Square Enix announces new mobile Dissidia Final Fantasy title

Square Enix has announced a new entry in the Dissidia Final Fantasy series and said a full trailer and details will be revealed on October 14, with the company’s teaser website identifying the project as a mobile title for iOS and Android. The brief teasers describe the game as a "Team Boss Battle Arena" and show real-world photographic backdrops alongside silhouetted characters that players have identified as series staples including Cloud, Lightning, Rinoa and Zidane.

The announcement marks the first new Dissidia project since Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, which was released in arcades and later ported to PlayStation 4 and PC in the mid-2010s. Dissidia began on the PlayStation Portable in 2008 as a crossover fighting game that paired heroes and villains from across the Final Fantasy franchise; it spawned a 2011 prequel and several spin-offs, including the mobile title Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia.

Details remain scarce beyond the platform and the Team Boss Battle Arena description on the teaser materials. The use of real-world imagery on the site has prompted speculation that the game could include location-based or rendezvous-style multiplayer features similar to other...