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 2014-03-04 2 comments
Square Enix has updated the official Drakengard 3 website and added the first chapter of an online novella that will serve as a prequel to the game. More chapters will be added to the site in the coming weeks. You can explore the newly redesigned website here of jump straight to the novella here. They have also added a video...
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 2014-02-27 4 comments
Square Enix has just announced that they'll be releasing the next title in the Mana series (known as the Seiken Densetsu series in Japan) for iOS and Android devices. This new instalment will be called Rise of Mana and it appears to be using a fast paced action-RPG battle system similar to the ones seen in the previous Mana titles....
kula shakerz 2014-02-26 1 comment
Psyonix Studio has announced that Nosgoth, a free-to-play multiplayer fighter set in the Legacy of Kain universe, will enter closed beta on February 27th. To celebrate this they have released a video message where Design Director Corey Davis presents for the first a sneak peak at the evolved skins for the Vampire Clans that they have been developing in conjunction...
kula shakerz 2014-02-25 2 comments
Square Enix's latest mobile RPG card-battler, Deadman's Cross, has been downloaded over one million times in less than two weeks. They are celebrating this achievement by giving away a special in-game gift. Players who download and register Deadman’s Cross by February 28th (09:00 GMT / 01:00 PST) will receive 300 Deadman Coins. Deadman's Cross is a free-to-play zombie-themed collectible card...
kula shakerz 2014-02-25 3 comments
Deus Ex: The Fall was released for iOS last year and for Android in January, today Square Enix announced that they'll be releasing it on Steam as well. Deus Ex: The Fall is set in 2027– a golden era for science, technology and human augmentation, but also a time of great social divide and global conspiracy. Powerful corporations have seized...
Brendan 2014-02-24 5 comments
There's quite a lot to be said about LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII but chances are that most of it has been said elsewhere. It’s the concluding game in a wildly polarizing trilogy with a protagonist that is way more popular in Japan than she is in the west and, atop that, Square Enix has borne repeated criticism for developing...
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...
Brendan 2014-02-17 7 comments
Shinji Hashimoto, series producer to the Final Fantasy franchise, was interviewed by SG Cafe last weekend and covered a variety of talking points in advance of the western release of Lightning Returns. Discussions turned towards Square Enix's other projects (Hashimoto unceremoniously squashed rumors of Final Fantasy X-3) and Hashimoto was asked about the possibilities of an HD remaster of Final...
Brendan 2014-02-17 0 comments
Square Enix has relished the spotlight these last few weeks. Following on the critically acclaimed launches of Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (PS4, X1) and Bravely Default (2DS, 3DS) the company is powering through their blockbuster Spring 2014 lineup. With Lightning Returns available worldwide and Thief just around the corner, attention is turning to the North American and European releases of...
Brendan 2014-02-11 4 comments
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is available for sale in the United States today! As the closing chapter in the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy, Lightning Returns arrives to mixed reviews with Metacritic aggregating a score of 68 based on 30 reviews from sources like IGN, Destructoid, and Machninima. Most reviews cite the battle system and gameplay as strengths while mentioning...
kula shakerz 2014-02-11 1 comment
Psyonix, the team behind Square's new free to play multiplayer action game Nosgoth has just revealed a new vampire class. The game is a spin-off of the Legacy of Kain series of action-adventure games and it employs a pvp system in which each match consists of two rounds. One team play as vampires using hack and slash combat while the...