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Star Ocean 3 released in Europe

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.

Intel Corporation and Square Enix collaborate

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...

New Dragon Quest VIII details

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...


First Final Fantasy III DS details revealed

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....

Chain of Memories to support two player mode

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...

Final Fantasy III remake for Nintendo DS

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...


New Final Fantasy XII release date details

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...

Itadaki Street Special release date

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...

Final Fantasy XI: Chains of Promathia OST

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


Tokyo Game Show Romancing SaGa trailer

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).

Second Black Mages album announced

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...

Final Fantasy XI breaks the 1.5 million barrier

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.


Tokyo Game Show Final Fantasy XII trailer

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"...

Square Enix, Namco, Sega and Taito join forces in China

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...

TGS trailer featured on official website

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...