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Financial Results Are In

Brendan    2008-05-27    0 comments

Square's ticket sales are in the for the 2007 fiscal year and it did well, but not as hot as last year. Overall, profits were down 20% from last year, without sales of super-mega blockbusters like Final Fantasy XII to bolster the ranks. Across the board, except for Europe, numbers were down: Square sold 3.79 million games in 2007 (down...

Site Update

Brendan    2008-05-25    2 comments

Final Fantasy IV's website got an update this week, with a new trailer and character information to top it all off. Pretty modest given some of Square's more extravagant websites, but fun to check out nonetheless. Check here and enjoy!

Infinite Undiscovery Gets A Release Date

kula shakerz    2008-05-22    4 comments

The Xbox 360 exclusive Infinite Undiscovery has gotten a release date. The game is set to release worldwide on the 2nd of September 2008. Square Enix is still in need of some geography lessons though, since Europe is still not a part of the "worldwide" release. But don't worry! This time Europeans will only have to wait 3 days as...


Square Launches The Accused Ones Website

kula shakerz    2008-05-22    0 comments

Square has opened the official site for their upcoming Nintendo DS RPG Valkyrie Profile: The Accused Ones. The site contains the normal content like character information, story, screenshots and a promo trailer. Check it out here: www.valkyrieprofile.com/vpds/

North American Tactics A2 Boxart Revealed

kula shakerz    2008-05-18    1 comment

Square Enix has revealed the boxart of the North American version of Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift. The game will hit North American shelves on June the 24th. Check out the boxart below:

European Crisis Core Release Date

kula shakerz    2008-05-18    0 comments

Square Enix recently announced that the official European release date for Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core will be on the 20th June. Crisis Core sold 350,000 copies in Japan on its release date, including the 77,777 Limited Edition PSP/Crisis Core bundles.Square Enix recently announced that Crisis Core was its best-selling game across all regions from April through September with 710,000...


My Life as a King Coming to Europe

kula shakerz    2008-05-14    0 comments

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King will be available in Europe on May the 20th. The game will only be available through the Nintendo Wii online service, WiiWare, and it will cost 1,500 Wii points (about 10 Euro). The game was released in North America on Monday and it has been getting positive reviews.

Remake Still Not in the Works

Brendan    2008-05-07    8 comments

Final Fantasy VII's director Yoshinori Kitase recently chatted it up about the potential of a remake, that illusive little beast who continues to escape Square Enix's endless remake stages. Why, you ask? He has a good answer: "My feelings are that if a remake were to work well then all the core members of the original team must be reassembled,...

Buy A Game And Get Free Booze

kula shakerz    2008-05-04    2 comments

Square Enix has launched a new campaign to sell more copies of their wine tasting game, Wine no Hajimekata DS. The campaign runs until the 31st of May and 20 lucky winners will get a bottle of Chilean wine Casillero del Diablo. Note that you have to be 20 years or older to be able to win as thats the...


Final Fantasy XI Bundle Announced

kula shakerz    2008-05-01    0 comments

A Final Fantasy XI bundle containing all four expansion packs, Rise of the Zilart (2004), Chains of Promathia (2004), Treasures of Aht Urghan (2006) and finally Wings of the Goddess (2007) will be released in Europe on the 23rd of May.

Square Enix Brings Survival Horror to the DS

kula shakerz    2008-04-27    0 comments

Square Enix has announced yet another DS title. This time its a 3D horror game named Nanashi no Game (The Game with No Name in english) where you play as a character whose friend disappears from school one day. Exploring the friend's home, you discover that he'd just taken delivery of a videogame. While resembling a classic 2D RPG, this...

Square Enix Announces Cell Phone MMO Game

kula shakerz    2008-04-27    0 comments

Square Enix recently announced that they are going to release a cell phone MMO titled Ellark in Japan. Ellark will be hosted by three of Japan's major mobile operators. While the game will be free for users to download and play, Ellark will feature micro transactions using Square Enix's new "Mobicoin" currency, virtual tokens purchasable with a credit card.


Dragon Quest Swords Is Coming to Europe

kula shakerz    2008-04-26    0 comments

Another Square Enix game is getting a European release date this week. This time its Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors. The Nintendo Wii game will hit European shelves on the 9th of May. Check out the official European website here: www.dragonquestswords.eu.com

Final Fantasy IV DS Coming to Europe This Summer

kula shakerz    2008-04-26    0 comments

Square Enix recently sent out a press release stating that Final Fantasy IV DS will get released in Europe this summer. No exact date has been given so far but at least we know that its coming.

New Infinite Undiscovery Scan

kula shakerz    2008-04-23    4 comments

The latest issue of the Japanese video game magazine Famitsu reveals some new Infinite Undiscovery characters. They also said that the official Japanese website will open sometime tomorrow. Check out the scan here: Infinite Undiscovery is developed by tri-Ace and will be published by Square Enix on the Xbox 360. No release date has been announced so far.