG series are coming soon, including FINAL FANTASY VII, FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE and FINAL FANTASY XV POCKET EDITION HD. #NintendoDirect pic.twitter.com/qZPHknqZIw

— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) September 13, 2018

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— FINAL FANTASY (@FinalFantasy) September 13, 2018

Anya’s Grave – Gears of War 4

Perhaps one of the more interesting moments in Gears of War 4 is JD Fenix veering off the main mission path on the family estate to visit his mother’s grave. We’re not told up to that point about what happened to Anya but this quiet moment of introspection and sadness tells us what she meant. In a way, it’s a respectful send-off of sorts to one of the series’ key characters.

The Final Fantasy series’ slow migration to PC continues as Final Fantasy 10 and its sequel Final Fantasy 10-2 have both been confirmed to be the latest games in the series that will be hopping over to PC via Steam. The official Steam store page for Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster has just gone live- the game itself is due to launch this Thursday, on May 12.

In addition to having the remastered graphics and soundtrack, as well as the expanded gameplay and content from the International Edition for the game, which the PS3, PS4, and PS Vita versions of the remaster also had, the PC version of the title will also have five game boosters including high speed and no encounter modes- options which PC players should greatly appreciate.

With this, all Final Fantasy titles are now available on PC, until Final Fantasy 15 releases- but even that has been confirmed for a Steam release eventually. It’s a good time to be a PC gaming fan of Japanese games.