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Sleeping Dogs Is About To Get A Little Crazier

Just in time for Halloween, Sleeping Dogs developer United Front Games will be releasing add-on content for the amazing hands-on, kung fu combat, open world game. And there will be zombies. And vampires. Sort of. It’s called Nightmare in North Point, and instead of slapping rival Triad members in the face with a fish, you…

Square Enix Finds Redemption for Demons’ Score with Symphonica

I was terribly disappointed with the way Square Enix priced iNiS’s rhythm game, Demons’ Score. So disappointed that when I heard the company had released another iNiS rhythm game on iOS I almost didn’t bother. Between the free initial download and the stirring sounds of Dvorak’s New World Symphony my tenuous convictions crumbled, and I…

Hitman: Absolution Lets You Dress Up in Goofy Outfits, Too

Here’s a look at some of the “deadly disguises” that Hitman: Absolution. You know, like a large chicken. And a scarecrow. And a judge. Lethal!

Square Enix just launched a teaser site for an upcoming collaboration with Hangame.

Bravely Default Is Killing It In Japan. Hey Square Enix, Time To Bring It Here.

People in Japan like Bravely Default. They really like Bravely Default According to new numbers from Japanese sales tracker Media Create (as reported by Siliconera), Square Enix’s latest 3DS RPG moved 141,529 copies during its first week on the marketplace. There’s even talk of a sequel As Siliconera points out, Bravely Default beat out its…

The Artist Behind Final Fantasy Just Wants To Draw Cute Girls

While speaking with Yoshitaka Amano, the legendary designer who created art for almost every game in the Final Fantasy series, I asked him about his dream project. Would he want to work on a direct sequel to Final Fantasy VI? Maybe a Dragon Quest game? Some sort of crazy Chrono Trigger spinoff? “Something with cute…

Hacking Killed a Square Enix Online Shop [Update]

Last month, the Square Enix Official Goods Online Shop was compromised as the third-party server, which hosts its online retail store, was breached. Today in Japan, the company announced that its merchandising division’s official goods online store would be ending its internet shopping service. The Official Goods Online Shop specialized in Square Enix’s collectible figures…

Watch Me Try to Do What Lara Croft Does in Tomb Raider

Everyone who’s played a Tomb Raider game knows that Lara Croft’s pistols are her most iconic and trusty weapons. Always filled with ammo, always ready to mow down the rabid wolves, Yeti and human thugs who get in her way. But the new Tomb Raider reboot doesn’t start players off with guns. Instead, your first…

Get a Good Look at This Year’s New Mass Effect, Hitman, Metal Gear & Devil May Cry Action Figures

As you should know by now, Square Enix’s Play Arts studio have the rights to make action figures for more than just Square Enix properties. Which is why the cool toys you’re about to see come from all sorts of publishers, franchises and games. The figures in the gallery below constitute the upcoming slate for…

Bravely Default‘s Inevitable Sequel Will *Probably* Be on the 3DS

On Twitter, a Japanese gamer said she or he purchased a 3DS just to play Square Enix’s latest role-playing game Bravely Default—then asked the game’s official Twitter, if there were a sequel, would it also be a 3DS title? Here’s the reply: “Depending on the circumstances, I don’t think it would change. Because I think…

See How Sleeping Dogs‘ Next DLC Lets You Beat Up the Undead with Magic Kung-Fu

Earlier today, Square Enix and United Front Games announced that they’ll be delivering a horror movie style add-on to the gritty open-world action of Sleeping Dogs. The publisher and developer showed off the trailer and some gameplay from Nightmare in North Point, and talked about the special weapons and abilities Wei Shen will get access…

Sleeping Dogs‘s New DLC Will Show You the Scary Side of Hong Kong on Oct. 30

Square Enix managed to find a surprising success in Sleeping Dogs, their crime drama that takes place in a engaging open-world Hong Kong. Since the game’s summer release, it’s gotten DLC offerings that give players new racing or cop missions as well as packs filled with new customization options but nothing in the form of…

After an extended period of iOS exclusivity, Square Enix’s mobile RPG Chaos Rings is now available for Android devices

Thank Two Lovely Programmers for the HD Kingdom Hearts Remix

In the upcoming issue of Famitsu, Square Enix’s Tetsuya Nomura apparently talked up the forthcoming HD Kingdom Hearts collection, Kingdom Hearts: HD 1.5 ReMIX. There are some interesting details. According to Nomura, Square Enix decided to do the HD version of Kingdom Hearts prior to the HD version of Final Fantasy X (which seems to…

Tetsuya Nomura Wants You To Wait a Little Longer for Final Fantasy Versus XIII Info

Didn’t see Final Fantasy Versus XIII at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, did we? Nope! Well, Square Enix’s Tetsuya Nomura is here to say the game is still being worked on. “We’re continuing work on Versus,” Nomura apparently said in an upcoming issue of Famitsu “Because all staff is hard at work on the game,”…

Final Fantasy XIV Wants To Be the Standard for MMORPG Console Gaming

Square Enix is busy readying the PS3 version of Final Fantasy XIV. The Tokyo-based game company isn’t just working on making sure the PS3 version is up to snuff, but it’s also aiming for it to become the standard for MMORPGs on home consoles. In the upcoming issue of Famitsu, Square Enix seems to have…

Square Enix Defends The Surprisingly High Pricing of Their iOS/Android Games

Over the past few years, Square Enix has become something of a force in mobile gaming. The big Japanese publisher, best known for making console role-playing games like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, has also found success making solid games for tablets and phones. Some of them are ports of old classics; others are new,…

Let’s Keep Talking About Bravely Default Until Square Enix Brings It To America

We still haven’t heard a peep from Square Enix’s North American offices about Bravely Default: Flying Fairy, a lovely-looking 3DS RPG that’s out in Japan this week. Which is a real shame. I really want to play it. Yesterday, RPGLand posted an interesting interview with Bravely Default producer Tomoya Asano. It’s got a lot of…

Watch All Of Final Fantasy VII In Just Five Minutes

Brought to you by Dan Hobart, the man who cut abridged versions of Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, and quite a few other Super Nintendo games, here’s all of Final Fantasy VII in five minutes. In case you feel like getting all nostalgic and wistful but you don’t have time to play Square’s classic RPG…

Tomb Raider‘s Publisher Wants You to Shoot Arrows At New York Comic-Con. What Could Go Wrong?

Square Enix, along with many other game publishers, will be descending on the Big Apple next week for New York Comic-Con. And when NYCC starts next Thursday, the company will be letting folks shoot arrows at a target in imitation of the newly-rebooted Lara Croft. If the following is to be believed, these will be…