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DS Remake Announced

Brendan    2007-05-10    0 comments

Following a few weeks of rumors and speculation, it was confirmed today that Final Fantasy IV is being remade for the Nintendo DS. Check out the announcement scan here!

First Last Remnant details available

kula shakerz    2007-05-08    0 comments

The first details regarding The Last Remnant have finally been made available. The game is confirmed to be a single player RPG and is being developed for the Unreal 3 game engine. The use of the Unreal Engine suggest that the game will go multi-platform (I'm guessing PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360). The game will feature a turn-based battle system...

New Final Fantasy game for the PSP

kula shakerz    2007-05-08    0 comments

Square Enix recently launched a teaser site for their upcoming PlayStation Portable title, Dissidia: Final Fantasy. All we know so far is that the logo of the game is designed by Yoshitaka Amano while the characters will be designed by Tetsuya Nomura. More information will be available this weekend when Square Enix is throwing a party so stay tuned!


Square Enix Registers New Title

Brendan    2007-05-05    0 comments

The last time Square Enix caused such a stir over a trademark was with the then unknown registration of Revenant Wings early last summer. And then again last year with Haeresis, widely believed to be another Final Fantasy XIII game. The Last Remnant As always, the mysteries and rumors are aplenty. Ivalice Alliance game? New Wii title? New underwear brand?...

New KH Game to Focus on Mickey Mouse

Brendan    2007-05-05    0 comments

Disney fans can breath easy, as King Mickey's journey is only beginning. The world's most famous mouse is going to get extra love and support from the creative minds behind the Kingdom Hearts universe. But not, as Tetsuya Nomura has insisted repeatedly, in the form of a sequel. Nope, this entry will be spin-off and while the subject of the...

Sequel Possibility Arises...Again

Brendan    2007-05-05    0 comments

Motomu Toriyama, the director of Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings mentioned an interest in developing yet another sequel for the Final Fantasy XII universe, and by mere association the Ivalice Alliance campaign. Revenant Wings, Toriyama's concurrent project alongside the main Fabula Nova Crystallis installment, Final Fantasy XIII, released in Japan late last month, selling figures well over 300,000 units in...


New Ring of Fates gameplay video

kula shakerz    2007-05-01    0 comments

Square Enix has just released a gameplay video of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates on their official development blog. During the first part of the video you see the Selkie boy Nasche talking to someone while in the second half you see the same characters move around in a 3D environment. Check out the video here: http://www.ffccnews.jp/2007/05/49.html (flash...

Valkyrie Profile hits the shelves in Europe

kula shakerz    2007-04-28    0 comments

Valkyrie Profile Lenneth, a PlayStation Portable port of the original PlayStation video game Valkyrie Profile by tri-Ace (known for their Star Ocean series and recently Radiata Stories) has been released in Europe and other PAL territories. The sequel Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria will be released in Europe sometime this summer.

Revenant Wings out in Japan

kula shakerz    2007-04-26    0 comments

The Final Fantasy XII spin-off title Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings for the Nintendo DS was released today in Japan. The story takes place one year after the events of Final Fantasy XII and Vaan is now a sky pirate with his own airship. There is currently no release date for Europe or North America.


A Fabulous Decade

Brendan    2007-04-24    0 comments

Square Enix has given fans the world over reasons to clap and cry, all at once. In an interview with Nintendo Dream, and subsequently hijacked by IGN, Shinji Hashimoto divulged more details on the company’s intentions to draw out the Fabula Nova Crystallis project over the next ten years, likening it to the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII series. "Although...

Strong Development in Progress

Brendan    2007-04-24    0 comments

Speaking to game magazine Nintendo Dream, Shinji Hashimoto of Square Enix offered a few details on the company’s upcoming game for Nintendo Wii, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers: "Recently, I was able to check the progress on the Wii version. It's coming along extremely well. However, developing a game that makes use of the Wii Remote is difficult.”...

Final Fantasy III Ad Campaign in Full Swing

Brendan    2007-04-24    0 comments

With the tremendously popular remake of Final Fantasy III a financial success in both Japan and the United States, Square Enix is beginning the media blitz that precedes most of the company’s major releases. Enjoy the sparse sequences from Final Fantasy III’s opening FMV sequence. You can view the video here.


Going Home a Winner

Brendan    2007-04-23    0 comments

In the annual Famitsu Awards, Square Enix’s latest RPG epic, Final Fantasy XII for PS2 tied with Pokemon Diamond & Pearl for Nintendo DS for 'Game of the Year'. The creator of the Final Fantasy series, Hironobu Sakaguchi, walked away with ‘Most Valuable Person of the Year’ while his Xbox 360 title Blue Dragon, garnered the Novice Game of the...

Japanese Lion War TV commercial

kula shakerz    2007-04-23    0 comments

Square Enix has updated the official Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion War website and added the Japanese TV commercial. To have a look enter the "Movie and Download" section of the website and select the 30 second TV-CM clip. http://www.square-enix.co.jp/fft/ (in Japanese).

Battle theme soundtracks on the way

kula shakerz    2007-04-22    0 comments

Square Enix is going release a new series of soundtracks containing compilations of battle themes from their various games. The Square Enix Battle Track Vol. 1: Square 1987 - 1996 album will include 25 tracks from Nintendo, Super Nintendo and GameBoy games composed by Nobuo Uematsu, Kenji Itou, Ryuuji Sasai, Rudra no Himitsu, Hiroki Kikuta, Youko Shimomura, Yasunori Mitsuda, Noriko...