Square Enix taps DeNA for its free-to-play expertise for Final Fantasy: Record Keeper

Final Fantasy’s biggest mobile game yet comes Stateside.

Square Enix has partnered with mobile game company DeNA to finally bring Japanese hit Final Fantasy: Record Keeper to iOS and Android platforms in the West. The Tokyo-based company typically publishes its own titles, including its hugely popular Final Fantasy role-playing game franchise, but it sought out a partnership with DeNA for the company’s expertise in free-to-play games. This joint effort allows DeNA to flex its game-making muscles for a high-profile partner while helping Square Enix expand the reach of the Final Fantasy franchise into the mobile games, a market which Newzoo says will hit $30.3 billion in 2015. Record Keeper has seen over 5 million downloads in Japan since its launch last summer, and has hit the top five grossing charts for iOS — no small feat in Japan.