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PC Tomb Raider Will Be So Much Better Than Console, If Your Rig Is Up to It

Rejoice, computer gaming Tomb Raider fans—when Lara returns to her home turf this March she’ll be bringing along a treasure trove of PC-centric bells and whistles that’ll make the console versions look downright sad in comparison. Let’s see if your system has the juice to run them. Tomb Raider started on the PC, and Crystal…

Want to see how the new Final Fantasy XIV will run on your PC? Grab the benchmarks here and compare them to this vid.

Square Enix Is Making A Final Fantasy Game For PS4. You’ll Probably See It At E3 This Year.

No real news yet, but Square Enix’s Shinji Hashimoto took the stage at today’s PS4 event to say they’re working on a Final Fantasy game, and that we should “please be excited for E3 this year.” That’s it. Square also showed off a video of the same “Luminous Engine” tech demo we saw last year.…

Murdered: Soul Suspect, Square Enix’s Newest Game, Is Out Early 2014 For Xbox 360 And PS3

Last week, Square Enix announced a secretive new title, Murdered: Soul Suspect. While a series of online puzzles have already revealed some cryptic images, today we have a teaser trailer and concrete information straight from Square Enix that the title will be out for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC… in 2014. With what we’re assuming…

Final Fantasy X in HD? No, FFX in Real Life.

Earlier this week, Square Enix showed off character models from the upcoming HD version of Final Fantasy X. The images, unfortunately, were not actually in high definition. These people are. Final Fantasy X is one of the most popular FFs. Know what that means? Of course you do! Lots and lots of cosplay. As we…

Square Enix is working on Kingdom Hearts X [chi], a free-to-play KH browser game for Japan, Siliconera reports

Final Fantasy Versus XIII Isn’t Out, But Here, Have Some Versus Perfume

One day, the years-in-development Final Fantasy Versus XIII will be out. For the time being, keep your hope alive with perfume. Perfume? Yes. Perfume. Square Enix’s Hidemi Matsuzuka, who manages the company’s figure brand, tweeted out the picture below, writing only, “Prince” (“ouji” or 王子) in Japanese. In the photo, you can see the words,…

Square Enix the MMO dev, can they fix it? Phase one of the Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn beta begins on Feb. 25.

Watch the trailer for Lord of Vermillion III, Square Enix’s latest entry in its card-based arcade game series.

An Elderly Woman Thrashing Dragon Quest X on Japanese TV

It’s not everyday you see senior citizens talking role-playing games. It’s not everyday you see them thrashing one of them on Japanese television. In primetime. Famed Japanese actress Keiko Awaji, with credits in movies like Akira Kurosawa’s Stray Dog, is a huge Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy fan. Did I say “huge”? I meant HUGE.…

Walter White, Wonder Woman and Jon Snow Walk into a Bar: Toy Fair 2013, Day 1

Toy Fair descends onto Manhattan’s Jacob Javitz Convention this week, bringing with it loads of plastic you don’t care about. But Toy Fair also shines a spotlight on the weirdest, coolest collectibles and playthings that you’ll be lusting over for the next twelve months. In these images—taken by Kotaku video editor Chris Person—you’ll see statues…

Square Enix Won’t Release Final Fantasy Type-0 In North America, So Fans Are Taking Over

It’s been a year and a half since Square Enix released the PSP role-playing game Final Fantasy Type-0 in Japan, and the publisher has not yet said a word about a possible U.S. release. Enter the fans. A group of dedicated translators are doing their best to release an English version of Type-0, and you…

Square Enix Is Teasing Something Murderous [UPDATE: It’s A Game Called Murdered: Soul Suspect]

I have no idea what Square Enix is teasing, but it’s certainly piqued my interest. A few minutes ago, I got a strange e-mail via a Square Enix press list: from: [email protected] via kotaku.com reply-to: [email protected] to: [email protected] date: Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 10:27 AM subject: What is the hardest case to solve? mailed-by:…

Listen to Tomb Raider IN JAPANESE

The latest Tomb Raider game will be out in Japan this spring. The game is getting a Japanese language version, with voice actress Yuhko Kaida bringing Lara Croft to life. In case you were wondering, Lara speaks excellent Japanese. In case you missed it, check out Kotaku‘s Tomb Raider preview トゥームレイダー CROSSROADS 日本語吹き替え版トレイラー [YouTube] Kotaku…

Square Enix Just Turned Hideo Kojima into a Raiden Toy

Besides making video games, Square Enix also has a line of collectible “Play Arts” figurines. Upcoming Metal Gear Rising is getting a Play Arts version of protagonist Raiden in his black armour. And to mark the game’s release, Square Enix sent Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima a custom version. With his face on it. After…

Let’s Rank The Final Fantasy Games, Best to Worst

For the past two months, we’ve been running a feature called Pecking Order, in which we rank every game in a series, from best to worst. First up was Halo, then Grand Theft Auto Now it’s Final Fantasy‘s turn. Which game in Square’s crystal-packed behemoth is the best? Which is the worst? Which has the…

Forget Final Fantasy for a Minute, These Vegetable Fairies Are Magical

Yoshitaka Amano has an impressive resume that’s a lot more than just Final Fantasy. Before joining Square Enix, he designed characters for a slew of classic anime, such as Gatchaman. And since stepping down as lead character creator after Final Fantasy VI, Amano has teamed up with a variety of folks, including Neil Gaiman. But…

The Slow, Excruciating Death Of Final Fantasy

Civilization creator Sid Meier once famously said that a game is “a series of interesting decisions.” Final Fantasy All The Bravest, a new game that came out for iOS on Thursday, has one interesting decision: How much money would you like to give Square Enix? All The Bravest, a series of micro-transactions disguised as a…

Yeaaaaahhh! Final Fantasy‘s Lightning Has A CSI Moment

Every time someone puts on sunglasses and utters a pithy remark, a “Won’t Get Fooled Again” scream gets its wings. This video Chris made may have required reverse-engineering a clip from the latest trailer for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, but hey, the clip was kind of begging for it. For full effect, picture David…

If There’s One Reason to Play Final Fantasy: All the Bravest, It’s The Hilarious Flavor Text

While I’m not too keen on Final Fantasy: All the Bravest‘s copious amounts of in-app purchases and incredibly basic gameplay, a quick flip through the game’s character, enemy and weapons collection pages is good for a fair amount of giggles, possibly even a guffaw or two. Take the basilisk, for instance. If my mother had…