Earlier today, Square Enix announced that Mobius Final Fantasy (Free) will be shutting down this March in Japan. There was no information about the version of the game available outside Japan at the time but the writing was on the wall. Square Enix have confirmed that the international version of Mobius Final Fantasy will also be shut down a bit later. Over the last few years, Square Enix has launched many free to play mobile RPGs and eventually some of them get shut down. The mobile version of Mobius Final Fantasy launched in 2016 internationally. Watch a trailer for the current story in the game below:
The international version of Mobius Final Fantasy will be around until June 30th which is a few months more than the Japanese version. Magicite will no longer be sold after March 31st. Any Magicite bought can be used until June 30th which is when the game will be shut down. Square Enix confirms that there will be in game event updates and a conclusion to the Warrior of Despair story before the game is shut down. Mobius Final Fantasy was one of the few Square Enix mobile games to also be released on PC through Steam. Mobius Final Fantasy is available for free on iOS and Android devices and you can checkout the forum thread for it here. Have you been playing Mobius Final Fantasy regularly?
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Have been playing this game since day 1, took a few 2-3 months breaks but stayed all the way through still, sad to see it go, very fun game to me
I'll definitely avoid SE live service games in the future. That really sucks for the people still playing it.
This is sad. I think this is the mobile game I've played the longest of any mobile game. Game had the best writing/story of any mobile game.
The message you'll be able to see once the shutdown happens will probably be something like: "Thank you for your money, it has been great. Stay tuned for our future games featuring monthly subscriptions at 20$!"
Games with online servers/services cost money to run. It wasn't going to be around forever.
Yeah, because SE is too poor to make it run. And well, just so you know, nothing lasts forever in this life... Still, this info does not motivate me to invest my time (and even less my money) in a SE online game. Even their Offline games get pulled out from the store because they are not maintained...
Sucks to see it go already. I enjoyed it here and there since day one. I hope they turn it into a proper premium game like they did with Final Fantasy Dimensions 2. I’d love to start it all over again and hopefully get to play it for a few more years.