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Let’s the Chaos Begin with Revealing Outfits and Pink Guns

Teddy bear? Check. Crazy clothes? Check. Pink machine gun and giant sword? Check, check. If these are all your boxes, then Square Enix’s upcoming smartphone shooter Demon’s Score looks like it’ll be right up your alley when it hits iOS/Android this summer.

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 6, 2012

Culture

At Least Final Fantasy XIV’s Art Isn’t Drowning in Buttons

Final Fantasy XIV as a game certainly looks nice, but it’s also – like most MMOs – a little too cluttered with buttons and bars for my liking. Which is why I like its concept art a little more. It’s all the pretty, none of the buttons. To see the larger pics in all their…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 6, 2012

I Saw Square Enix’s Jaw-Dropping Luminous Studio Engine Running. It’s for Real

Unreal 4 better watch its back. Square Enix pulled off what may be E3’s biggest surprise tonight when they unveiled an incredible real-time demo of their new Luminous Studio engine. I shot video of the reel as it was first shown and you can see that the after-hours crowd took in the whole four-minute-plus demo…

By Evan Narcisse Published June 6, 2012

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Producer Wants To Make Music Games For Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger

The producer of the Final Fantasy music game wants to make a Dragon Quest music game. And a Saga music game. And maybe even a Chrono Trigger music game. Theathrythm Final Fantasy, a Square Enix-helmed 3DS game that blends the button-tapping rhythm of Elite Beat Agents with the gorgeous soundtracks of Final Fantasy, has earned…

By Jason Schreier Published June 5, 2012

Wow, Final Fantasy XIV, You’ve Changed

Final Fantasy XIV’s launch was so terrible that Square Enix had to pull the game and promise to not bring it back until it was fixed. I don’t know if their gameplay tweaks have had any effect, but I do know the game is at least looking a lot nicer. Stay tuned later tonight for…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2012

Those Adorable Mini Ninjas Get Kinect-ified for Xbox Live Arcade

We’ve not heard much from Hiro and his tiny assassin friends since 2009’s Mini Ninjas, which makes sense; you’re not supposed to hear ninja. Fans will get a chance to learn that for themselves come June 29, when Square Enix releases Mini Ninjas Adventures, a Kinect-powered fight-fest for Xbox Live arcade. Hinted at back in…

By Mike Fahey Published June 1, 2012

Hitman‘s Next Target Appears to be Assassin’s Creed

Hello. Have you heard of the Hitman video games? You may have seen a trailer in which a well-dressed man murders sexy killers who are in the habit of dressing like nuns. The trailer is surprising, because, Hitman games have always been about challenging players to commit stealthy murder and are a shade more sedate—and…

By Stephen Totilo Published June 1, 2012

Lara Croft Takes an Absolute Beating in This Tomb Raider Gameplay Trailer

Our first good look at gameplay from the upcoming Tomb Raider prequel/reboot also gives us a good look at hero Lara Croft…not doing so well. It was announced tonight that the game will be out in March 2013.

By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2012

The World’s Largest High IQ Society Enters the Brain Game… Game

Since 1946 Mensa has been bringing together the most intelligent people in the world and convincing them to pay annual membership fees for a card that proves how clever they are. Now the world’s largest gathering of large IQ scores teams with Square Enix for Mensa Academy, a game aimed at training others to pay…

By Mike Fahey Published May 30, 2012

Square Enix’s E3 Line-Up Includes Agent 47, Lara Croft and Handheld Final Fantasy

The madness known as E3’s only one week away and publishers are starting to tip their hands as to what we will and won’t see at the big show. in heir own words, here’s what Square Enix will be displaying at this year’s E3. The list includes the big AAA titles we already know about,…

By Evan Narcisse Published May 30, 2012

Agent 47 Brutally Slaughters Nuns in the Bizarre Hitman: Absolution E3 Trailer

There are so many things wrong with this “Attack of the Saints” trailer for Hitman: Absolution, starting with the fact that the Saints don’t so much attack as they walk forward in slow motion as Agent 47 takes them out one-by-one. It seems silly to me that Square Enix decided to play up the fetish…

By Mike Fahey Published May 30, 2012

What Does a Squad of Gun-Toting Fetish Nuns Have to Do With Hitman: Absolution?

Teasing tomorrow’s release of the official Hitman: Absolution E3 trailer, Square Enix teases us with an image depicting eight ladies dress in vinyl nun costumes wielding a wide variety of powerful firearms. Could Hitman: Absolution feature the world’s first nun-based online multiplayer? God I hope so. Some sort of multiplayer reveal is what’s expected, but…

By Mike Fahey Published May 29, 2012

So… No New Final Fantasy XIV Trailer at E3… Yeah.

Final Fantasy XIV, remember that? Remember how Square Enix was supposed to make it all better? Well, according to Square Enix, the game’s latest trailer will “skip” E3. [Square Enix]

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 28, 2012

Square Enix’s American Boss Calls Activision “Crazy” for Dumping True Crime: Hong Kong

Publishing executives say complimentary stuff about their upcoming games all of the time. So what. But there’s an unusual history with Sleeping Dogs, which Square Enix will release Aug. 14—it was formerly known as True Crime: Hong Kong until Activision washed its hands of the franchise in the Feb. 2011 bloodbath that killed off Guitar…

By Owen Good Published May 26, 2012

This Hitman Racing Suit is Either the Most Ridiculous or the Most Brilliant Thing I’ve Seen

We’ve featured Joey Logano, the driver who races the No. 20 GameStop Toyota in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series, several times before. He’s had some awesome car wraps before, hoods dedicated to Bioshock 2 or Red Dead Redemption—things that still look a little strange turning left at 120 mph. Well, when the flag drops at the History…

By Owen Good Published May 26, 2012

Sleeping Dogs Looks Like a Spicy Hodgepodge from the Last Five Years of Action Games

I may be crazy for looking forward to United Front’s upcoming open-world action game but Sleeping Dogs looks like it’s going to scratch a particular Hong-Kong-gangster-cinmea itch of mine. It also looks like it’s throwing elements designed to appeal to every possible sort of taste. Extreme car-jacking a la The Wheelman? Check. Need for Speed-style…

By Evan Narcisse Published May 25, 2012

Kotaku East

The Final Fantasy VII That Could’ve Been

Most modern-day gamers know or at least know ofFinal Fantasy 7. The monster hit that single-handedly brought the Playstation into the fore-ground and secured its place for years to come. Now, 15 years after its initial release, director Yoshinori Kitase has released some of the few remaining development notes to the Weekly Famitsu. Among the…

By Toshi Nakamura Published May 17, 2012

Right Now, a Final Fantasy VII Remake Isn’t The Most Important Thing

Not for Square Enix. Final Fantasy VII character designer and current Square Enix bigwig Tetsuya Nomura spoke with Japanese game magazine Famitsu about the much desired FFVII In the interview, Nomura stated that the Final Fantasy must surmount the old FF games. Nomura acknowledged that there was considerable fan interest in a Final Fantasy VII…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 16, 2012

A Night of Speed-Dating With Kingdom Hearts, Theatrhythm and Heroes of Ruin

I’m in California this week for the purpose of checking out a bunch of video games that will be shown at E3 next month. I’m a pre-E3 Judge*, you see, bouncing from one showcase with a game publisher to another, signing lots of paperwork in which I swear not to tell people about these games…

By Stephen Totilo Published May 15, 2012

Kotaku East

You Want Your Final Fantasy VII HD Remaster? Well Here It Is!

One of the greatest things about PC gaming is the ability to modify games. Since Doom, fan-made sprites, levels, and even tweeks to gameplay can be found for any number of classic and modern PC titles. Recently, games like Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age have received amazingly detailed texture packs for all their characters,…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published May 15, 2012