“Square Enix was excited to see our expertise in action, and we were excited and humbled to work with the amazing art and design talents that created Final Fantasy XV.”įinal Fantasy XV: A New Empire is available now on iOS and Android. “Our game studio and the Final Fantasy XV development team have been in close contact from the start,” Ernst says. Although it has lengthy in-game tutorials, players are still hungry for more cheats and walkthroughs. It's based on the Square Enix 2016 action-RPG Final Fantasy XV and features some of the characters from that title. How that style of game will blend with the narrative-heavy experience of FFXV is something players can see for themselves with today’s launch.Īccording to Ernst, MZ and Square Enix worked in collaboration on A New Empire, with MZ traveling to Tokyo for a crash course on the art direction behind FFXV. Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire is a massively multiplayer online strategy game for mobile devices. However, the studio’s games have also been criticized for their heavy use of microtransactions, which often force players to spend money in order to progress through the game. The company is perhaps as well known for its ubiquitous TV commercials as it is for its games, with multimillion-dollar advertising campaigns starring celebrities like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kate Upton, and Mariah Carey. Both of MZ’s previous releases were incredibly successful in 2015 Game of War was reportedly earning $1 million per day.