Xin 2009-05-28 4 comments
For a little over a month we've been wondering what exactly this game is that SQEX has been teasing in various magazines around the world, and today we finally have an answer. Nier is an upcoming Action-Adventure title for PS3 & 360, along the lines of a DMC or Ninja Gaiden. Unlike DMC or NG, Nier seems to feature a...
kula shakerz 2009-05-22 2 comments
Square Enix has announced that the official Japanese release date of Blood of Bahamut for the Nintendo DS will be on August 6. The game is set in a city built on the back of a great beast known as a Gigant. The city suddenly comes under attack and protagonists Ibuki and Yui must defend it as well as other...
kula shakerz 2009-05-21 1 comment
Square Enix has announced that they will be releasing a 20 disk SaGa soundtrack. The box also includes a DVD that features both interviews with the creators and 500 pieces of artwork for you to look at. The 20th anniversary soundtrack will be available on August 26 this summer and it will cost you 21,000 yen (about $222 USD or...
Xin 2009-05-13 3 comments
Once again, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan brings joy to their fans, while their american counterparts continue to be useless. I'm almost certain they no longer remember what a psOne game is. Anyways, on May 13th, PS3 users with access to the Japanese PSN and ¥1000JPY($10USD) can pick up the original release of Final Fantasy Tactics to play on their PS3/PSP....
Xin 2009-05-05 7 comments
So, earlier today we sent you over to a new website launched by SquareEnix featuring a city caught in the middle of a war and a quote from JFK. Now we have confirmation that this tile will be the Xbox 360 exclusive Front Mission: Evolved If scans are to be trusted, you'll find yourself in the middle of a futuristic...
Xin 2009-05-04 4 comments
SquareEnix has launched a new website for a mystery title of sorts, as the site offers no information as to what it's actually there for. What we are greeted with is an image of a city at war, and the following quote: "The world is very different now. For a man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish...
kula shakerz 2009-04-29 13 comments
Square Enix president and CEO, Yoichi Wada recently told GamesIndustry.biz that he believes his company takes too long to produce new games, and that cost performance and quality are not mutually exclusive facets in game production. When asked if consumers could expect more out of the Eidos brand since its purchase by Square Enix, Wada had the following to say....
Xin 2009-04-29 12 comments
Kingdom Hearts confuses me. The first was great, the spinoffs decent (so far), and the second was "turrible, just turrible", as my good friend Charles Barkley would say. The newest spinoff, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days for Nintendo DS is next to try it's luck, and it looks like its heading for JP stores on May 30th. It's not coming alone...
Iso 2009-04-23 8 comments
Square Enix has just fully completed the Eidos takeover this week. As it did so, it also revealed the number of sales for some of it's multi-million dollar franchises. The Final Fantasy series obviously tops the list with over 85 million units sold. Dragon Quest comes in second with 47 million, and Kingdom Hearts comes in third with a modest...
Brendan 2009-04-21 6 comments
That's right, kids. PG's BRINGING IT. Sources across the net are reporting that Advent Children Complete, the Blu-Ray outing of the Final Fantasy VII DVD sequel sold MASSIVE amounts in Japan after it's first day. How massive, ask the skeptics? In it's first day on the shelves, it is being said, ACC sold 100,000 copies in the land of the...
Xin 2009-04-20 0 comments
Originally released in the fall of 2005, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children was met with mixed reviews from critics and fans alike. Four years later, SquareEnix is giving the movie a director's cut of sorts with Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete, this time in beautiful HD. "You are my living legacy..." theSTORY. By now, we're all familiar with Advent...
Xin 2009-04-20 5 comments
Before long, it will be a free-for-all in the news section with Iso, PG and myself fighting it out to see who gets an article out first. So I shall strike first with a new trailer. Gamersyde has posted a new trailer for Final Fantasy agitoXIII, packaged with the FFVII:ACC release in Japan. A trailer for versusXIII was also included,...
Iso 2009-04-19 6 comments
Square Enix expands it's dominion in game development with the announcement of Order of War. It will be their first western developed game outside of Japan, and will be "published simultaneously across multiple territories in the autumn of 2009." It is to be a WWII PC wargame that allows a single player campaign from both American and German sides. It...
The following news article was written by forum member Iso. Why? Because I'm much too lazy to do this sometimes. So, let's see if he pulled it off. "Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete to hit US shores has been announced! The official date for the blu-ray release will be June 16th, with the US version having the same dvd...
Well, of course it does! We just don't know what it is yet. But before we get to that, those wondering what new game we're talking about should check out THIS post first. Caught up? Good, because Siliconera has done some digging and found a new trademark for the title Vanguard Storm by SquareEnix. And with no more FF/DQ spinoffs...