Tag Archives: yoichi wada
Mon, Apr 29, 2013 | 14:56 BST
Square Enix confirm lay-offs at European and UK offices
Square Enix has confirmed it is set to make redundancies to both its European and UK operations.
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Posted in: PC, PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: redundancies, Square Enix, yoichi wada
Wed, Apr 03, 2013 | 08:35 BST
Square Enix’s new president plans ‘fundamental review’ of publisher’s business
Square Enix’s new president takes up his duties in June, and his first order of business will be to take a good, long look at the publisher to find out why it’s not making money – despite holding some of the most celebrated brands in the industry.
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Posted in: Square Enix
Tags: yoichi wada, Yosuke Matsuda
Tue, Mar 26, 2013 | 09:48 GMT
Square President Yoichi Wada resigns following financial revision
Square-Enix president Yoichi Wada has resigned from his post following the company’s revised financial forecast, published earlier today. Representative director Yosuke Matsuda is expected to be elected into the role following the company’s next meeting in June this year.
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Posted in: Japan, Square Enix
Tags: yoichi wada
Tue, Dec 18, 2012 | 05:30 GMT
Square Enix not expecting console profits for at least two years
Square Enix is pumping out social games while it waits for another HD console hit.
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Posted in: Social, Square Enix
Tags: yoichi wada
Wed, Dec 12, 2012 | 03:42 GMT
Sleeping Dogs sales aren’t “poor,” original projections “exceedingly high,” says Square
Sleeping Dogs sales have not been “poor”, according to Square Enix President, Yoichi Wada, who clarified the “sluggish” comments he made regarding the title back in October.
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Posted in: Action, Development, PC, PS3, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: sleeping dogs, United Front, yoichi wada
Tue, Nov 13, 2012 | 00:36 GMT
Final Fantasy 14 to offer developer PvP, including against CEO
Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada will take to the battlefield to engage Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn fans in PvP.
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Posted in: MMO, PC, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn, yoichi wada
Mon, Sep 17, 2012 | 15:45 BST
Square’s Wada talks digital: “20 years from now I see cloud as dominant”
Square-Enix president Yoichi Wada has discussed the publisher’s plans for its new digital store front CoreOnline, and why he believes the cloud is the way forward – and no, it’s not because it shares a name with Cloud from Final Fantasy VII.
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Posted in: PC, Square Enix
Tags: yoichi wada
Fri, Sep 07, 2012 | 04:50 BST
Square Enix games could come to CoreOnline if service succeeds
Square Enix will consider bringing its extensive catalogue of Japanese developer titles to free-to-play, browser-based gaming service CoreOnline if the business model proves viable.
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Posted in: Browser-Based, Free-to-Play, Square Enix
Tags: yoichi wada
Thu, Sep 06, 2012 | 16:49 BST
CoreOnline is Square’s way of coping with industry’s “transformational period,” says Wada
Square Enix president and CEO Yoichi Wada has a digital plan in place with CoreOnline should consoles become a thing of the past “in the next five years or so.”
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Posted in: PC, Square Enix
Tags: CoreOnline, phil rogers, yoichi wada
Fri, Aug 31, 2012 | 12:04 BST
Final Fantasy Versus 13: ‘Please wait a little longer’ says Wada
Final Fantasy Versus 13 is still in development, Square-Enix head Yoichi Wada has reiterated, added that gamers must be patient. However, fresh 25th anniversary concept art suggests that the game may be dropping its ‘Final Fantasy 13′ moniker.
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Posted in: PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: final fantasy 13, Square Enix, versus, yoichi wada
Tue, Jun 26, 2012 | 06:57 BST
Wada: Final Fantasy VII remake would kill franchise
Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada won’t sign off on a Final Fantasy VII remake until he’s sure current games live up to the brand’s reputation.
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Posted in: RPG, Square Enix
Tags: final fantasy vii, yoichi wada
Mon, Jun 25, 2012 | 01:00 BST
Final Fantasy XI most profitable of series to date
A new expansion for a decade old MMORPG supplanted by one of its own sequels? Absolutely: Final fantasy XI is one of Square Enix’s top financial performers.
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Posted in: MMO, PC, PS2, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: ffxi, ffxi online, final fantasy xi, final fantasy Xi Online, yoichi wada
Thu, Jun 07, 2012 | 08:09 BST
Square Enix’s Luminous designed for RPGs and action RPGs
The gorgeous Luminous Engine Square Enix showed off at E3 is intended to power the next generation of Final Fantasy games, as well as other, action-oriented titles.
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Posted in: Development, Square Enix
Tags: Luminous, yoichi wada
Wed, May 30, 2012 | 09:29 BST
Square opens 25th anniversary portal site for Final Fantasy
Square Enix has pretty much officially kicked off the 25th anniversary celebrations of Final Fantasy by opening a portal site around the event.
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Posted in: RPG, Square Enix
Tags: final fantasy, yoichi wada
Fri, Mar 23, 2012 | 09:21 GMT
Yoichi Wada stands down as CESA CEO
Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada has stood down as the CEO of Japanese trade body CESA.
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Posted in: Square Enix, TGS 2012
Tags: cesa, yoichi wada
Wed, Nov 30, 2011 | 21:22 GMT
Square Enix has “two to three” upcoming games based on new IP
Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has revealed the publisher’s plans to expand its line up of brands.
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Posted in: Square Enix
Tags: yoichi wada
Mon, Oct 03, 2011 | 10:56 BST
Square Enix has “plan for the future” with Deus Ex, says Eidos Montreal
Eidos Montreal has said there is a plan in place for Deus Ex’s future within Square Enix.
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Posted in: PC, PS3, RPG, Shooter, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: deus ex, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, eidos montreal, Marce-Andre Dufort, yoichi wada
Tue, Sep 27, 2011 | 11:47 BST
Final Fantasy brand “greatly damaged,” says Wada
Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada has said that the Final Fantasy brand had been “greatly damaged” following the launch of Final Fantasy XIV last year.
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Posted in: MMO, PC, PS3, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: FFXIV, final fantasy XIV, yoichi wada
Fri, Sep 16, 2011 | 06:53 BST
TGS 2011: Wada and the paradigm shift of gaming’s future
Square Enix’s Yoichi Wada turned visionary in his TGS address this morning, telling the industry to climb the mountain of games tech diversity rather than fall. Brenna Hillier reports from Tokyo.
Mon, Aug 01, 2011 | 18:31 BST
Square Enix CEO and Yoshida among TGS 2011 keynote speakers
CESA has announced the keynote speakers for this year iteration of Tokyo Game Show, confirming Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada and Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida, among others, for the event.
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Posted in: TGS 2011
Tags: Shuhei Yoshida, yoichi wada
Grasshopper Manufacture “heavily relying” on Unreal Engine 4