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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…

Don’t Be Surprised by a Kingdom Hearts 2 HD Remake

At this year’s Tokyo Game Show, Square Enix announced a high definition remake of the first Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories, and Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. It’s called Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX. In the upcoming leaked issue of Famitsu, Kingdom Hearts designer Tetsuya Nomura was apparently asked whether or not there…

Make Other Players Kill Any Character in Hitman: Absolution With the Game’s Contracts Mode

This sizable chunk of gameplay footage highlights Hitman: Absolution’s user-generated content feature. In the new Contracts Mode, players can craft and distribute specific missions for each other within the single-player levels. The walkthrough shows off a Contract mission and how to create one. With the ability to have nearly any character in the game, Contracts…

This Aged Right-Wing Japanese Composer Is Betting On The Internet Generation

With tensions rising between Japan and China over ownership of a group of islands (called “Senkaku” in Japan and “Diaoyu” in China), and between Japan and Korea over ownership of a different group of islands (called “Takeshima” in Japan and “Dokdo” in Korea), 81-year-old video game composer, Kouichi Sugiyama (of Dragon Quest fame) recently voiced…

Hey, You’ve Got Nausicaä in My Final Fantasy IX

Since the Final Fantasy games have been so incredibly influential, it’s interesting to see where FF‘s designers have looked for their own inspiration. It’s no secret that Final Fantasy has apparently been influenced by Studio Ghibli. The Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind manga, for example, most likely inspired Final Fantasy‘s Chocobo—those big yellow…

The Latest Bravely Default Trailer Flies Out

Upcoming 3DS role-playing game Bravely Default: Flying Fairy has a goofy title. The game, however, looks just fine. As previously posted, Bravely Default will feature a job system similar to Final Fantasy V. So if you like FFV, you’ll probably like this! Bravely Default will be out this October in Japan. 「ブレイブリーデフォルト」～覚醒篇～ [SquareEnix@YouTube] Kotaku East…

The Japanese Version of Demons’ Score is a Much Better Deal

Last week iNiS’ rhythm-shooter Demons’ Score hit the North American app store, disappointing many fans by padding the $6.99 game with nearly $40 of additional content. Meanwhile, in Japan, the entire game costs just $20. NeoGAF poster StarCreator popped into the Japanese app store this weekend, where they discovered that the native version of Square…