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...
Brendan 2009-04-15 3 comments
Gaming website Kotaku is reporting that an image advertising the 'Winter 2009' release of the highly anticipated Final Fantasy XIII is attached to the end of the game's demo, which itself is attached to Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete. Speculation is abundant that the recent delay of Dragon Quest IX would only cause more trouble for the elusive release...
kula shakerz 2009-04-10 9 comments
Square Enix has released Final Fantasy VII on the Japanese PlayStation Network and the game can be played on both the PS3 and the PSP. This digital re-release of the 4 disk "International" version costs 1500 yen and weighs in at a massive 1715 MB. It is currently unknown whether or not this will come to the European or North...
Xin 2009-04-09 5 comments
It's a new year, kinda anyways. New things are happening all the time. New days, new seasons, new mergers. And according to OPM, new games as well. The above is a scan from this month's Official PlayStation Magazine, detailing a feature for the next month's issue of an as yet unannounced SquareEnix game. And until that issue is out, this...
Xin 2009-04-03 5 comments
SquareEnix Music is bringing delight to your ears once again, as we are once and forever shown that Final Fantasy isn't the only series worthy of the ivories. In a brief video announcement, KH Composer Yoko Shimomura announced the company's plans to release a Kingdom Hearts Piano Collection in May. In fact, you can watch the clip now and catch...
Xin 2009-03-31 0 comments
The final JP trailer for Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete was released a few days ago, and without a computer, I missed it. Let's fix that. The trailer details some of the new scenes included in the Blu-Ray exclusive, most notably showcasing how Denzel meets Cloud and the crew. A highway battle between the good and bad guys is...