Square Enix shuts down Final Fantasy iOS game due to irreparable bug

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. (Image credit: Square-Enix)

Developers beware of the haunting downsides of changes to a game’s in-app purchase models. It turns out they can be so catastrophic that they can take the entire game down with them. Such is the case with the iOS version of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, itself a remaster of a 2003 GameCube game then ported to mobile platforms. On all vers…Read More

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