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Final Fantasy VII is coming to the PlayStation 4

kula shakerz    2014-12-06    4 comments

Square Enix made an appearance at Sony's PlayStation Experience press conference and revealed that they'll be releasing Final Fantasy VII on the PlayStation 4 next spring. Starting to get hyped? Well unfortunately there's no need for that. It's not a HD-remake, its just the same 4:3 (nope no 16:9 format) version that is already available on PC.

Type-0 Gets a Propaganda Trailer

Brendan    2014-12-06    0 comments

Though Final Fantasy Type-0 HD is only a mere three months away, Square Enix has released an interesting trailer that puts a pro-Militesi (read as: the bad guys) spin on the war for Orience. For fans that have abstained from plot details, Type-0 HD begins with a Militesi invasion of Rubrum, the homeland of Class 0, the player-controlled group of...

XV's World Map Revealed

Brendan    2014-12-06    3 comments

Final Fantasy XV's onward march towards release continues and in the wake of its surprise appearance at TGS in October, fans were treated to a sneak peek at the game's world map. In November, Square Enix released a tech demo of the development process behind Final Fantasy XV and, at about 35 seconds into the video, there's a portion called...


Final Fantasy XIV Goes 'Heavensward' in 2015

Brendan    2014-12-06    0 comments

It's been a while, but there's a lot of exciting Square Enix news—especially for Final Fantasy XIV—that's worth recapping now that 2014 is drawing to a close. Final Fantasy XIV is getting its first expansion next Spring. Dubbed 'Heavensward,' the expansion was announced in October at the FFXIV Fan Fests held across the globe. It is the first full-blown expansion...

Square Enix will reveal a new RPG next month

kula shakerz    2014-11-26    0 comments

Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda recently told Famitsu that the company will be revealing a new RPG for consoles next month. He also mentioned that the game isn't a remake so we can already rule out that Final Fantasy VII remake that we all want. There are three major gaming events next moth (Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards, Sony’s PlayStation...

Final Fantasy VII Remade in LittleBigPlanet

kula shakerz    2014-11-18    0 comments

Jamie Colliver, a huge Final Fantasy VII fan, decided over two years ago that he wanted to remake the game in its entirety using LittleBigPlanet 2. He's finally done and his remake is mighty impressive. The remake includes the main story, side missions, all cutscenes, the soundtrack, bosses, the world map and a battle system complete with magic, summons and...


Just Cause 3 coming to eighth gen consoles and PC in 2015

kula shakerz    2014-11-15    0 comments

Earlier this week Square Enix announced that Swedish studio Avalanche Games is currently working on Just Cause 3. This time the action is set in the sun-drenched Mediterranean island republic of Medici, a land crumbling under the ruthless rule of General Di Ravello, you take control of series hero Rico Rodriguez, a man on a mission to liberate his homeland...

Final Fantasy XV is 50–60% Complete

Xin    2014-09-22    2 comments

Hajime Tabata, Director of Final Fantasy XV, has revealed in an interview that the upcoming title is "about 50–60% complete", with the game basically having restarted development in 2012 when he joined the team. The decision to focus solely on next-gen consoles, as well as a "change in direction" for the game are the leading contributors to the delayed process....

Final Fantasy XV shown live at Tokyo Game Show

kula shakerz    2014-09-20    2 comments

Square Enix has just shown Final Fantasy XV live for the first time ever! The demonstration titled The Overture functions as both a gameplay demonstration and a showcase of the various Luminous Engine features such as dynamic night-and-day cycles and weather dynamics. It all looks very impressive and its great to see that Final Fantasy XV is finally getting closer...


Dragon Quest Heroes gameplay debut

kula shakerz    2014-09-19    0 comments

Dragon Quest Heroes was revealed at Sony's pre-Toko Game Show press conference a couple of weeks ago. Square Enix didn't show us any gameplay back then but they didn't keep us waiting for too long. The Tokyo Game Show gameplay demo features heroes fighting an impressive amount of enemies including a huge dragon. The video quality isn't the best unfortunately,...

Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Tokyo Game Show Trailer

kula shakerz    2014-09-18    3 comments

Final Fantasy Type-0 HD was announced at this years E3 and the press got to see it action at Gamescom a few weeks later. This time its our turn! The brand new Tokyo Game Show trailer features clips of gameplay and it looks pretty good even if its just a HD port of a PSP game. Final Fantasy Type-0 HD...

FFXV, KH3 Skipping TGS 2014

Brendan    2014-09-05    5 comments

Square Enix is bringing their September finest to the annual Tokyo Game Show which will take place between the 18th and 21st; but don't expect blockbuster titles Final Fantasy XV or Kingdom Hearts III to put in a significant appearance. Earlier this week, Square announced its lineup for TGS 2014, all but confirming the absence of their two most anticipated...


Dragon Quest Heroes revealed at Sony press conference

kula shakerz    2014-09-01    5 comments

Square Enix revealed that they have been working on a yet another Dragon Quest spin-off title during Sony's pre-Tokyo Game Show press conference. The game is called Dragon Quest Heroes and it appears to be a hack and slash, Dynasty Warriors-style action role-playing game. This doesn't come as a huge surprise as it is developed in collaboration with Koei Tecmo...

Type-0 HD 80% Done, Says Tabata

Brendan    2014-08-29    5 comments

At the PAX Prime videogame conference in Seattle, WA this week attendees were treated to roughly 20 minutes of the HD Remaster of Final Fantasy Type-0. It's the first serious mention of the remaster's existence and progress from Square Enix since being formally announced at E3 2014 back in June. Back then, Almost immediately after the game's announcement, a fan...

More screenshots from Life is Strange

kula shakerz    2014-08-15    0 comments

Square Enix has released a bunch of new screenshots from their upcoming episodic, digitally delivered, narrative driven adventure game entitled Life is Strange. The game takes place in the fictional town of Arcadia Bay, Oregon, where senior student Max Caulfield returns after a 5 year absence. Reunited with her former friend Chloe, the pair will attempt to uncover the uncomfortable...