{"id":350981,"date":"2026-01-04T02:34:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T02:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/350981\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T02:34:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T02:34:04","slug":"dragon-quest-40th-anniversary-logo-revealed-expect-various-announcements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/350981\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Quest 40th Anniversary Logo Revealed, Expect &#8220;Various Announcements&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Dragon Quest\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d998cd4ca481a\/dragon-quest.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dragon-quest.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"563\" alt=\"Dragon Quest\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2026 is a big year for video game anniversaries, and one of the many celebrations already getting underway is for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/dragon_quest\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dragon Quest<\/a> series.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the long-running role-playing series will turn 40 years old. To kick things off, Square Enix and its official Dragon Quest social accounts have now shared a look at the official anniversary logo.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it features the well-known and recurring Slime monster, and also displays the date 1986, which lines up with the release of the original Dragon Quest title on the Famicom.<\/p>\n<p>Happy New Year, Dragon Questers! <\/p>\n<p>This year marks the 40th anniversary of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DragonQuest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#DragonQuest<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Please look forward to various announcements in celebration of the anniversary. Thank you for your continued support \ud83d\udc99 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cTU0S2meLC\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/cTU0S2meLC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DRAGON QUEST (@DragonQuest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DragonQuest\/status\/2006757310673395980?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, there&#8217;s also a message attached, mentioning how fans can look forward to &#8220;various announcements&#8221; in celebration of the big occasion.<\/p>\n<p>One game due out next month is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/dragon-quest-vii-reimagined\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined<\/a> for the Switch and Switch 2. It will follow last year&#8217;s release <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/dragon-quest-i-and-ii-hd-2d-remake\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dragon Quest I &amp; II HD Remake<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to the anniversary celebrations for Dragon Quest? What would you like to see? Tell us in the comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text source\">[source <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/mynintendonews.com\/2026\/01\/02\/dragon-quest-40th-anniversary-logo-revealed-announcements-planned\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/mynintendonews.com\/2026\/01\/02\/dragon-quest-40th-anniversary-logo-revealed-announcements-planned\/\" target=\"_blank\">mynintendonews.com<\/a>, via <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/x.com\/DragonQuest\/status\/2006757310673395980\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DragonQuest\/status\/2006757310673395980\">x.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\tRelated Games<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766909708_631_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Liam Doolan\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Liam is a news writer and reviewer across Hookshot Media. He&#8217;s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 is a big year for video game anniversaries, and one of the many celebrations already getting underway&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1277,59,137,376,1276,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-350981","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-dragon-quest","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-nintendo-switch","11":"tag-nintendo-switch-2","12":"tag-square-enix","13":"tag-technology","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}