Gamers might have been a little bit bummed to hear that Square Enix has decided to cancel the mobile reboot of Final Fantasy XI. However, there is some good news. No, the game isn’t being uncancelled, but if you want to play a Final Fantasy game on your smartphone, you might be interested in checking out the remastered version of Final Fantasy VIII.

The game was actually released a couple of years ago for other platforms, but it looks like it is now available for both iOS and Android devices. The original Final Fantasy VIII was released back in 1999 so clearly this is a very old game, but the remastered version should introduce slightly updated graphics, but you can definitely tell it has signs of aging.

A few years ago, it was reported that Square Enix was looking to reboot Final Fantasy XI for mobile. Given how popular the Final Fantasy franchise is, there is no doubt that many gamers were excited at the prospect of being able to play the game on their mobile phones. Unfortunately, that dream has come to an end.

According to a report from GameSpot, it seems that the reboot has been cancelled. This was originally spotted by Gematsu and later confirmed by Japanese media outlet Gamebiz.jp. According to Square Enix, who was developing the game alongside Nexon, it appears that the game simply did not live up to their quality standards and the standards expected by fans, which is why they made the decision to cancel it.

Qualcomm is a company many of us are familiar with when it comes to mobile chipsets, but it seems that the company could be planning on moving into other product categories. According to a report from Android Police, they have heard from their sources that apparently Qualcomm wants to design its own gaming console.

This console is said to bear a strong resemblance to the Nintendo Switch, with the main difference being that it is powered by Android. It will also be used to showcase Qualcomm’s chipsets and its performance in a non-smartphone form factor, which could then be used to sell the company’s products and appeal to different markets beyond mobile.

Right now Sony’s main focus is on the PS5, and to a certain extent the PS4, but at the same time, we totally understand if there are gamers who might still be holding onto their older consoles like the PS3, PS Vita, and the PSP. Unfortunately for these gamers, you might soon lose access to the store for games.

This is according to a recent report which suggests that Sony is apparently looking to shut down the stores for the PS3, PS Vita, and the PSP in the coming months. The PSP and PS3 will see their stores shut down on the 2nd of July while the PS Vita will have its store closed on the 27th of August. After that, gamers will no longer be able to purchase games digitally.

The Nintendo Switch has been around for a while now. While Nintendo did give the console a bit of an upgrade with a larger battery, for the most part the console remains unchanged. It still uses the same chipset it did back in the day, the same display, the same amount of RAM, and so on.

However, word on the street has it that Nintendo will be upgrading the console soon, and one of the changes we can expect is a new NVIDIA chipset and also an OLED display. This is according to a report from Bloomberg who claims that Nintendo could use a new chipset from NVIDIA that features Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS).

While many of us have seen vending machines, there is pretty much no other country around the world that is as obsessed with vending machines as Japan. The country plays home to vending machines for all kinds of things, from your typical drinks, to snacks, to food items, to clothing, and so on.

So it doesn’t really come as a surprise to learn that Coca-Cola has chosen Japan to launch their vending machine subscription service. According to a report from Nikkei (paywall), customers in Japan who love their Coke will be able to subscribe through the Coke On smartphone app in which for 2,700 yen (about $25) a month, they’ll be able to get themselves a can of Coke a day from the 340,000 Coca-Cola vending machines located throughout the country.

A report from The Wall Street Journal cites Toyota’s president, Akio Toyoda, who spoke during a news conference for the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association. According to Toyoda, “Anyone can make a car if they have the technical ability, but, once they make a car, I hope they’ll recognize they have to steel themselves for 40 years of responding to customers and to various changes.”

Toyoda goes on to add, “Technology companies entering the car industry means that the car industry has a future and choices for customers will widen. We welcome new entries, but I don’t think it would be fair for those people who are newly entering to say, ‘We don’t need to steel ourselves for 40 years, and you other folks who have been around for many years, you do that.’”

Want to edit your photos and videos on your computer? There are more popular paid options from the likes of Adobe, but if you’d rather not shell out hundreds of dollars for a piece of software that you might not use very often, don’t worry because Nikon has you covered with the launch of its new NX Studio.

This is a completely free photo and video editing software designed for both Windows and Mac (Intel based Macs at the moment). It will offer users a host of features that one might expect from such software, like support for RAW photos, being able to organize your workflow and projects, and according to Nikon, they have designed the UI in such a way that reuses certain terms that are used in Nikon’s own cameras.

While Nintendo has denied that they have plans to launch an updated Switch model, it would make sense if they did. After all, there are new entrants to the console market in the form of the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, and it would be smart of Nintendo to keep the attention on themselves by launching an updated console.

When exactly that will happen remains to be seen, but according to a report from Bloomberg, some details about the upcoming Nintendo Switch “Pro” model have been revealed. According to the report, they claim that one of the upgrades of the Switch Pro is the ability to support games in 4K, something that the Switch is missing at the moment where it can only support 1080p, and that’s only if it is docked and connected to a TV.

Right now, the Sony PS5 has a storage issue where due to the size of the games, gamers pretty much can only store a few games at a time before they run out of space. To make matters worse, there is currently no M.2 NVMe drives that Sony has whitelisted that supports the PS5, which leaves players in a bit of a bind.

However, there is some good news and that is this summer, Sony is expected to issue an update to the PS5 which will allow users to expand on the console’s internal storage. The update will allow gamers to remove the plastic cover off the PS5 and attach a new storage unit. Now it should be noted that gamers can already remove the cover, but presumably the console’s firmware does not allow or recognize additional storage options, but this update will change that.

In case you didn’t know, Sony actually provides a lot of smartphone companies with camera sensors. This means that while these companies might use different lenses and software, the core hardware powering their cameras comes from Sony, and it seems that Sony could be working on something big.

According to recent reports, it has been suggested that Sony is working on a 1-inch camera sensor that could be unveiled in April. For those who aren’t sure why this is a big deal, it is because a larger sensor means that more information can be captured. Sony actually made waves several years ago when they started incorporating 1-inch sensors into their compact cameras, so bringing it to the smartphone would indeed be a huge deal.

According to a recent announcement from the company, they will now be updating their Galaxy smartphones’ security for four years. “Samsung Electronics announced today Galaxy devices will now receive regular security updates for a minimum of four years after the initial phone release. By extending support for security updates delivered on a monthly or quarterly basis, Samsung is giving users peace of mind knowing their data is protected for as long as they use their Galaxy device.”

Samsung says that this is made possible thanks to them working together with its chipset partners and carriers around the world to ensure extended and timely updates. The first two years will see Samsung release monthly updates, and after that, Samsung will then provide quarterly updates in the third year, and in fourth and final year, they will provide “regular” updates.

Our phone displays are huge and that’s not a bad thing for watching videos or playing games, but it can be a real pain to use when you’re trying to use it with one-hand. Some smartphone makers have included options in their Android UI to make it more usable one-handed, but that feature hasn’t been found in native Android yet, at least until now.

According to a recent discovery in the Android 12 developer preview, it seems that Google has hidden a function that can enable one-handed mode. For now, Google seems to be calling this feature “Silky home” and when the flag is activated, it basically pushes the UI down the screen.

As per tradition, Google has released the developer preview for its upcoming Android 12 update. Android 12 represents the next major update to the Android operating system and the release of the developer preview should help clue us in as to some of the potential upcoming features of the operating system.

Do note that since this is a developer preview, non-developers won’t be able to install it just yet. Google does note that they do plan on opening up the beta to Android 12 later on, but there are currently no specific dates yet. This beta is where non-developers will be able to get in on the action.