sifar 2004-01-14 0 comments
The official North American website for Square Enix's action RPG, Drakengard, has just been opened. However, it is still under construction. The only thing it offers users is a breathtaking introduction which reveals FMV and battle footage from the game. To view the site, visit the link down below. Link >> Official Drakengard website In related news, Electronic Boutique's website...
sifar 2004-01-14 0 comments
Square Enix is going to release Star Ocean 3: Director's Cut on January 22, 2004 in Japan. The company has started airing commercials for the game to promote its upcoming release. The 14 second TV spot shows us some new abilities in the game, and not much more. This version of Star Ocean 3 contains a new character, new character...
sifar 2004-01-14 0 comments
Square Enix Vice President, Shinji Hashimoto, commented in Dorimaga magazine that Square Enix would have a very large line-up of games for this year's E3. He continued on by stating that fans would definitely be suprised in every regard and new titles would also be announced at the event. Hashimoto talked about how Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories will use...
Ikuzo 2004-01-13 0 comments
NEC press release on 7th January announced that they will be releasing new series of computers in addition to their personal computer lineups to strengthen their status in the industry. Accordind to NEC, the new Notebook model "LaVie S LS900/8E" is the world first in bring built in 3-Dimension display without requiring any special accessories such as a 3D-Glasses. In...
sifar 2004-01-13 0 comments
Media Create did a little investigation into how old games (that were released nine to ten months ago) are doing on the market today. The testing took 13 days, but preliminary data from December 29, 2003 till January 4, 2004 were used to form the results below. In this time, approximately three tenths of the games sold were at least...
sifar 2004-01-12 0 comments
Electronic Arts has stated that the release date of Final Fantasy X-2 in Europe will be on February 20, 2004. This is the confirmed date, however, if anything unexpected were to happen, the release date could be postponed for a little longer. The first Final Fantasy sequel will offer English voice overs with subtitles from the different languages of Europe....
sifar 2004-01-12 0 comments
Sony's new portable, the PSP, is the only new gaming system coming out this year. Thus, Famitsu conducted a survery to find out what developers had to say of Sony's new portable. Most gamers in Japan are definitely interested in knowing whether Square Enix will have anything to do with the new system. Square Enix's CEO, Yoichi Wada, spoke briefly...
sifar 2004-01-11 0 comments
Dengeki conducted an interview with famous Final Fantasy Music Director, Nobuo Uematsu. In the interview, they discussed his upcoming "Tour de Japon" concerts, his current projects, and much more. Uematsu was very pleased with the idea of having concerts that take place in several cities throughout Japan. This was because many of his fans tend to come from all over...
sifar 2004-01-10 0 comments
Nintendo has opened up the North American website for its first Square Enix title on the GameCube, Final Fantasy Crsytal Chronicles. The site offers information on the storyline and the multiplayer system. It also provides some screenshots and a video trailer from the game. In addition, the site discusses how users who pre-order the title will recieve a FREE Nintendo...
sifar 2004-01-10 0 comments
Square Enix has let go of its trademark, Chrono Break, with the US Patent and Trademark Office. However, they are still holding on to their trademark, Chrono Brake, in Japan. It is still uncertain where this puts the popular series as no mention has been made by Square Enix in regards to a new Chrono game. It is known that...
sifar 2004-01-09 0 comments
Square Enix updated Dragon Quest V's official website with new images from the PS2 remake. The game will offer a complete 3D battle experience with up to four characters playable on the field. The screenshots show you some world map scenes, some battle scenes, and some cut scenes. They are available via the link below. Link >> Dragon Quest V...
sifar 2004-01-09 0 comments
Yesterday, information about the top 100 best selling games of 2003 were released in Japan. A total of 13 Square Enix games made the list including Final Fantasy X-2 at the number one spot. The list below will show each Square Enix game that made the top 100, and how many copies of the game were sold. Note that Kingdom...
sifar 2004-01-08 0 comments
Square Enix has aired a number of commercials for its first FF sequel, Final Fantasy X-2. The TV spots reveal the English versions of the tracks "real emotion" and "1000 words" sung by Jade from Sweetbox. Three of them have been made available for download via the links below. Download >> FFX-2 TV Spot #1 Download >> FFX-2 TV Spot...
sifar 2004-01-07 0 comments
Square Enix confirmed that by the end of 2003, they had a total of over 500,000 members using their PlayOnline services. It all began in May 2002 for Final Fantasy XI on the PS2 (Japan). The services then gathered more people when Square released FFXI for the PC in November 2002 (Japan). Soon enough, the company had gathered over 300,000...
Ikuzo 2004-01-04 0 comments
Final Fantasy X-2 took home the second place in the Game division of the Yahoo! Entertainment Awards 2003! Suprisingly, it was the only RPG to be in the top 5, which makes it a lot more appreciating for anyone who is a fan of FFX-2. Yahoo! Entertainment Awards is spreaded throughout 6 categories. Starting from Music to Movie, TV, Game,...