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If You Don’t Use Your Dragon Quest X Character Online, It’ll Get Erased

Unlike previous Dragon Quest games, Dragon Quest X is an online MMO. So far, the game’s online experience has been surprisingly painless. But here’s one thing that some players *might* find painful. According to Square Enix, if you do not log in for online play for over three months, it’s possible that the game’s server…

Final Fantasy VII Quietly Re-Released, Then Taken Down

The upcoming PC re-release of Final Fantasy VII was accidentally made available for sale on Square Enix’s online store over the weekend, then very quickly pulled. Not before some people managed to buy the game, though, which led to some disappointed customers, as Square Enix’s DRM protection wouldn’t let them actually play it, since their…

Square Enix’s New Game with Cars. Transforming Robot Cars.

Always nice to see game makers step outside their comfort zone, and bit by bit, Square Enix has been doing just that. The Tokyo-based game maker, best known for Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, is working on a new car game called Gyrozetter. A new transforming robot car game. It’s Unreal Engine powered, there’s an…

Square Enix said it plans on supporting Dragon Quest X with new content for the next ten years.

The Controversy Surrounding the Launch of This Year’s Biggest Wii Game

It finally happened. For years, Japan has been waiting for the latest Dragon Quest game, and yesterday, it launched. Anxious gamers lined up in droves to purchase the title. In Shibuya, there was a special countdown event at retailer Tsutaya for the game. The first person in line appeared on stage and received his purchased…

This is What It’s Like To Track Down A Serial Killer in Sleeping Dogs

You can get a pretty good glimpse at a lot of open world game Sleeping Dogs‘ features in this walkthrough led by producer Dan Sochan. Driving, conversing, hacking, and more. But you’ll also get some insight into investigations you undergo during undercover police side missions. It seems like you’ll be chasing after a serial killer…

Even Blue Slimes Line Up for Video Games

When Mr. Sato isn’t eating whoppers with a thousand pieces of cheese, he’s eating whoppers with a thousand strips of bacon. And when he’s not doing that, he’s patiently lining up for video games. Last night, he did just that: He lined up in Shibuya for Dragon Quest X, dressed as a DQ Slime (even…

There’s a Dreamy Difference Between High and Low Kingdom Hearts 3D Review Scores

There is a pedigree of role-playing fan out there that inherently ‘gets’ the Kingdom Hearts series. To these magical people each new entry in the series is another skein of thread being woven into a glorious tapestry of fantastic fiction. And then there are the game reviewers. Having reviewed several Kingdom Hearts titles myself, I…

Square Enix Is Working On A ‘Hardware-Free’ RPG

The creators of Final Fantasy are working on an action-role-playing game that will be platform-agnostic, according to a new report. According to the latest issue of Japanese gaming mag Famitsu (as translated by Andriasang), Square Enix producer Ryutaro Ichimura (best known for working on multiple games in the Dragon Quest series) is heading up an…

The Upcoming Final Fantasy XIII Lightning Title Will Be Revealed Next Month

As previously hinted, Square Enix will be revealing the latest entry in its Final Fantasy XIII “Lightning Saga” at the upcoming Final Fantasy anniversary event in Tokyo’s Shibuya on September 1. Square Enix’s Yoshinori Kitase confirmed to Famitsu that work on the latest entry in the Lightning Saga has “just begun”. At the Final Fantasy…

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance: The Kotaku Review

There are moments in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, when, caught up in a storm of hectic keyblade slashing and chromatic aerial theatrics, you might not notice the ticking timer on the bottom of your screen. Until it hits 0. Then, abruptly, as if the game has decided you were having too much fun,…

Final Fantasy III Is Totally Coming to Ouya

Square Enix is bringing its Android version of Final Fantasy III to Ouya. Sure, FFIII is a game you’ve played—and bought—a million times. And you can buy it again when it hits Ouya in March 2013! [Square Enix]

What The Hell Is Kingdom Hearts? A Beginner’s Guide To Square Enix’s RPG Series

There’s a new Kingdom Hearts game out tomorrow. It’s called Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance and it’s the seventh game in a series that now has 250% more spinoffs than main installments. To some of you a new Kingdom Hearts might be reason to celebrate. To others it might just be confusing. What is…

Final Fantasy Crosses the Bridge to Android

Released ages ago on iOS and just recently for Windows Phone 7, the original Final Fantasy (well, the PSP remake) is now available in the Google Play store for Android devices, prices to slowly plod along at $6.99. [Thanks, Jason!]

What’s More Glorious Than HD Final Fantasy VII? Paper Final Fantasy VII.

Because paper is awesome! Comic artist George Alexopoulos turns role-playing game Final Fantasy VII into adorable 2D paper figures. While fans clamor for a FFVII remake, I’ll take a Final Fantasy VII Paper. (Oh, and a remake.) Previously, Kotaku posted his Zelda and Mega-Man doodles, which were just as darling, if not more. FFVII [StudioNJ…

Why Final Fantasy Is Called Final Fantasy (And Other FF Trivia)

Did you know that Aeris’s death was inspired by the death of Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi’s mother? Or that the name Final Fantasy came from the sense of desperation Square felt back in the 80s? Okay, maybe you did. Still, this is an interesting, well-produced set of trivia from Square Enix’s ubiqutious role-playing game…

Final Fantasy XIV, Totally Overhauled, Is Now Called A Realm Reborn

Square Enix has completely rebuilt Final Fantasy XIV in a project that has now been rebranded “A Realm Reborn,” the publisher said today. Previously called “Version 2.0,” this will be the next incarnation of Square’s massively multiplayer online game, which has been modified quite a bit since it first came out in 2010. Square Enix…

Official Nintendo USB Memory Ain’t Cheap

So Nintendo is releasing an official USB memory drive for the Wii so players can enjoy Dragon Quest X. It’s…not cheap. If you order the 16GB flash drive directly from Nintendo, it will set you back ¥3,150 or US$40. For comparison’s sake, you can get 16GB memory via Amazon Japan for about ¥1,000 or $13…

Dragon Quest X to Get New Stuff Each Week

Dragon Quest X is getting weekly updates with new quests and story segments—which should keep players busy! That’s not all—ten weeks after release, there will be a massive update with new systems and gameplay elements. [Siliconera]

Two New DLC Packs Add Puzzles To Quantum Conundrum

Delightful puzzler Quantum Conundrum will receive two new downloadable content packs this summer, publisher Square Enix said today. Pack one, The Desmond Debacle, sticks you in a new wing of the Quadwrangle Manor to solve puzzles that center around the drinking bird Desmond. Pack two, IKE-aramba!, tasks you with rescuing the adorable Interdimensional Kinetic Entity…