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...
kula shakerz 2013-12-12 1 comment
Square Enix is celebrating 500,000 downloads by giving away Bloodmasque for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. This offer lasts until midnight on Monday December 16th 2013 so you better hurry up and download it. They are also celebrating the holiday season by a series of seasonal hunts, where players can choose to pursue two unique foes; Rudolph the Red...
Brendan 2013-12-12 3 comments
With less than two months left before the final installment of the Lightning Saga hits shelves internationally, Square Enix announced today a Collector's Edition of the game that will be exclusive to their online store in North America. It's a surprise move on Square's part given the game's already controversial reception and less than stellar performance in Japan (selling 277,000...
Xin 2013-12-12 2 comments
Akihiko Yoshida, the artist behind character designs for numerous SquareEnix franchises, has left the company after 18 years of service, announcing his departure in the artbook for Bravely Default: For The Sequel, a revamped version of the original title released in Japan this week. Joining the company in the Squaresoft days, Yoshida's most recogizeable work can be seen in the...
Fans of Square's new 3DS series Bravely Default who finished the game were treated to a secret trailer at the game's end, teasing what's to come for the future of the series. The trailer is basically your first look at the next entry in the series, Bravely Second, set some years after the events of the original title, and featuring...
Brendan 2013-12-10 2 comments
November marked the eleventh anniversary of Final Fantasy XI's original Japanese launch and Square Enix has announced an all new Return Home to Vana'Diel Campaign! All former players will have their accounts reactivated automatically for free between Tuesday, December 10 and Monday December 23 2013. In addition to that, players will be able to digitally download the latest version of...
Brendan 2013-12-09 4 comments
Better late than never when it comes to Kingdom Hearts news, and given the success of Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix, a remaster of Kingdom Hearts II was all but assured. Square Enix confirmed Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD Remix for PS3 in 2014 back in October and it too will come bundled with extra content: Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix...
Brendan 2013-12-09 0 comments
Square Enix's long anticipated HD remaster of Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 has been dated for release on PS3 worldwide! Eager fans in North America will be able to return to Spira on March 18, followed by their European compatriots on March 21, 2014. Prior to finalizing the date, Square Enix flirted with a generic "winter 2013" window...
Xin 2013-12-07 0 comments
It's no big secret that Final Fantasy XIV has had one of the strangest rides in gaming. FFXIV 1.0 was a disaster, but from it's ashes rose the wonderful Version 2.0, A Realm Reborn, which has been a rousing success for SquareEnix. On December 17th, FFXIV will see it's first major content update in Patch 2.1, dubbed A Realm Awoken,...
I don't have Steam, because I have a terrible computer that can't run anything. So the info below will instead come from SQIN member dada (aka grahf // editor's note: go back to this name). Final Fantasy VIII is now on Steam, with some decent visual enhancements. It still uses the same assets, but it's rendered at a much higher...
The HD Remasters of Final Fantasy X & X-2, coming out for PlayStation 3 & PSVita later this year, will feature an all new dramatic episode written by series writer Kazushige Nojima. The new 30 minute piece will play during the end credits and will feature a new vocal cast, which might also mean new characters, but no other details...
Xin 2013-07-03 0 comments
The final part of the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy, Lightning Returns, will be out in the US in early 2014, but that hasn't stopped Square from announcing pre-order bonuses now. All you have to do is reserve a copy of the game, and you'll get a unique costume (one of over 80 available): Cloud Strife's SOLDIER uniform from Final Fantasy...
Kotaku's Stephen Totilo was lucky enough to be in the room at Square Enix's "The Future of Final Fantasy" event today, and has compiled a detailed summary of the event's Question-and-Answer style format. Key among the revelations was that Final Fantasy XV (formerly Versus XIII) will not ship during the current fiscal year, which ends on March 31 2014. However,...
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...