kula shakerz 2008-01-08 0 comments
Gameindustry.biz recently interviewed Square Enix president Yoichi Wada during one of his business trips to London. They talked about how Square Enix will adapt to the new trends of casual gaming, the differences between the European and Japanese makets. They also asked about his view of the present and future of the gaming market in general. Read part one of...
kula shakerz 2008-01-06 7 comments
Square Insider is finally up and running on our brand new content management system (Mako). Although the site might look pretty much the same this move is a huge upgrade that has been in the works for a few months. Everything now runs of the same module based backend written in Object Oriented PHP thus making it far easier to...
Brendan 2008-01-06 2 comments
Kotaku's got some yummy new Dissidia screens up for anyone who finds themselves salivating over the idea of a Final Fantasy combat game. Screens for Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, are also modestly sprinkled in there too, but there aren't too many and it's nothing much. But the Dissidia screens introduce Squall (FFVIII), Ultimecia (FFVIII), and Firion (FFII) to the...
Brendan 2008-01-06 5 comments
Well, this'll be the beginning of a series of amazingly late news articles by me. But why not start with something sharp and good looking? Star Ocean 4, the next in the venerated series by Square Enix and Tri Ace debuted at the Jump Festa 2008 conference. Although the trailer itself is still hot as ice, almost no new information...
Brendan 2007-12-25 4 comments
Merry Christmas guys! Have a safe one; enjoy all the games, consoles, bedding, clothes, and unrelated loot that you beat your friends and family into getting for you! Be safe and enjoy the last few days of 2007!
kula shakerz 2007-12-21 4 comments
The North American release date of Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core has been set to the 25th March 2007. The game was very successful in Japan and Square Enix has announced that Crisis Core was its best-selling game across all regions from April through September with 710,000 copies sold in Japan. There is still no release date for Europe but...
Brendan 2007-12-15 9 comments
We've been starved of all things Final Fantasy XIII, but thanks to a few individuals who have sold themselves into the dark underworld of Japanese gaming male prostitution (I'm looking at you, Xin), the world will sleep a little easier tonight. We've got two, count 'em, two new trailers for the masses this afternoon. One from the centerpiece Final Fantasy...
Brendan 2007-12-13 2 comments
Square Enix announced a sequel to Final Fantasy IV entitled Final Fantasy IV: The After -- Return to the Moon. The After is going to be for mobile phones, specifically Square's adopted-bastard cell phone son, the NTT DoCoMo model FOMA 903i and up. Theodore, a descendant of Cecil, will be the protagonist. Yay. It's the Parasite Eve 3 Announcement with...
Brendan 2007-12-11 2 comments
Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and The Tower of Mirrors will release to North American Nintendo Wii consoles on February 26, 2008. If I'm not mistaken, this will be Square's first real venture on the Wii, but don't quote me, because I'm an idiot. We get all sorts of new bonuses, play modes, and boss fights too.
Brendan 2007-12-10 5 comments
Square Enix filed a plagiarism suit back in March against Fantom Entertainment, which produced a music video that was visually similar to--hell, it was the church sequence transformed into a dance number, catchy beat and all. Fantom Entertainment and two directors were fined millions of won, and the Square Enix legal pooch growled threateningly at South Koreans as it left...
Brendan 2007-12-10 2 comments
Hi guys, I know we haven't talked in a while but it's cause I have finals and stuff--so I'm sorry, so sorry, for neglecting you all. Anyways, for once there's been a bit of action on the Eastern front in recent days, most noticeable among is that Square is prepped up to drop The World Ends with You in Europe,...
kula shakerz 2007-12-06 4 comments
Square Enix recently announced their lineup for this years Jump Festa anime and manga exposition. The following titles will be available: Chocobo Dungeon: Labyrinth of Forgotten Time (Wii) Dissidia: Final Fantasy (PSP) Dragon Quest IV (DS) Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Small King and the Promised Country (Wii) Final Fantasy IV (DS) Final Fantasy XIII (PS3) Final Fantasy Versus XIII...
Were you all expecting Square Enix's Dragon Quest IV for the DS to be a super-mega-grande success? Silly kids, of course it is! Dragon Quest IV is on a rampage in Japan: 597,000 units were sold in the release week alone. In other news, Godzilla phoned in sick last week, sparing Tokyo his horrible rage. No word from the employment...
Brendan 2007-11-22 7 comments
The first signs of Lord of Vermilion, the recently trademarked name by Square Enix, are making their way across the internet today. Initial translations of the Dengeki PlayStation interview with Square Enix big-wigs Kitase and Nomura indicate a card battle game for the PS3. Here's some artwork: And here's a link to the official site: Link to Vermilion
Brendan 2007-11-20 5 comments
The Nintendo DS Sequel to Final Fantasy XII is out on the market in the USA today. Or, it should be, unless Square Enix has pulled another shoddy street-date-is-actually-the-ship-date release like they did with the War of the Lions. Any-who, it's getting pretty average scores on the internet, but someone give it a try and then let us know all...