Square Enix has officially confirmed that the legendary Dissidia series is coming back — and its release date is already set. More than eight years after its last installment, the iconic Final Fantasy crossover is returning, though not in the way fans might have hoped.

For years, Dissidia has been synonymous with impossible showdowns between Final Fantasy’s most iconic heroes and villains. Many fans saw it as a love letter to the franchise, combining flashy fan service with surprisingly deep combat mechanics. The last entry, Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia, was also a mobile release — and so is the new title.

Square Enix has launched a new website teasing “the next evolution” of Dissidia for mobile devices and scheduled a live stream for October 14 to reveal more details. The announcement came with silhouettes of ten recognizable figures, hinting at characters such as Cloud, Lightning, Prompto, Auron, Zidane, and Rinoa. While fans are thrilled to see the series return, many are equally concerned — they had hoped for a full-fledged console or PC fighting game instead of another mobile adaptation.

Some longtime followers are still calling for a remaster of Duodecim, while others fear that this new entry might adopt an aggressive monetization model. Their concerns aren’t unfounded: Square Enix has a history of shutting down mobile spinoffs like Kingdom Hearts: Missing-Link (which was canceled this May) and Nier Re[in]carnation (which closed its servers last April). Other mobile entries in the Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts lines have suffered similar fates.

Details remain scarce for now, but Square Enix describes the new Dissidia Final Fantasy as a “Team Boss Battle Arena,” a cooperative combat experience where teams of players face off against powerful bosses in enclosed arenas. Based on that description, the gameplay seems focused on fast-paced, tactical battles. More information will arrive during the October 14 livestream.

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