kula shakerz 2002-10-11 0 comments
Square has held a presentation for the PC version of its PlayStation 2 MMORPG Final Fantasy XI for Windows today. At hand were not only Square President and CEO Youichi Wada, but also representatives from Intel and nVIDIA as well as Dell. Intel and nVIDIA supported Square in bringing the PS2 game to the PC platform and optimizing it for...
kula shakerz 2002-10-10 0 comments
Squaresoft announced that their upcoming rpg for the Game Boy Advance, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance will not be appearing this year. According to Dealer lists, the game will only be released in Japan sometime in 2003. The exact release date is unknown. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance will have several new features such as the Region Create System, Clan System and...
kula shakerz 2002-10-10 0 comments
Square has recently reached the 120,000 Final Fantasy XI/PlayOnline user mark, roughly 60% of the userbase Square requires to break financially even. However, it may not be possible to break the mark any time soon were PlayOnline only available to Japanese gamers. Registrations have increased slowly since the service was introduced in May, most likely due to a botched launch...
kula shakerz 2002-10-09 0 comments
Sqaure will be releasing Final Fantasy X Vocal Collection on Decemeber 4th in Japan at a retail price of 2,381 yen. No track listing has been revealed yet, but those who played through the game can guess what some of the more likely choices will be.
kula shakerz 2002-10-06 0 comments
Media Works, a japanese polling company held a survey to find out what game and game company was held in highest esteem by students who have aspirations of joining the gaming industry in the future. 300 students were polled and asked to name their favorite game series, designer and company. Square sits pretty atop all 3 categories. The poll was...
kula shakerz 2002-10-04 0 comments
Square has released some new details on their PlayStation 2 RPG Unlimited Saga. Three new characters are revealed. The first is Radu, a delivery boy who likes to dress up himself to attract the girls, he is an archer in battle. The second is Ruby, the younger sister of a famous fortune teller, but her own skills are still very...
kula shakerz 2002-10-03 0 comments
On October 7th at noon Square plans to launch a new service on PlayOnline - Jang Ootori Tower. This mahjong game will only be available for the Playstation 2 version of PlayOnline, along with Final Fantasy XI and Tetra Master. It will bear an additional monthly fee of 300 yen, and odds are it won't be carried over to North...
kula shakerz 2002-10-03 0 comments
Square will re-release the PC version of Final Fantasy VIII in Japan. While the actual game has not undergone any changes, the re-release will feature a new packaging design. Final Fantasy VIII RV will be available today and retail for 6,800yen (55.50USD).
kula shakerz 2002-10-03 0 comments
Square has revealed details on Final Fantasy XI's October update, which was implemented today. Apart from fixing various bugs from previous updates, the newest update has tweaked the game's previously problematic balance during party play, and improved the abilities of the job class beast tamer (the time period between catching beasts has been reduced from 5 minutes to 15 seconds)....
kula shakerz 2002-10-02 0 comments
According to Daily Yomiuri, Squaresoft will organize a strategic meeting with its investors and shareholders. The meeting will take place on October 22nd. In the meeting Square may reveal their new and upcoming projects. Rumors are that they will reveal the release dates of Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicle and Final Fantasy Tactics Advance at the meeting. We will keep you...
kula shakerz 2002-09-30 0 comments
Today, Square released some excellent news today concerning the release date for their upcoming PlayStation 2 RPG, Unlimited Saga. The Japanese release day is set to December 19, 2002. This is superb news for Square fans everywhere but there is still wait on when we will be expecting to see Unlimited Saga else where.
kula shakerz 2002-09-29 0 comments
EBgames.com has listed Final Fantasy XI into their pre-order category. It is priced at US$49.99 and says to be shiped on 02/15/2003. Althought this has not been confirmed by Square USA, it could be an early sign of reminding. Sony has yet to release their HDD Unit and Square to introduce PlayOnline service to the US.
kula shakerz 2002-09-28 0 comments
Square has opened the official site for Chocobo Land. The game will be released on the GameBoy Advance. Chocobo Land is a dice game and was previously known as Chocobo De Dice and will support multiplayer with up to 4 players. So far there isnt much you can do on the site there's just a short flash intro and a...
kula shakerz 2002-09-27 0 comments
KINGDOM HEARTS 2 and 3 are now under production says SQUARE representitives in JAPAN. KH 2 is said to be out as early as March of next year and the US/PAL versions are said to be released in summer of 2003. We'll keep updated on this as more news gets released.
kula shakerz 2002-09-26 0 comments
Squaresoft is making a new game based on the Japanese Final Fantasy TV series. The game will be on the cell phone, and is the sequel to Final Fantasy: Unlimited. The game is going to be known as Final Fantasy: Unlimited After. The game is a side story featuring the characters from the TV show. Final Fantasy: Unlimited After is...