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Siliconera reports that Square Enix Europe has trademarked the name “Lara Croft: Reflections” in the US.

Final Fantasy‘s Lightning Doesn’t Like Sand. It’s Coarse and Rough and Irritating.

Also there are sand dragon things, which are not soft and smooth. The latest batch of screenshots for Final Fantasy XIII Sequel Two: I Guess You Guys Wanted to Play as Lightning shows off the Dead Dunes, a land of dunes and deadness in the world of Nova Chrysalia. Sand is pretty great. It’s easy…

New Trailer Shows What Kingdom Hearts Looks Like In HD

Square Enix says the name for this game is Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX, but I’m not going to call it that. Let’s stick with… Kingdom Hearts 1.5 Here’s the official PAX trailer for Kingdom Hearts 1.5, an HD remake of the first Kingdom Hearts that also includes Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories, cinematic scenes…

Square Enix has registered a trademark in Japan for “Fantasy Village”. A life simulator? Dunno! [Siliconera]

Rumor: An Amazon Page Says Deus Ex: Human Revolution Is Heading to the Wii U

A listing for a certain Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director’s Cut has recently popped up on Amazon US. The Wii U-exclusive rerelease apparently has “a multitude of improvements, features and additional content” over the original game, along with the ability to use the Wii U Gamepad via a brand new augmentation, the Neural Hub. Features…

Hooray, Tomb Raider‘s PC Version Is Now Way Less Crash-tastic

Tomb Raider‘s PC version is generally strong, offering a better-looking, higher resolution, smoother tomb-raiding experience than its console counterpart. That said, if you’re using an Nvidia graphics card, the game could be pretty unstable, though that instability is usually fixed by turning tessellation off. Good news: A beta driver released by Nvidia on Friday clears…

Japanese arcade game Gunslinger Stratos got a special anime promo. No word if this will be a TV series. Yet.

Final Fantasy Versus XIII Turned into FFXV by a Fashion Label’s Mistake

Ah, the world of fashion! The clothes. The models. The typos? According to Japanese clothing brand Roen, that’s exactly what caused a recent kerfuffle. Back in 2008, Roen announced that it would be making Final Fantasy Versus XIII threads like the game’s protagonists wear. Recently, however, something peculiar was spotted while surfing Roen’s website. On…

Square Enix experimented with Final Fantasy Type-0 running on an HDTV. No plans for a release, though! [NovaCrystallis]

First Look at Drakengard 3

Square Enix is readying a new Drakengard game. Dubbed Drakengard 3 (Drag-On Dragoon 3 or ドラッグオンドラグーン3 in Japanese), the action role-playing game follows the adventures of Zero (ゼロ) and her younger sister named “One” (“Wan” or ワン). Zero, who sports an artificial left hand, has a flower that sprouts from her right eye. Her special…

New Sleeping Dogs DLC Lets You Be a Ticket-Writing, Ass-Kicking Cop Again

The hero of United Front’s hit open-world title spent most of the game undercover, acting more as a gangster and stirring up trouble to win the trust of the Hong Kong underworld. Now, Wei Shen finally gets to be an out-in-the-open law enforcement official in the new Year of the Snake DLC for Sleeping Dogs…

The Hardcore Horror Flick That Turns Up In Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider wears its cinematic aspirations on its grimy, blood-soaked sleeve. In the mode of Uncharted, this is a game that very much wants to be a movie—its ‘camera’ is a constant companion, never missing the opportunity for a close-in tension shot or a jumbled, handheld action sequence. As Lara Croft runs through the rain…

Tomb Raider‘s PC Version Is Good, Despite A Few Stray Hairs

After about seven hours with Tomb Raider, I’m on board with Evan’s endorsement. It’s a very good game, and a strong example of the whole “game that’s like a movie” thing that Uncharted laid out a few years back. But what of the PC version? I’ve been putting it through its paces, and can happily…

Square Enix Producer Says It’s Time To Say Goodbye to “Social Games”

There’s nothing wrong with social games, m’kay? Social games are fine. But maybe it’s time to ditch that moniker. According to Takehiro Ando, a mobile game producer at Square Enix, recently did a post on Famitsu titled “Sayonara Social Games”, that might not be a bad idea. Social games are suffering from some bad PR.…

A Quick Fix For Tomb Raider‘s Crash-Happy PC Version

I’ve been looking forward to playing Tomb Raider on PC for the last week, ever since Evan’s review made me think, “Okay, yep, sounds like this is indeed my kinda game.” I booted it up, played through the opening bit that I’d played at press events, and upon making my way past the dangling LOST-airplane……

Don’t Ever Leave Me Again, Mini Ninjas

I contend that one of Square Enix’s finest acquisitions in 2009’s take-over of Eidos Interactive was the six miniature trained killers of 2009’s action-adventure, Mini Ninjas. Soon they will be an animated series, but for now they’re an endless runner, and I’ve missed them so much. I didn’t play the Kinect-powered Mini Ninjas Adventures last…

It’s Not the Size of Your Keyblade, But How You Use It

In the Kingdom Hearts games, Keyblades are the mysterious weapons wielded by the games’ main characters. I’ve always thought they’re pretty cool looking! Guess I’m not alone. Loads of KH players seem to think so! And the games’ biggest fans show their appreciation for Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts and its interesting weapons the best way…

The Critics Mostly Love The New Tomb Raider

Tombs! Puzzles! Guns! Jumping! More guns! The setpieces are all there, but does Tomb Raider manage to scratch that treasure-plundering-and-adventuring itch? Reviewers say it does. Survival horror-esque hiding and sniping goes hand in hand with mountain climbing and cover shooting in the franchise reboot. But what was it, in particular, that sent critics over the…

After A Tease Like This, Square Enix Had Sure As Hell Better Release Bravely Default In The West

Japanese developer/publisher/dream-ruiner Square Enix has become rather infamous for launching teasers and countdown clocks that get fans’ hopes wayyy up, only to crush them later. Social games without music. Mobile games that only exist to take your money. That sort of thing. So when I saw this message on the official Twitter account for Bravely…

Cloud from Final Fantasy VII Sure Looks Pretty with Makeup

Cloud Strife is one good looking video game character. He really is. Dude’s got spiky hair, piercing eyes, and nice threads. But what if he wore cosmetics? What would he look like? On Twitter, a FFVII diehard answered that question by applying makeup to the swordsman’s face, noting that the character looked very feminine. Male…