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Akira Toriyama, Dragon Ball mangaka, Chrono Trigger designer and creator of Dragon Quest’s Slime, has diedMar 8, 2024 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunAkira Toriyama, the mangaka whose work in video games included designing the characters for two of the most influential RPGs ever made, Chrono Trigger and Dragon Quest, on top of creating one of the most influential series across all of pop-culture in Dragon Ball, has passed away. Read more Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama dead at 68Mar 8, 2024 - VG247Akira Toriyama, the creator of the Dragon Ball franchise and a legendary manga artist in general, has died at the age of 68. The news was announced by his production office, Bird Studio, on social media. Toriyama died March 1 of subdural haematoma - a blood clot on his brain. A small funeral for family has already taken place. "It's our deep regret that he still had several works in the middle of creation with great enthusiam," the official statement notes. "Also, he would have many more things to achieve." Read more CHRONO TRIGGER 29/8/2023 Update ContentAug 29, 2023 - Community Announcements• Bug fixes for features that didn’t work as normal in some battles when the Battle Speed was set to SLOWEST in Settings. • Minor bug fixesCertain digital PS3 and Vita titles are "expiring" and no one knows whyApr 10, 2022 - VG247Some players are reporting that certain PlayStation games like Chrono Cross are "expiring" on PS3 and PlayStation Vita. Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition launched earlier this week, but now certain players are claiming that legally purchased, digital versions of PSOne Classics like Chrono Cross and Chrono Trigger are no longer playable, as reported by Kotaku. Twitter user Christopher Foose shared an image showing their digital copy of Chrono Cross with an expiry date of 12/31/1969, and that the remaining time to play the game had expired, and is no longer playable on PS3 or Vita. Foose goes on to explain that they had tested Chrono Trigger earlier that day (April 8) on their PS3, and it had run fine and had no expiration date. Talking with the official PlayStation support system did not help with the issue either. And later on, other users showed games like Final Fantasy IX and Final Fantasy VI facing the same issue of having an expiry date in the past. Read more Content of the Chrono Trigger 22/03/2022 UpdateMar 22, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsA bug that prevented achievements from being unlocked has been fixed. If achievements have not already been unlocked after completing the game then they can be unlocked by completing it again or by watching the relevant ending from the "Extras" menu. We are very sorry for any inconvenience that this has caused and apologise sincerely.Current Known IssueMar 18, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsWe are aware that achievements cannot currently (18/3/2022) be unlocked. Please bear with us while we fix this issue. We apologise for the inconvenience.Chrono Trigger March 2022 UpdateMar 10, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsUpdated Features ・Full-screen now available: Up to 21:9 ratio full-screen display. Screen Mode added. ・Improved Controls Improved directional pad controls. Improved directional pad design to make it easier to see. An exclamation point will now display for an interaction prompt such as Talk. Changed the size of the target marking dungeon entrances, etc. to make them easier to see. Improved the event areas to make it easier to clear when using touch controls. Small additional control adjustments. ・Improved Battles Battle Speed for Auto Battles increased by x1.5. Automatically continue with Auto Battle selected for the next battle. Battle Speed adjustment possible from MENU. ・Additional features: Available save slots increased to 20 slots. ・Small bugs have been fixed.4 years after its final patch, Chrono Trigger on PC is getting a new update with 21:9 supportMar 9, 2022 - PC GamerThe venerable Square RPG Chrono Trigger debuted on PC in February 2018, and the port's reception at the time was not good. Patches changed the picture dramatically, however, and it now holds a "very positive" ranking on Steam across more than 5,000 user reviews. The final update arrived in August 2018, five months later, and everyone seemed satisfied—but now it appears that there's another final patch on the way... Read more.Chrono Trigger on PC gets faster battles and 21:9 supportMar 9, 2022 - PCGamesNThere's a new Chrono Trigger update on the way this week, that's adding some welcome improvements to one of the best JRPGs on PC. As revealed by Square Enix Japan in a new trailer, as opposed to a press release, the next Chrono Trigger patch features a number of welcome improvements to the PC version of the game. Chrono Trigger is one of the best RPGs ever made and it finally made its appearance on Steam over four years ago, where it was very apparent that it was a port of the mobile game - and not a great one. After several months, Chrono Trigger's supposedly "final" patch arrived in August 2018, complete with customisable key bindings. Now, after all this time, Square Enix has announced a new update for the PC and smartphone versions of Chrono Trigger. The patch is hitting this Friday, March 11, featuring useful quality-of-life changes such as improvements to auto-battle speed, proper full-screen support for up to 21:9, and upping the number of save slots to 20 - given the many different paths a Chrono Trigger playthrough can take, that's a good thing. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Chrono Trigger's final PC patch adds key binding and Extras Mode Chrono Trigger's first PC patch finally gives us sharp pixels Chrono Trigger was just surprise released on Steam, but it's a mobile port Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition is a remaster of the original, coming to Nintendo Switch in AprilFeb 9, 2022 - VG247At tonight's February 2022 Nintendo Direct , Nintendo and Square Enix announced a Chrono Cross Remaster – in line with the sorts of things we've seen with the re-releases in the Final Fantasy series (most significantly, Final Fantasy 8 Remaster). The game, which you can pre-order from today via the Nintendo eShop, will launch on the system on April 7. You will be able to turn off enemy encounters in the game, as well as play that eponymous Radical Dreamers portion of the game – a side story that connects both Chrono Cross and Chrono Trigger. Until now, we've not been able to play this game outside of the SNES adapater that was only available in Japan. So that's a pretty good excuse to jump back into the game! The announcement of this remaster links back to an old report from March 2021, in which Forever Entertainment announced it would be working with Square Enix on remakes of "several" titles. At the time, the company noted that these titles would all be from within the same "brand" that the publisher owns. Does this mean more Chrono Content in the future? Read more The best RPGs on PC in 2020Nov 11, 2020 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunLast year brought RPG gems like Disco Elysium. Was there an RPG as good released in 2020? We’ve updated our list of the best RPGs of all time to reflect the best of the past year – and there’s still dozens of older classics, too. (more…) The best RPGs to play on PCJan 30, 2020 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunThe best RPGs have always found their home on PC, but it’s a big genre and it can be difficult to know what you should play next. That’s why we’ve put together this list. (more…) Owlboy creator's Chrono Break mockup is a beautiful teaser for a sequel that will never existAug 27, 2018 - PC Gamer15 years ago, there was still hope that the dream team behind Chrono Trigger would reunite to make another Chrono game. That hope was mostly fueled by a trademark for a game called Chrono Break, which was never officially announced. Square Enix never talked about it directly, but here and there over the years some of the developers mentioned being interested in making a sequel. It didn't happen. But if it did, maybe it would've looked something like this. This mockup of Chrono Break is the work of pixel artist Simon Andersen, who created Owlboy and worked on this project as a way to wind down from its long development. "After finishing a massive game project spanning a decade of development, I was ready to tackle a new series. I had already known for years I wanted to explore a hypothetical sequel to Chrono Trigger, Cross and Radical Dreamers, but it took me a full year until I figured out how I wanted it to look," he wrote. Andersen makes it as clear as possible that this is not an actual game project in development, and that's for the best—Square famously shut down a Chrono Trigger fangame, Chrono Resurrection, back in 2004. Andersen's video is just a mockup, which he's been working on for the past two months. "If the sequel that was planned years ago was revived, this is likely how I would do it." Even so, it's nice to think about what could have been, in the alternate timeline where Chrono Trigger got another sequel. Especially one with such beautiful pixel art, which feels rooted in the original game's style but with far more detail than the Super Nintendo was capable of. August 7th updateAug 7, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsThe bug stopping players from accessing specific save points in certain maps has been fixed in this version. Related to the bug above, there was a bug which blocked progress in the game at a specific event. This has been fixed already. We apologize for the inconvenience. Square's messy Chrono Trigger PC port gets its fifth and final improvements updateAug 6, 2018 - EurogamerSix months after launch, Square Enix has released its final big update for Chrono Trigger on PC, wrapping up the publisher's plans to improve its widely derided port of the classic Super Nintendo J-RPG. You might recall that PC fans were briefly elated when Chrono Trigger surprise-launched on Steam back in February. However, players quickly discovered that Square Enix's port was plagued with issues, from poor performance to an unwieldy interface and blurry sprite art - the latter two woes inherited from the game's mobile version. To its credit, Square pledged to address fans complaints, and has already released a number of updates for Chrono Trigger on PC. These added, among other things, original-style sprites, an improved UI, and better controller and keyboard support. Read more… Five months after its woeful PC port, Chrono Trigger receives its final patchAug 4, 2018 - PC GamerWhen the PC port of Chrono Trigger came out in February, it made one of the best-loved RPGs of the past 25 years look like a shoddy mobile game. Wonky controls, a fiddly UI and a strange pixel smoothing filter had fans incensed, prompting Square Enix to release a series of major patches to set it right. The fifth and final one arrived yesterday, and—judging by Steam reviews—the game is finally where it should've been in the first place. The patch lets you rebind keyboard keys and (some) gamepad buttons, and adds new mouse functionality, such as the ability to cancel an action with a right click, or move characters by dragging your mouse. It also adds an Extras section to the main menu, which lets you view a movie of all the game's cutscenes, watch any endings you've unlocked, and peruse illustrations of the characters and setting. The update fixes various bugs, including one where the game wouldn't boot correctly for certain graphics cards, and adjusts smaller features: you can now use direct keyboard input to enter names, for example. The full list of changes is here. The result of the five chunky patches is that the game is finally getting praise from fans. Steam reviews are still "mixed" overall, but those from the last 30 days are "very positive". Virtually every review comments on how much the port has improved since its initial release. As one user succinctly put it (and this was their entire review): "Port was bad, now it's good." Square Enix signed off the patch notes by saying that this was the "final major update", which leaves the door open for more minor changes in the future. CHRONO TRIGGER – Patch #5 UpdateAug 3, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsHey everyone, Here are the patch notes for the final major update to CHRONO TRIGGER on Steam! Latest update contents: Key binding function implemented Key binding functionality for game pad, keyboard and mouse controls has been implemented to improve the game controls. When using a game pad, you can now change some of the button settings from the game menu or title menu by going to settings -> controller settings -> game pad settings. When using a keyboard, you can now change the various key settings from the game menu or title menu by going to settings -> controller settings -> keyboard settings. When using a mouse, you can now click the right mouse button to cancel. You can confirm using a left click, and move characters and cursors by dragging the mouse. Changes to the mouse settings in the operating system will also be reflected in-game. An extras section has been added! This has been added to the title menu. After completing the game, the following sections will be unlocked: Movies View all movie scenes from the game Illustrations View various illustrations from CHRONO TRIGGER Sound Listen to the BGM from the game Endings Can view any endings that have been unlocked *Only endings that have been unlocked/viewed already will be viewable in the “Endings” option. All other content is unlocked at once. *Please be aware that the game completion status prior to the update being applied will not be reflected. In order to unlock the extras and endings, you will need to view the game ending again after the latest update has been installed. Adjustments to various features The item selection window has been changed to adapt its size to the actual number of items in the player’s possession. Due to this, it is now no longer possible to leave gaps between items in the list. Movement settings have been re-implemented on the config. Screen. When set to “dash” the default movement speed will be running, and holding down the cancel button while moving will make characters walk. The “walk” setting is the opposite configuration. A confirmation dialogue is now shown when selecting “return to default” from the config screen. It is now possible to use direct keyboard input when entering names. A confirmation dialogue is now displayed when confirming entered names. If characters unable to be displayed in-game are used when entering a name, this can be checked when the dialogue is shown. The Simplified Chinese font used has been changed from the devices standard font, to one that better fits the aesthetic of the game. Bug fixes Issues where the game would sometimes not boot correctly on PCs with specific graphics cards installed has been fixed. Issues where some graphics and effects would not display correctly at specific screen sizes has been fixed. Several minor bugs have been fixed. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32202997/f7c9bd54836999bd1e1dd2416e4a9cff17cd2e07.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/cl...CHRONO TRIGGER – Patch #4 UpdateJun 27, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsHey everyone, Thank you all again so much for continuing to support the Steam version of CHRONO TRIGGER. Today we’ve released the fourth patch, and here is a list of all the updates: Changes to the menu UI We’ve changed the user interface (operation method and screen layout) of the following screens to make it more comfortable to play with controller or keyboard. Menu screen Title screen (including title menu) You can select interface either "gamepad/keyboard" or "touch panel/mouse" from "settings" in the menu. Title screen is the same regardless of your settings. The UI updates that we first outlined in patch #2 are now complete as of this patch. However, we will continue to keep adjusting the UI where necessary. Other adjustments and revisions In the settings menu, "Movement" has been removed, based on UI changes. Small bugs are fixed The ability to rebind buttons for controllers, keyboard and mouse has unfortunately been delayed and will instead be added in patch #5, which is due to be released in late July. As there are a number of mini games in CHRONO TRIGGER that require player input based on the names of controller buttons, we need to take some time to adjust the game rules and key binding feature to work with all of these. We apologise for any inconvenience caused, but please keep an eye out for the next update. Thanks again from everyone on the CHRONO TRIGGER team for all of your support. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32202997/d297e704b2736f320488e500f44297e2e2e22976.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32202997/0b769a64f5c84f38ba06f97388fdf74a88e374fb.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32202997/6b7978539b1182021afc6254556b61d88d475ccb.pngChrono Trigger's latest PC patch targets UI and quality of life improvementsJun 6, 2018 - PC GamerChrono Trigger, the SNES JRPG from 1995, launched on Steam in February. It did not look good. It looked so bad, in fact, that a group of hobbyist modders took it upon themselves to save the role-player just days after its arrival on Valve's digital storefront. Square Enix has since patched its graphics, and has set about repairing its ported-from-mobile UI. Today's patch builds on these improvements. Further to last month's update, the game's third PC patch tweaks UI across its world map, inside its towns and dungeons, within shop menus, during time warps, and "during unique scenarios such as how narrative choices and mini-games are displayed," so reads this Steam Community update. New UI options designed to suit both gamepad and mouse and keyboard players have also been introduced. On the battlefield, menu pages can now be flicked through with one button, and the speed of description windows can now be adjusted. Likewise, the update targets slow down in certain areas, balances the difficulty of some mini-games and fixes "several" bugs. "A fourth patch will be released for Chrono Trigger in late-June, which will continue to make improvements to the game’s overall UI, along with final changes to menu UI and the title screen," adds the post. "Additionally, key assignment functionality for gamepad/keyboard/mouse will be supported in this next patch." Following Chrono Trigger's official updates via its Steam page. For unofficial nips and tucks check out Wes' words on why modders have taken on the quest to save Chrono Trigger on PC. CHRONO TRIGGER – Patch #3 UpdateJun 6, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsHey everyone, The team have been working hard on updating CHRONO TRIGGER on Steam and today we’ve released the third patch – here is a list of all the updates: The UI has been further updated for those using a controller or keyboard in a number of areas: Whilst moving on the world map, in towns and in dungeons. How options in dialog are displayed. Shop screens. Whilst selecting a time period to visit. In mini-games too. Improvements have been made to battles You can now flip between pages within menus with single button presses. Available techs are immediately updated when recovering MP. The duration the explanation window is shown at the top of the screen has been extended. Changes have been made to the priority for which information is shown first when there are multiple messages in explanation windows. A bug where some controls would still respond while the game is paused in battle has been fixed. Following the last update, we’ve continued to improve gameplay speed in areas where it previously slowed down. The difficulty has been made more forgiving in specific mini games during story events. Controller input is now disabled when the game is not active. Additional minor bug fixes. Here are some screenshots of the updated controller/keyboard UI in action! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32202997/3f5abb76af85634df201020656aa7612b0635a23.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32202997/624cc14b35c52fa7c8d93e60b523f74a0e924a77.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32202997/2e2d3d242e285c1646c3000ca877c476f7634fe3.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32202997/eba13f573d5f3b187e6c87ec1769871d6137b313.png Finally, we’re planning to release a fourth update for CHRONO TRIGGER later this month. This will include: Further changes and updates to the UI. The ability to rebind buttons for controllers, keyboard and mouse. Thanks again from everyone on the CHRONO TRIGGER team for all of your support.
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