kula shakerz 2004-10-18 0 comments
Star Ocean 3: Til the End of Times was released on October 1st in Europe with a limited edition DVD including exclusive interviews with the development team, artwork from the game, excerpts from the soundtrack composed by Motoi Sakuraba and trailers of upcoming titles, including Final Fantasy XII.
kula shakerz 2004-10-18 0 comments
Intel Corporation and Square Enix recently announced that FINAL FANTASY XI for Windows can now be played on mainstream consumer PCs with the Intel 915G Express chipset which is supported by an integrated graphics technology. In the past, additions of costly external graphics card were required to play FINAL FANTASY XI on a PC due to its advanced graphics. The...
kula shakerz 2004-10-16 0 comments
Square Enix has revealed some new details regarding the upcoming Dragon Quest VIII: Sora to Umi to Daichi to Norowareshi Himegimi. The Level 5-developed PlayStation 2 title will feature a so-called alchemic kettle. This practical grey utility will allow players to create new items, by throwing in two items from their inventory. The kettle will even allow for the creation...
kula shakerz 2004-10-14 0 comments
Square Enix recently released the first details regarding the newly announced Nintendo DS remake of its Famicom (Nintendo) classic Final Fantasy III. The game's look will be comparable to the visuals of Final Fantasy I and II's Game Boy Advance versions. The DS' upper screen will display the actual game, while the lower touch-enabled screen will show the game's maps....
Ikuzo 2004-10-09 0 comments
11th November is the day of release for the Gameboy Advance game, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, and Amazon Japan have published the cover boxart for the game, which informs of a "1~2 player" in the bottom left corner. The October issue of Square Enix Press had some details for the the Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories package which consists...
sifar 2004-10-07 0 comments
Nintendo held a conference today that was devoted to to their upcoming portable console, the Nintendo DS. Square Enix took advantage of this scenario by announcing that it would be releasing a remake of Final Fantasy III on the console. This is the only Final Fantasy title that has not been remade by the company. There were talks in the...
kula shakerz 2004-10-05 0 comments
Square Enix recently updated the Final Fantasy XII release date from a vague Fall 2004-Spring 2005 to a more clear Spring 2005. Square Enix is expecting Dragon Quest VIII to sell a sufficient amount of copies by the time Final Fantasy XII is released. Final Fantasy XII is expected to be released during fall 2005 in North America and a...
kula shakerz 2004-10-05 0 comments
Final Fantasy & Dragon Quest in Itadaki Street Special will be release in Japan on the 22nd of December 2004 in, according to Dengeki Online . The title is expected to sell for 7,140 Yen (52 Euro / $64 USD ). The article also mentions that both maps and music from the Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest series will be...
kula shakerz 2004-10-04 0 comments
Amazon Japan has set their release date for the official Final Fantasy XI: Chains of Promathia soundtrack to the 11th November 2004. The album will be sold for 2,100 Yen (15 Euro / $19 USD). Link >> Final Fantasy XI: Chains of Promathis OST @ Amazon.jp
kula shakerz 2004-10-04 0 comments
Square Enix has released the 2 minute Romancing SaGa: Ministrel Sond trailer from the recent Tokyo Game Show. The game is set for a spring 2005 PlaySation 2 release in Japan. Link >> Romancing SaGa trailer (click on the "click" button to see the TGS trailer).
kula shakerz 2004-10-02 0 comments
Nobuo Uematsu's band Black Mages is currently working on their second album named Black Mages II: The Skies Above. The album will once again contain rock versions of well known Final Fantasy songs. There is currently no release date for the album but its expected to hit the shelves in the near future. Here are some previews from the upcoming...
sifar 2004-10-01 0 comments
Square Enix has reported through the official Final Fantasy XI sites that the number of active users playing the game has reached 1.5 million as of September 28, 2004. They shared some more statistics which included having 550,000 players log on during the same day and having a record 170,000 users log in simultaneously on September 18, 2004.
kula shakerz 2004-09-29 0 comments
Square Enix has updated the official Final Fantasy XII website with the Tokyo Game Show trailer. The trailer lasts for a little over two minutes and according to several people who have seen it at the Tokyo Game Show, the characters appear to have changed slightly from the previous footage we have seen. Ashe and Vaan's faces have been "tweaked"...
kula shakerz 2004-09-29 0 comments
Square Enix, Namco, Sega and Taito has announced that they will join forces to offer cellphone-based content to Chinese costumers. To that aim, the content of all four companies will be licensed to Beijing-based Square Enix Webstar Network Technology, a subsidary of Square Enix in China, which in turn will sublicense said content to BeiJing Mobit Infomation Technology for distribution...
sifar 2004-09-29 0 comments
Square Enix has made available the trailer for Radiata Stories that was featured at this years Tokyo Game Show. It can be viewed at the game's official website by clicking the "Gift" button located at the lower end of the main page. The trailer is available in three forms: large, medium, and small and is entirely in Japanese. However, from...