kula shakerz 2004-08-03 0 comments
Square Enix recently released their financial results for the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Sales were up 47.5% compared to the first quarter of the previous fiscal year, reaching $107.82 million USD (12.04 billion yen). Their net profit is also significantly higher with $16.39 million USD (1.83 billion yen). We can only guess but it looks like Square...
kula shakerz 2004-07-27 0 comments
Square Enix has released more details regarding their new cell phone plans. Final Fantasy VII: Before Crisis will be an online multiplayer action rpg where the goal is to assemble a team of players and clear various missions. Square Enix is also planing a Final Fantasy XI viewer where users will be able to stay in touch with Vana'diel 24/7.
sifar 2004-07-26 0 comments
Mist Walker is a brand new company that was created by none other than the inventor of the Final Fantasy series, Hironobu Sakaguchi. This happening was first told to the public via Famitsu Magazine in Japan. The Vice President of the company has now been announced as being Kensuke Tanaka. The VP has previously worked on the anime Final Fantasy...
Ikuzo 2004-07-21 0 comments
If you are a true Final Fantasy fan, you'd know that Hironobu Sakaguchi was the very creator of the series. Recently, however, he'd been keeping a low profile after the failure of Final Fantasy in hollywood. Just what has he been up to all these years?! Well, setting up a new development company of course! Domain name - www.mistwalker.co.jp -...
sifar 2004-07-17 0 comments
Rob Fahey of GameIndustry.biz caught up with new Square Enix Europe president, John Yamamoto to discuss the future of games in Europe. Square Enix mostly publishes titles in Europe through other already well established firms who have that capability. Things could change as we Square Enix put more interest into its European subsidiary. Earlier this month, Square Enix changed SQEX...
Ikuzo 2004-07-12 0 comments
According to United States Patent and Trademark Office website, Square Enix have registered a new trademark, "Radiata Stories", on 30th June. While the trademark was registered in the United States, Japan Patent Office database returned no results from their trademark database. The word "Radiata" is a fairly hard and broad subject to grasp (maybe not). A dictionary definition explains that...
kula shakerz 2004-07-10 0 comments
Square Enix Ltd has announced the launch of Square Enix Mobile in European territories. The first games to be launched are Aleste and Actraiser which will be available Europe-wide on Vodafone Live! and other services including Orange World, O2 Active and T-Mobile's T-zones in the coming weeks. A mobile version of Drakengard is planned for release this summer. All three...
kula shakerz 2004-07-04 0 comments
Michiro Sasaki Square Enix's director of corporate planning has mentioned that Square Enix is looking into supporting Microsoft's second console the Xbox 2. Xbox 2 is currenlt sceduled for a late 2005 release. He did not provide any details regarding the decision making progress. If Square Enix was to create games for Microsofts upcoming console then it would probably sell...
kula shakerz 2004-07-04 0 comments
Square Enix is hiring new developers for a new Seiken Densetu title. The company is specificaly hiring for art, character model and motion, background model and effect designers, battle and map designers as well as programmers. Since the game only is referred to as a Seiken Densetu project on the official site, no further information regarding the title is available...
kula shakerz 2004-06-24 0 comments
Square Enix has recently announced that both Los Angeles-based Square Enix USA, Inc and London-based Square Enix Europe, Ltd. will be renamed on July the 1st. Both subsidiaries will operate under their new names, Square Enix, Inc. and Square Enix, Ltd, respectively. The name changes are aimed to increase the awareness of Square Enix as a global corporate brand. Link...
kula shakerz 2004-06-11 0 comments
Square Enix has announced that they will re-release six popular official soundtracks that disappeared from Japanese retail stores after DigiCube's closing. Below you'll find a list of the six soundtracks: 01 - Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec - Final Fantasy VIII Orchestra Version 02 - Piano Collections - Final Fantasy VIII 03 - Piano Collections - Final Fantasy IX 04 -...
kula shakerz 2004-05-08 0 comments
In a pre-E3 press release, Nintendo have announced the list of developers for their new unrevealed Nintendo DS (dual screen) handheld console. Square Enix was one of the companies named on the developers list and they have already received the Nintendo DS development kits.
Ikuzo 2004-04-22 0 comments
Square Enix confirmed that they are holding the E3 press conference on 10th May before the actual event begins on 12th May. The press conference will involve two of the most anticipated games, Final Fantasy XII and Kingdom Hearts II. It'd be nice to see a new title being announced. Althought it may not be one of the big titles...
Ikuzo 2004-04-19 0 comments
Square Enix opened their mobile site, Square Enix Pocket Action, on i-mode yesterday, backing up the already opened Vodafone Live! site. The models NTT Docomo P505i/is, SO505i/is and the 900 Series is currently supported to access Pocket Action, where as the 501 Series is still under development planned to be supported in the future. Pocket Action is a mobile site...
sifar 2004-04-10 0 comments
Square Enix apparently has several new online titles in the works. This is according to Ichiro Otobe, Square Enix's new analyst, who did an interview with the folks at GameSpot. He does not confirm the names of any of these titles but hints on how Square Enix will be using much of its resources to develop online games, seeing that...