kula shakerz 2008-04-19 2 comments
Square's Nintendo DS title The World Ends With You was released in Europe yesterday. Overall the game has been well received among video game critics (Edge: 8/10, EGM: A-/A-/B, Famitsu: 35/40, Game Informer: 8.25/10, GamePro: 9/10, IGN: 9/10 and finally Nintendo Power: 9.0/10). The game is set for a North American release next week on Tuesday the 22nd April.
kula shakerz 2008-04-17 0 comments
Gamasutra has talked with Square's Taku Murata about their new and powerful multi platform game engine Crystal Tools, previously known as the White Engine. To begin, can you give me some of your history in games? TM: Since I joined Square, I've done Secret of Mana, and the second in the series of that -- Seiken Densetsu 3 -- I...
kula shakerz 2008-04-13 1 comment
Hajime Tabata, director of Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core, talks about developing the long awaited PSP prequel to the PlayStation classic, Final Fantasy VII. Q. How do you come up with stories or game play ideas? Is there anything in particular that you do to keep your mind creative? Tabata: The usual procedure is to put a general image of...
kula shakerz 2008-04-12 0 comments
Square Enix recently sent out a press release saying that Final Fantasy IV DS will be released in North America on July the 22nd 2008. The game got released in Japan on the 20th December last year and it got the score of 35/40(9,9,8,9) in Famitsu. Read the full press release here: FFIV DS Press Release.
kula shakerz 2008-04-10 5 comments
Square Enix has announced that they are working on a new title for the Nintendo Wii based on the popular Soul Eater manga series by Atsushi Okubo. All we know at this point is that the game is called Soul Eater: Monotone Princess and that it will be a Action RPG. Below is a scan with some screenshots from the...
kula shakerz 2008-04-06 2 comments
The Nintendo DS game Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates was released in Both Europe and North America last month. Here's the video review from GameTrailers. Click here to watch.
kula shakerz 2008-04-06 3 comments
Square Insider has been upgraded to the latest version of our proprietary CMS solution (Mako 1.1.0). This update contains a few new features and one of them gives our members the ability to create their own game collections and, browse other peoples collections. You can add or remove games by checking/unchecking the "In collection" checkbox on each game page *....
kula shakerz 2008-04-04 0 comments
Hajime Tabata, director of Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core, talks about developing the long awaited PSP prequel to the PlayStation classic, Final Fantasy VII. This interview contains spoilers so dont read further if you dont want to spoil some of the Crisis Core story. Q. How much freedom did you have with CRISIS CORE in expanding the FINAL FANTASY VII...
Nintendo Power is reporting that Final Fantasy IV, the remake for the Nintendo DS, may well be coming to North America. May's issue features Cecil in the cover spot, as well as a size-able spread. Sadly, no release date was committed to, but with Rift of the Grimoire on the way, are any of us really lacking Final Fantasy at...
The next installment of the Ivalice Alliance campaign, slated for the Nintendo DS, will launch in Europe this Summer. While Square Enix did not commit to an exact date, it did confirm that Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift, will follow shortly after its North American release in June. FFTA2: Grimoire of the Rift has sold 400,000 units...
kula shakerz 2008-04-02 3 comments
Here are 3 new gameplay trailers from the Nintendo DS title The Wold End With You. The game was released in Japan last summer and will hit European and North American shelves later this month. Noise Erasing Gameplay Elemental Attack Gameplay Road Hazard Gameplay
kula shakerz 2008-04-01 0 comments
Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon will be released in North America on the 8th July 2008. You can more about the game in the full press release that is available here: Official Press Release.
kula shakerz 2008-04-01 0 comments
Square Enix has launched a new and improved version of their Japanese website. The site still uses the same black, white and gray colour scheme but it looks a lot better then before. The European and North American websites have not been updated yet and it probably wont happen in the immediate future. Check out the new site here: www.square-enix.com/jp.
kula shakerz 2008-03-28 3 comments
Square Enix recently revealed yet another Nintendo DS title. The new game is named Sigma Harmonics and it will be a Adventure/RPG where the story will be divided up into several chapters where the goal is to solve multiple murders and other mysteries. Hiroki Chiba previously known from projects such as Final Fantasy VII, Dirge of Cerberus and Chrono Trigger...
kula shakerz 2008-03-28 0 comments
Hajime Tabata, director of Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core, talks about developing the long awaited PSP prequel to the PlayStation classic, Final Fantasy VII. Q. Why did you decide to make the game harder for the Western markets? Tabata: It has been our experience that games released in Western markets are generally of higher difficulty than those released in Japan,...