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In recent years, Square Enix has co-developed mobile games Final Fantasy XI R with Nexon. The game was dubbed “MMMRPG” or “Massively Multiplayer Mobile RPG”. But now, apparently, it is no longer.
Originally announced in 2015 as Final Fantasy XI Mobile, the game promised to be a mobile version of, you guessed it, FFXI. It was announced for launch in Japan and South Korea in 2016, but it never happened. Social game information reports that FFXIR was unable to meet expected standards and the project’s developers were moved to other games.
Final Fantasy XI R it was apparently listed in the development pipeline last fall, but in February it was officially canceled. Kotaku is following for clarification.