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The World Ends With You Is Actually A Pretty Good Port

Look, nothing justifies what Square Enix did. Setting up a weekly countdown that everyone giddily expects will be a sequel to beloved DS game The World Ends With You only to reveal that it’s actually a $20 iOS port? Indefensible. But I bought the iPad port of The World Ends With You today, and after…

How Dragon Quest Just Pissed Off Its Most Famous (and Oldest) Fan

Dragon Quest X is an online MMORPG. That might’ve made some fans pleased, but one in particular—legendary actress Keiko Awaji—is not happy. “What I’m interested in is Dragon Quest,” Awaji recently said on Japanese TV. Instead of, like she has in the past, gushing about why she loved Dragon Quest, this time, she talked about…

Disappointing Everyone, The World Ends With You Countdown Leads to a $20 iOS Port

A rogue online store listing last week meant today Square Enix more confirmed than announced that The World Ends With You-Solo Remix will be released for iOS devices, both in the west and Japan. The game goes on sale tomorrow. That’s its launch trailer above. This isn’t gonna be cheap. the iPhone version is $17.99,…

Ode To The Final Fantasy Games That Weren’t Really Final Fantasy Games

Let’s go back in time. It’s 1990. The Company Then Known As Squaresoft is living large, riding the waves of success earned by 1987’s surprise hit Final Fantasy. Piles of money. Mountains of cocaine. You know the deal. Fueled by glory and riches, Square decides to localize a bunch of their Game Boy RPGs and…

Square Enix Thinks This Mobile RPG Is Worth $30

The folks over at Square Enix Europe are charging a whopping $28.99 for upcoming mobile RPG Final Fantasy Dimensions, they revealed this morning. Presumably Square Enix USA is using the same price scheme, as the Europe blog lists prices in U.S. dollars too. Here’s what they have to say about the game, which is out…

MMORPGs Are Expensive, When You Are a Kid

Kids? They don’t have money. So thirteen bucks might not be much to working adults, but it is when you are a child—a MMORPG playing child, that is. Dragon Quest X is, for the first time in the DQ series, a subscription-based MMORPG. To enable kids the ability to play for two hours at set…

Without Final Fantasy V, This RPG Boss Would Have Been Indiana Jones

Souhei Niikawa is the CEO of Nipponichi Software, the maker of such hits like the Disgaea series, and Phatom Brave. In 1996, Niikawa joined Nipponichi Software to work in marketing, publicity, and game development, and after a successful career, in July 2009, he became CEO. Even after his rise in rank, Niikawa continues to have…

If you needed more convincing that teaser site is for The World Ends with You, check the background music.

Sleeping Dogs‘ New Add-Ons Are The Wrong Sort Of Downloadable Content

Like many of my Kotaku brethren and sistren, I really dig United Front’s Sleeping Dogs. I’m taking my time playing it, doing a lot of the sidequests, and I can tell that when I do finish, I’ll gladly pay for add-on content to expand the game. And look at that, I’m in luck! The first…

Square Enix launched a teaser site with lightning for its new Final Fantasy XIII game with…Lightning.

I Never Thought Driving On The Left Would Be So Much Fun

As I played Sleeping Dogs this past weekend, I kept getting into car accidents. Every time I’d hop onto my motorcycle or into a car, I’d find myself getting into head-on collisions with the residents of Hong Kong; I couldn’t keep a car in good condition for thirty seconds of driving, and I couldn’t manage…

And Now, Sleeping Dogs Will Perform a Magic Trick

Kotaku likes Sleeping Dogs very much. Kotaku also likes magic. You, hopefully, like Sleeping Dogs and magic, too. Have you seen the trick that Sleeping Dogs protagonist Wei Shen can pull off? Watch and marvel. Wei the MagiShen Debuts His Newest Trick! [YouTube Thanks, Praxic!] Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing…

Which of These Final Fantasy VII Logos Is Best?

Final Fantasy games have a look. The characters seem like they belong in a Final Fantasy game, and so do their iconic logos. Let’s talk about those logos—namely, the Final Fantasy VII logo. Online in Japan, someone created a whole host of FFVII logos, using the color shades from other FF games as well as…

Based on the font (among other hints), this countdown looks like a new The World Ends With You teaser.

Darksiders II And Sleeping Dogs: A Tale Of Two Very Different PC Ports

I played two PC ports of two big, exciting new games this week. One of them worked. One of them didn’t. The two big games in question were Square Enix and United Front’s Hong Kong crime game Sleeping Dogs and THQ and Vigil’s comic-booky fantasy game Darksiders II. Both games came out on Tuesday, both…

Square Would Like You To Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Final Fantasy

The 25th anniversary celebration for Final Fantasy will kick off in a couple of weeks, a few months short of the series’ 24th anniversary, but, hey, no one ever said the numbering of anything Final Fantasy-related was logical. The series that debuted in Japan in December 1987, will be celebrated in grand style in Tokyo…

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Beta Scheduled For Winter. No Hardware Upgrades Necessary

Square Enix’s new/remade MMORG, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn was shown at Gamescom 2012 in Germany yesterday. During the stage event, producer/director Naoki Yoshida stood on stage to show what has been developed so far. As can be seen from screenshots, FFXIV: A Realm Reborn has some pretty spectacular graphics. Yoshida proudly announced that…

Thirteen Minutes of FFXIV: A Realm Reborn Shaky-Cam Gameplay

Here’s some gameplay footage of the relaunched Final Fantasy XIV. The presentation shows off some of the game’s drag and drop inventory system as well as jumping. Yes, jumping! First Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Gameplay Footage [Siliconera]

Grand Theft Auto is Too Big. Yakuza is Too Small. Sleeping Dogs is Just Right.

Creating a compelling and enjoyable open world experience is more than just giving the player as much real estate technologically possible to play in. It’s a delicate balancing act between character and scale. Somewhere between Grand Theft Auto‘s size and Yakuza’s personality lies Sleeping Dogs That’s not to say that Grand Theft Auto IV or…

Wow, The New Achievements For Final Fantasy VII Sure Are Boring

When I heard that the PC re-release of Final Fantasy VII—which came out yesterday—would have achievements, I thought maybe we’d see some cool challenges. Maybe they’d have a sense of humor. Or ask you to do crazy things, like beat the game with no materia or solo Ruby Weapon. But no. These achievements are just…