Thu, May 21, 2009 | 14:25 BST
Square latest Japanese firm gripped by swine panic
Square Enix is the latest Japanese publisher to pull back on its E3 attendance thanks to swine flu fears, telling GI it’s now only going to send a skeleton crew from Japan.
“A limited number of executives/employees from Square Enix’s headquarters in Japan will be attending E3 this year, given the recent worldwide spread of H1N1 flu,” said the company in a statement.
Capcom and Koei are also cowering in Japan thanks to the recent pig disease worry.
What’s wrong with you people? Bloody rubbish.
10 comments
#1
No_PUDding
21/05/09, 2:28 pm
They are much more scared of thigns like this for soem reason.
Proabably becuase we Westerners are so unhygenic
#2
crippledhooba
21/05/09, 2:29 pm
Wow this sucks, no Final Fantasy at E3 then.
#3
tenthousandgothsonacid
21/05/09, 2:30 pm
I wonder if Team Ico(*) will get the willies too…
(*) Assuming they’re scheduled which I doubt tbh
#4
ecu
21/05/09, 2:32 pm
Top work on the supporting picture once again, Pat.
#5
No_PUDding
21/05/09, 2:33 pm
Already confirmed that Sony and Nintendo are still on for E3.
There’s no tellign Team ICO were on their way anyway.
#6
Bringit
21/05/09, 2:45 pm
The Swine Flu stories MCV and GI are rambling on about are complete rubbish. So they’re not sending Japanese representation. Does it matter? They’ve all got US and European offices who will be in attendance.
It’s daft.
#7
XDamage
21/05/09, 3:15 pm
Can’t they just bring along some of those medical masks they use sometimes over in Japan? It’ll be just like home!
#8
Johnny Cullen
21/05/09, 3:18 pm
If they dont fucking show Final Fantasy, be that XIII, Versus or a VII remake, I’ll go fucking nuts.
#9
Psychotext
21/05/09, 3:21 pm
@XDamage: If they were showing another RE game they could have gone with full on biosuits. It would have worked well.
#10
ecu
21/05/09, 4:51 pm
Weirdly enough, I don’t really care to see any more footage of FFXIII. I think it’ll be better left as new, when I play it, rather than recognising half the areas from the countless media I’d absorbed over the previous 5 years.