Brendan 2016-01-10 0 comments
Audiophiles rejoice; the latest soundtrack from Square Enix's hit MMO, Final Fantasy XIV, is set for release next month on Bluray music disc. Previous to this Square Enix had released three EP albums with select tracks from the expansion but the full 60 track release will become available on February 24th, 2016 for purchase. Several of the other collected albums...
Brendan 2016-01-09 0 comments
Final Fantasy XIII's stoic heroine, Lightning, has made the jump into the fashion industry again to star as the lead model for Louis Vuitton's Series 4 Spring-Summer 2016 campaign. The character began appearing in video and print media for the new campaign late last month. This isn't the first time that Lightning has crossed medium lines to become a fashion...
Brendan 2016-01-09 0 comments
In 1991 Squaresoft released Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden for the Game Boy in Japan, a game that went on to be retitled as Final Fantasy Adventure in North America and Mystic Quest in Europe. Then, in 2003, Square heavily reworked the game into Sword of Mana for the Game Boy Advance, which eliminated the game's connection to the Final...
Brendan 2016-01-09 0 comments
Tragic news in the Final Fantasy XIV community: the bodies of Sian Blake and her two young children, ages four and eight, were found in their London home yesterday. Authorities are currently seeking Blake's partner, Arthur Simpson-Kent, in connection with the deaths. The BBC reports that Simpson-Kent may have fled to Ghana since Blake and her children were reported missing...
Brendan 2016-01-07 0 comments
Final Fantasy XV's director Hajime Tabata is gearing up for a renewed marketing push as the fifteenth installment in the Final Fantasy series begins a mad dash towards its 2016 release. Speaking to Famitsu, as translated by Nova Crystallis, Tabata had the following to say: “This year is the year we’ll release Final Fantasy XV,” Tabata told Famitsu. “Currently, we’ve...
Final Fantasy IX's Steam page went live today and, among other noteworthy items, it briefly listed a release window of January 2016. Steam has since updated the page to reflect a more ambiguous "Early 2016" release window but still sheds some light on the upcoming re-release of the ninth Final Fantasy. The game will require 20GB of free space, but...
Brendan 2016-01-06 0 comments
In September 2014 developer and publisher Square Enix unveiled a new cloud platform subsidiary, Shinra Technologies, and has today announced that company's dissolution. The stated objective of Shinra Technologies was to develop and deliver games through an innovative cloud-based service. Despite having some big name studios behind it, the venture produced little in the way of tangible results to anyone...
Brendan 2016-01-03 0 comments
During Square Enix’s 2015 end of year media blitz, the company let slip yet another glimpse of Kingdom Hearts III, the other half of E3 2013’s knockout announcement. The company posted a new trailer for Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue—the upcoming bridge between Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD and the next installment in the main series, Kingdom Hearts III. Kingdom...
Brendan 2016-01-03 0 comments
Final Fantasy Explorers is by no means a new game. Released in Japan a little over a year ago, this quirky hybrid of Final Fantasy and Monster Hunter has drawn the curiosity of western gamers since the title's announcement. In just a few short weeks Final Fantasy Explorers will launch for the Nintendo 3DS in the United States on January...
Brendan 2016-01-03 2 comments
In his new year message to fans eagerly awaiting the release of Final Fantasy XV, the game's director Hajime Tabata took to Square Enix's official blog to deliver his new year's resolution: "to create an experience we are incredibly proud of and one that you will enjoy and treasure." Tabata, who has been in a near-constant limelight since the 2013...
Brendan 2016-01-03 2 comments
Final Fantasy IX, the last PS-One era entry in the series, is set to debut on Android, iOS, and PC "soon" in 2016 according to Square Enix. The rerelease of the ninth Final Fantasy will feature a variety of updates that were first seen in the Final Fantasy VII and VIII PC releases, including but not limited to improved gameplay...
kula shakerz 2015-12-07 2 comments
Square Enix has announced that the Final Fantasy VII remake will be "told across a multi-part series, with each entry providing its own unique experience". Yoshinori Kitase said that they from the beginning considered it impossible to remake Final Fantasy VII into one single game and that they are unable to give any more details about the splitting at the...
kula shakerz 2015-12-05 2 comments
Square Enix announced the Final Fantasy VII Remake a few months ago during Sony's E3 press conference. Today they showed off the first gameplay at the PlayStation Experience keynote. Oh and the PC port of Final Fantasy VII that they trolled us with last year is available on the PlayStation 4 today!
kula shakerz 2015-12-01 0 comments
The physical limited edition of Life is Strange was announced for PAL territories a couple of weeks ago, but yesterday Square Enix confirmed that they'll be releasing it in North America as well. Both versions will be sold exclusively through the Square Enix Store. They have also confirmed the contents of the limited edition box: Game disc (the PC version...
kula shakerz 2015-08-27 0 comments
Rise of the Tomb Raider is only a few months away from hitting the shelves and the team over at Crystal Dynamics has just revealed the contents of the collector's edition for the Xbox One. The collector's edition will include the following: Full retail copy of Rise of the Tomb Raider for Xbox One. An exclusive 12"-tall statue of Lara...