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13 Years Later, A New Final Fantasy IX Quest Has Been Discovered

People dig up random little easter eggs and bugs in old games all the time. What they don’t often find are entire side-quests which have somehow remained hidden from view for over a decade. YouTube user GarlandTheGreat has uploaded a video showing a sidequest present in Final Fantasy IX that, until now, was pretty much…

Not Going To E3? Square Enix Has Got You Covered

We don’t know what Square Enix is showing at E3 this year, but you’ll be able to get the same view as Kotaku: the Final Fantasy makers are planning to run a livestream from their booth. Crushing disappointment: now in real-time. Or, hey, maybe we’ll all be pleasantly surprised! Maybe we’ll see Final Fantasy XV…

Square Enix America CEO Steps Down

The head of Square Enix’s American branch has left his post, just two months after the resignation of CEO Yoichi Wada. Square Enix America boss Mike Fischer left the company this month on good terms, Polygon reports. Fischer, who had been head of the game publisher’s American division for the past three years, is now…

Square Enix just sent over a press release to confirm that the Thief reboot is coming to the newly-announced Xbox One

You Could Always Print Your Own Bravely Default Figurines

Bravely Default‘s official Twitter account recently uploaded some Agnes Oblige figurines that were apparently done as a 3D printer test. They are somewhat rough. But if this one was finished and coated, it’d look pretty nice, I reckon. Bravely Default is coming to Europe later this year. It’ll be out in North America in 2014.…

The slides released for Square Enix’s most recent financial briefing session seem to suggest that they intend to focus on smart devices—ie. smartphones and tablets—as a gaming platform, as opposed to home consoles.

In Japan, Square Enix just announced Final Fantasy XIII-2 Digital Contents Selection for the Xbox 360 and the PS3. According to Square Enix, the version is FFXIII-2 plus a selection of the game’s post release DLC items. Packed in an original box, this version goes on sale July 18 in Japan. To contact the author…

Will Final Fantasy X-2 HD Have Its “Last Mission”? That’s Undecided.

The HD revamp of Final Fantasy X-2 looks quite nice in high-definition. However, looks aren’t everything! It’s what’s inside that counts. And what’s inside Final Fantasy X-2 HD? According to Famitsu (via Yahoo! News), it’s currently “undecided” whether or not “Last Mission”, which featured in the game’s international version, will appear in the HD remaster.…

Final Fantasy X-2 Sure Looks Pretty In High Definition

I’ve always thought Final Fantasy X-2 was rather underrated by the Internet At Large. Square’s FFX sequel always got a bad rap because of the whole “pop group” thing, but the class-based combat system was actually kind of brilliant, and I dug revisiting the minigame-filled world of Spira to see how things had changed. Of…

The Kingdom Hearts ‘Remix’ Hits PS3 On September 10

Kingdom Hearts 1.5 will be out on September 10, the folks at Square Enix said today. The PS3 exclusive features an HD remake of the original Kingdom Hearts and the PS2 game Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories. It’s also got cinematic scenes from Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, and extra content from Kingdom Hearts Final Mix.…

Buy This Final Fantasy XI Account for Just $4,500

A Japanese gamer poured 2,280 days worth of playtime into this Final Fantasy XI account. That’s over six years! But now, it’s time to part ways. The gamer is putting his or her Japanese account on the internet auction block, giving anyone with around the equivalent of US$4,500 the chance to own it—and all the…

Seems Like Thief Really Is In Serious Trouble

We’d been hearing rumors that the new Thief was in trouble, which made for a worrisome combination with the findings of our columnist/sleuth Superannuation, who last June dug up a distressing amount of turnoverat the game’s developer Eidos Montreal. A new report at Polygon backs up those earlier concerns, describing a laborious creative process, conflicting…

Final Fantasy VII has never actually been released for the PC in Japan. Square Enix will be fixing that mistake “soon” by making the Japanese version available on their online shop.

Final Fantasy Tactics S, a new Final Fantasy Tactics social game, was just announced for Japan. “S”? Social? Geddit?

Bravely Default: Flying Fairy Is Coming To The US In 2014

Square Enix’s 3DS role-playing game Bravely Default: Flying Fairy is coming to North America next year. Nintendo will publish the game along with Square Enix. Described by some players as a spiritual successor to Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light and a throwback to classic Final Fantasys, Bravely Default has been a critical success…

New Final Fantasy Versus XIII Info Is Coming…Apparently!

Final Fantasy Versus XIII designer Tetsuya Nomura recently appeared on a Square Enix radio program and was asked the question on everyone’s mind: When will there be new Final Fantasy Versus XIII info? Nomura seemed to be in good spirits about the question and said, “If we’re talking about when there will be news, MD…

On Steam, Square Enix Wants 30 Bucks To Put Tomb Raider into Japanese

Starting April 25, Square Enix is offering a “Japanese Language Pack” on Steam that includes subtitles and a Japanese language voice track for Tomb Raider Do know that the Japanese packaged version will have language support when it hits shops later this month. The Steam version, it seems, is slightly different. According to the game’s…

Bravely Default‘s Surprising Japanese Idol Influences

For several weeks after its release, every game store I went to was sold out of Square Enix’s 3DS game, Bravely Default: Flying Fairy. The game has proved to be a hit in Japan, thanks in part, indirectly, according to producer Tomoya Asano, to Japan’s biggest pop idol group, AKB48. According to Asano, in an…

Here Are Some Adult Games Made By Famous Japanese Developers

For better or worse, sex sells. And for some of Japan’s most famous game companies, it was what they sold when they first started making games. That’s right, many of Japan’s biggest game makers have turned to or even had their origins in pixelated pornography. Here are some of the more notable examples and some…

Four Months Later the Official Hitman: Absolution Companion App Arrives

It’s all about timing in the companion app business. Some people might tell you that it’s best to get out a mobile application that keeps track of your performance, equipment and the latest right when the game is released — the sort of people who buy milk with their cookies so they can enjoy them…