Brendan 2014-03-08 3 comments
The news only keeps getting better for 2013's critically acclaimed reboot of Tomb Raider. Darrell Gallagher, the studio head at Crystal Dynamics, has taken to the developer's blog to announce that by the end of March the game will have sold 6 million copies. Just about half that number came from the game's initial launch month a year ago with...
Brendan 2014-03-05 3 comments
After five long years of development and fomenting anticipation, Eidos-Montreal’s Thief was released to expectant gamers worldwide last week. While Garret’s long-awaited reboot has proven to be divisive, developer Eidos and publisher Square Enix partnered up with Titan Books to release The Art of Thief. This book of concept art and other artistic assets celebrates the game’s release, the artistic...
kula shakerz 2014-03-05 1 comment
Murdered: Soul Suspect, the upcoming action-adventure video game developed by Airtight Games and published by Square Enix, is slated for a June release. Murdered: Soul Suspect is a dark, detective thriller with a supernatural twist: solving your own murder from the afterlife. Play as Ronan O’Connor, a Salem police detective with a checkered past, whose life is brought to an...
kula shakerz 2014-03-03 3 comments
The Eidos Montreal's reboot of Thief went straight to the top of this week's UK top 40 charts despite its less than stellar reviews. The game managed to sneak past titles such as The Lego Movie videogame, FIFA 14, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare and Call of Duty: Ghosts on its way to the top. Here are the top 20...
kula shakerz 2014-02-20 3 comments
Thief is only 5 days away from hitting the shelves in North America and the Edios Montreal team celebrates this by releasing the official launch trailer. The rest of the world has to wait an extra 3 days before they can roam the streets and rooftops of 'The City' as master thief Garret. Thief will be available on the PlayStation...
kula shakerz 2014-02-18 2 comments
Thief is launching world wide next week for pretty much every platform out there and the Eidos Montreal team has released a unedited, uncommented play-through of the first mission. The 17 minutes long gameplay video gives you a glimpse into skills and tools Garrett utilizes to get through town undetected by the the Baron's Watch. Thief is hitting the shelves...
Brendan 2014-02-17 4 comments
While the recent talk about sequels and remasters is certainly a lovely addition to any Final Fantasy fan's day, there's still an enormous elephant in the room and its name is Final Fantasy XV. Yoshinori Kitase, a longtime producer of the franchise, has been extremely active the last two weeks in the buildup to Lightning Returns but that hasn't stopped...
kula shakerz 2014-02-04 2 comments
Yesterday Square Enix announced that Airtight Games' supernatural detective title, Murdered: Soul Suspect, will be coming to the Xbox One. Earlier today they confirmed that it will be coming to the PlaySation 4 as well. The next-gen console versions will offer increased visual fidelity via native 1080p output. Elements such as subsurface scattering and an increased particle count will depict...
kula shakerz 2014-02-04 2 comments
Eidos Montreal, the team behind Deus Ex: Human Revolution, has released a new trailer for their upcoming stealth game, Thief. This new trailer titled Thief 101 takes a look at the city that you'll be exploring and at the various gameplay elements found in the game. Every mission can be completed in different ways and you can choose to take...
kula shakerz 2014-01-28 2 comments
Access PlayStation recently posted a video on YouTube with close to 20 minutes of gameplay from the upcoming Thief game. Eidos Montreal's Daniel Windfield Schmidt talks us through a brand new never before seen level on the PlayStation 4 version of the game. Thief is coming out for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox 360 and Xbox One on February...
kula shakerz 2014-01-27 6 comments
Square Enix recently announced that Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn will be coming out for the PlayStation 4 on April 4th. Today they revealed the contents of the North American collector's edition of the game. The collector’s edition will sell for $79.99 and it will include the following items: Special box featuring artwork by Yoshitaka Amano Art Book –...
Brendan 2014-01-25 4 comments
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, which is due out next week, is causing quite a stir. After deflecting arguments that the Definitive Edition is an effort to pump up sales numbers that meet Square Enix's wild projections, developer Crystal Dynamics caused another stir this week when executive producer Scott Amos confirmed during a GamesRadar livestream that the Definitive Edition runs at...
kula shakerz 2014-01-16 2 comments
Earlier today Hitman developers IO Interactive posted an open letter to Hitman fans where they talk about what they're up to. The letter reveals that the next instalment in the series will feature a globetrotting Agent 47 at the prime of his career. He'll be stalking his prey across the world, with the support of his long-term handler Diana Burnwood...
kula shakerz 2014-01-08 2 comments
There has been a rumours floating around lately that the next Hitman game had been cancelled. This was all put to rest yesterday as Square Enix announced that their subsidiary, IO Interactive, is currently working on a new game in the Hitman series for PC and next-gen consoles while Square Enix Montreal will be developing mobile games related to the...
kula shakerz 2014-01-06 2 comments
Drakengard director Taro Yoko (also known for directing Nier) recently told a fan on Twitter that he would like to release the next game in the series on the PlayStation 4. There's just one problem. The team doesn't have the money required to start developing games for the PlayStation 4. @DragonKiddo1 Thank you for your message. I hope to make...
kula shakerz 2014-01-02 7 comments
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida has posted a new year's greeting where he talks about what's in store for the game in 2014. The first bit of news is that the beta testing of the PlayStation 4 version of the game will start on February the 22nd (same day as the Japanese PS4 launch)....
Last time we talked about Final Fantasy XIV, we showed you a video featuring some of the upcoming changes in the upcoming Version 2.1 patch. Today, SquareEnix has released the version's patch notes that get into an insane amount of detail. We won't cover it all here, but you'll find info on PvP, new dungeons & quests, changes to character...
kula shakerz 2013-12-14 2 comments
Last weeks VGX show was bad. Very bad. But before the show they took a look at the upcoming Thief game. In this 15 minute video Daniel Kayser from GameTrailers talks to Stéphane Roy about gameplay mechanics and customization and Steven Gallagher about Garrett's story. The video also includes a bunch of new gameplay footage. Thief is coming to PlayStation...
Xin 2013-06-11 0 comments
It's been a long time, but maybe Square is finally getting back on the right track. After some stellar releases from their western studios, we now know that FFXV is heading to PS4, and that Tetsuya Nomura already has his next project underway. That project being the long awaited Kingdom Hearts III, which was shown in a brief gameplay clip...
Xin 2013-06-11 2 comments
If you still frequent this neat little site, you would've seen my last article was really just me lamenting the fact that Final Fantasy Versus XIII was nowhere to be seen at Sony's February Meeting. In the comments however, I later posted this: And, as is usually the case with me and SQEX news, I was right. Versus XIII is...