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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.

The World Ends With You Released in Europe

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.


Taku Murata Talks About The Crystal Tools

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...

Q & A with Crisis Core Director (Part 3)

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...

FF IV DS Gets North American Release Date

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.


Square Enix Announces New Wii Game

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...

Ring of Fates Video Review

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.

Square Insider Game Collections

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 *....


Q & A with Crisis Core Director (Part 2)

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...

FFIV Unofficially Confirmed for NA

Brendan    2008-04-02    1 comment

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...

Rift of the Grimoire in Europe this Summer!

Brendan    2008-04-02    1 comment

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...