{"id":22181,"date":"2022-12-22T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/square-enix-abandons-its-chocobo-racing-game-just-9-months-after-launch\/"},"modified":"2022-12-22T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T15:45:00","slug":"square-enix-abandons-its-chocobo-racing-game-just-9-months-after-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/square-enix-abandons-its-chocobo-racing-game-just-9-months-after-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Square Enix Abandons Its Chocobo Racing Game Just 9 Months After Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A game not included on <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/dead-delisted-games-overwatch-dirt-4-hyper-scape-fuser-1849916473\">our list of major 2022 games that died this year<\/a> was Square Enix\u2019s kart racer, <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/final-fantasy-gets-racing-game-in-2022-1847734623\"><em>Chocobo GP<\/em><\/a>. There\u2019s a reason for that, as it will remain playable for the foreseeable future. However, as Square Enix announced on December 21, the game is effectively dead now since \u201cno further large scale updates\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/chocobo-racing-gp-switch-final-fantasy-mario-kart-1849922771\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; kotaku.com<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A game not included on our list of major 2022 games that died this year was Square Enix\u2019s kart racer, Chocobo GP. There\u2019s a reason for that, as it will remain playable for the foreseeable future. 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