Category Archives: Square Enix

IO Interactive has announced today that it has laid off nearly half of its current workforce as part of a refocus on the Hitman series.

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Final Fantasy X & X-2 HD director Yoshinori Kitase has said that if the PS3 and PS Vita remasters prove successful, they could pave the way for more classic games being updated in a similar fashion.

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Square Enix has started a brand new development studio in Indonesia, and it’ll be making games for mobile devices.

The studio, Square Enix Smileworks, is a joint venture by Square Enix Holdings, Smile-Lab and Japanese firm Gotanda Denshi.

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Thief 4 has received a plethora of new information thanks to its recent closed door E3 showing.

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With the Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn beta now open to PS3 players, a beta participant has posted 676 screens from phase three on Flickr. You can have a look at the massive assortment through here. Final Fantasy is out on PC and PS3 in August and will release on PS4. Thanks, AGB.

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13′s pink-haired hero has been spotted wearing a Miqo’te costume straight out of Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn. An image of the garb has surfaced, suggesting the outfit will come as DLC after the game launches.

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Square Enix has released a developer video for Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn which discusses the MMO’s Full Active Time Events, also known as F.A.T.E. These are events in the game which can happen randomly while the player is minding his or her own business running about the game world. The events can come in the form of a huge monster spawn, or a group of such appearing in non-instanced areas. When it occurs, an alert will pop up on the game screen so player in the zone can join in. Find out more below. Game’s out on PC and PS3 in August and will release on PS4.

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Hirō Isono, and artist and painter responsible for the lovely look of the Secret of Mana series, passed away on May 28 due to heart failure. Born in 1945, Isono graduated from the Aichi University of Education’s fine arts department in 1968, and worked as an illustrator and painter since the 1970s. In 1991, he provided the main visual for Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden, worked on the aforementioned Secret of Mana series and Heroes of Mana in 2007. Our condolences go out to his family, fans and friends. Thanks, Anime News Network.

Director Tetsuya Nomura has confirmed that Square Enix expects to produce a number of follow-ups to Final Fantasy 15, and hinted that we may see the publisher’s plans for episodic releases come into play sooner than anticipated.

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Square Enix has provided a detailed look at Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn running on PlayStation 3, explaining how the console user interface differs and giving a glimpse of character customisation and more.

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Final Fantasy 14 probably won’t be making the jump to Xbox One because of the platform’s closed community policies, according to director Naoki Yoshida.

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The dude who looks like Zack, the dude who looks like Angeal, the dude who looks like Adam Jensen, the dude who looks like Cloud and the dude who looks like any number of dudes all have names and brief descriptions thanks to a Shonen Jump article on Final Fantasy 15.

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Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn has received a new batch of E3 2013 screens, courtesy of developer Square-Enix. The shots show off familiar series creatures, such as Chocobos, Mogs, Behemoths and I think that might be Odin too.

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Previously believed to an Wii U exclusive, the Director’s Cut version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution is going everywhere the cyberpunk shooter RPG is normally found.

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The first Final Fantasy 15 trailer was the cinematic and dialogue heavy affair we’ve come to expect, but this second one plays to mdoern sensibilities by packing in lots of footage of the RPG in action. And I do mean action.

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Kingdom Hearts 3 maestro Shinji Hashimoto said during Square Enix’s E3 session today that the game will also be released on Xbox One.

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Final Fantasy 15, which was shown during the Sony E3 press conference last night, will also be released on Xbox One Square Enix has announced.

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Square Enix has sent over a batch of E3 screenshots for Final Fantasy 10/10-2 Remaster. You can feast your eyes on the lot below. The PS2 classic has been visually revamped and is heading to PS3 as one lovely package and as two releases for Vita. Both games are based on the International version. There’s also the E3 trailer below (thanks CyberMarco).

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Having waited this long to push out the first console version of Final Fantasy 14, Square Enix has apparently decided to go for broke and produce another one.

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Oh my god. Brenna and I ’bout about fainted. But yeah. Kingdom Hearts 3. PlayStation 4. See the first trailer below.

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