kula shakerz 2007-01-26 0 comments
If you think you have what it takes to be an official Square Enix Cosplayer, you are invited to enter the official Final Fantasy XII Cosplay competition. Three Grand Prize Winners will win a two night trip to London to showcase their Final Fantasy XII costumes on stage at the official European launch event in central London, and will also...
kula shakerz 2007-01-25 1 comment
Square Enix announced today that they have made a deal with Epic Games and purchased a license for the Unreal Engine 3. For those of you who don't know Epic Games, they are the creators of the Unreal series (that the graphics engine got named after) and of the recent Gears of War for the Xbox 360. There are already...
Square Enix will soon be producing miniatures of various weapons from their successful Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts franchises. The miniatures will include the gunblades of Seifer and Squall from Final Fantasy VIII, as well as Vincent's Cerberus gun from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, and the Kingdom Key from Kingdom Hearts. The miniatures are slated to out to the...
kula shakerz 2007-01-25 0 comments
Square Enix revealed that they will team up With NHN Japan to develop a new MMORPG titled "Concerto Gate". The title is said to be a sequel to Square Enix's popular MMORPG Cross Gate. Originally released in 2001, by what was then still Enix, the game became a major hit in mainland China and Taiwan, with more than 23 million...
To celebrate the New Year and the birthdays of Final Fantasy and Square Insider, Kari Wahlgren graciously agreed to an interview! Most recently, Kari has been behind the voice behind Princess Ashe of Final Fantasy XII, as well as Shelke from Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII. Ms. Wahlgren reflected on Final Fantasy, her profession, and a battle of the...
Brendan 2007-01-19 0 comments
Square Enix will be presenting the opening speech to the Serious Games Summit, the E3 of real-world practical training games. Serious games are games that are “generally held to be games used for training, advertising, simulation, or education that are designed to run on personal computers (such as a PC running Microsoft Windows or Linux) or video game consoles (such...
kula shakerz 2007-01-19 0 comments
According to the latest issue of the Japanese magazine Dengeki , Square Enix confirmed that they are going to release a playable demo of Final Fantasy XIII sometime this year. While they they don't want to give a definite date, the Square Enix development team stated that they "are hoping to have a playable demo ready for E3 in 2007."...
Brendan 2007-01-19 0 comments
RPGamer is reporting that Square Enix and Microsoft have decided that the next installment of the Ogre Battle franchise, from the creative team behind Final Fantasy XII and Tactics, will go to the Xbox 360. Unlike the Final Fantasy series, the Ogre Battle games have made their ways around the consoles from the "Playstation, Nintendo 64, and Game Boy Advance"...
kula shakerz 2007-01-18 0 comments
Square Enix has revealed a new character class for their upcoming Final Fantasy Tactics remake for the PSP. The new job class is the Dark Knight so lets hope they don't end up emo and useless like the ones in Final Fantasy XI. Furthermore, Final Fantasy XII's Balflear is set to make an appearance in the game. However he won't...
kula shakerz 2007-01-17 0 comments
To celebrate Final Fantasy's 20 year anniversary Square Enix is going to release anniversary editions of both Final Fantasy I and Final Fantasy II for the PlayStation Portable. Final Fantasy I and II are not only getting a remake but also a slight facelift and more content than the original versions. The additional content includes the extra dungeons from the...
Brendan 2007-01-15 0 comments
In an interesting tidbit of news, Final Fantasy turns twenty this year, and on December 18! Square, never the ones to pass up a party, have announced a special ... uhm ... announcement around that time to celebrate! Playable form of Final Fantasy XIII? Another Final Fantasy VII spin-off? Square Enix appointing presidential candidates in every major country across the...
Brendan 2007-01-13 0 comments
Here are some new tidbits of information gathered from scan translations regarding the three known entrants in the Fabula Nova Crystallis. The part about Shiva turning into a bike made me think they're reinventing elements like Advent Children's Fenrir, but see for yourself below. Final Fantasy XIII: * The new male character's name is related to weather, but not related...
Brendan 2007-01-13 0 comments
I've found one game category that needs a name change! Oh well, Chocobo and the Magic Picture Book is on its way to North America beneath a different title: Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales. North America can expect the title to release to sometime in April of 2007. Chocobo Tales follows a single Chocobo as he tries to save his...
Brendan 2007-01-10 0 comments
Nintendo may be leaning on Square Enix a little more than any one else thought. Fresh reports from developers indicate that the RPG makers are looking upon the Wii with some hesitance. Apparently, the Wiildo is posing more of a conundrum for programmers of Japan’s favorite genre than expected. The makers of the Wii are apparently putting their RPG-eggs in...
Brendan 2007-01-10 0 comments
European media study group The Independent in London concluded a report that listed the most successful, best-selling franchises of all time. Six games were made in the United States, eleven in Japan, with the rest sprinkled about the globe. Our very own beloved Final Fantasy series came in at number three with an estimated 68 million units worldwide. Appropriately, Nintendo’s...