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• Luminous Engine will attract dev talent, says Square Enix

  Square Enix won’t be handing out licenses for its super-slick Luminous Engine, so if you want to get your hands on it, you’ll just have to sign on with the Japanese publisher.

• Agni’s Philosophy tech videos demonstrate character tweaking

  A couple new videos for Agni’s Philosophy, Square’s Luminous engine tech demo, have popped up. The videos show various changes being implemented to the characters’ appearances. Square Enix first demonstrated the tech at an after-hours E3 2012 event. Have a watch below via AGB. Thanks, manamana.

• Luminous engine demo shows off on-the-fly tweaking

  Square Enix has released a new demo for its Luminous engine, showing off the tech’s boast-worthy rendering capacities, which allow developers to change parameters and see results in real time.

• Uncanny valley "will always be a problem", says Square tech boss

  Square Enix has produced some of the most respected graphics tech in the industry, but worldwide technology director Julien Merceron says game characters will probably never look photo-realistic.

• Square: CG and gameplay will share assets in next-gen

  Luminous Studio, the Square team behind E3’s incredible Agni’s Philosophy demo, has told RPGSite that CG assets will be pulled down into gameplay in the next generation.

• Square announces talks for next month's Japan Expo in France

  Square Enix has revealed its plans for the Japan Expo which takes place July 5 through July 8 at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center in France.

• 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.

• Luminous Engine demo shots are drop dead gorgeous

  During E3, Square Enix showed off a real-time demo of its Luminous Engine and we’ve got some high resolution shots for you posted below. You can watch the demo, which was posted last night, through here. Try not to drool overly much.

• Square Enix's new Luminous Engine demo is amazing

  Next-generation hardware won’t know what hit it. Check out this gorgeous footage of Square Enix’s Luminous Engine, all real-time.

• Square's "photo realistic" Luminous tech demoed

  Square Enix finally took the wrappers off its next big thing, the Luminous engine, over the weekend.

• Square reveals new gaming engine, Luminous

  Square Enix has revealed its new game engine, Luminous, built for PC, PS3, Xbox 360, and next-gen consoles. The firm has said since it supports programmable shaders, games for Wii U and Vita will be a shoe-in. According to an Impress Watch report, the firm is looking into options for Nintendo Wii and 3DS which […]