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Looks Like Kingdom Hearts 3D Comes West in Late July

Square-Enix’s official French store briefly listed Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream, Drop, Distance for release on July 27 before the company pulled back the listing and replaced it with “Summer 2012.” Either way, it’s a more precise release window than what we’d heard before. Square may be pulling back the Western release date just to give…

By Owen Good Published February 26, 2012

Square Enix’s Next Mobile Game Is Called Guardian Cross

Publisher Square Enix will release a new fantasy game for iOS and Android this spring, it said on its press Twitter account today It’s called Guardian Cross and its Facebook page describes it as a fantasy card battle game Square Enix has had several forays into the world of mobile gaming. It recently released ports…

By Jason Schreier Published February 24, 2012

Kotaku East

The Final Fantasy Social Game in which You Do NOTHING

Last week, as part of Theatrhythm Final Fantasy‘s Japanese launch, Square Enix released the tie-in promotional game, Social Theatrhythm. In this flash game, you create a character and then join up with three Twitter or Facebook friends to play a co-op version of Theatrhythm Of course by “play,” I mean “do nothing.” After choosing your…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published February 24, 2012

Kotaku East

Game Creators Look To 2012: We’ll Do Better

Last year turned out to be a tough one for most Japanese game companies. With natural and nuclear disasters and economic downturns, it’s been a rough year all around. In Weekly Famitsu, several game companies have announced their year-end performance and plans for 2012. So let’s have a look at what’s in store. Major players…

By Toshi Nakamura Published February 23, 2012

These Sexy Final Fantasy XIII-2 DLC Outfits Are Completely Justifiable

Arriving next week alongside the “Sazh: Heads or Tails?” story pack, these two new outfits for Final Fantasy XIII-2 main characters Serah and Noel might seem like a pair of extravagant attempts to acquire $2.99 from players, but they make perfect sense in the grand scheme of things. Take Noel’s Spacetime Guardian outfit, the main…

By Mike Fahey Published February 21, 2012

What a Western Final Fantasy Could Have Sounded Like

One of the most fascinating video game dead ends in recent years has been the fact that, up until a few years ago, a Swedish developer was working on a big-money Final Fantasy game While the project was ultimately cancelled, and in a very messy way, it still tickles a lot of people’s “what if”…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 19, 2012

Reviews

Army Corps of Hell: The Kotaku Review

Into the midst of the PlayStation Vita’s launch lineup drops a fiery comet, crashing through the Earth’s crust and plunging into the mythical underworld below to amass a massive force of evil with infernal domination in mind. The Army Corps of Hell is recruiting. Should you join up? The King of Hell is back in…

By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2012

Sleeping Dogs Screenshots Give Glimpses of Open-World Hong Kong Chaos

First we had that crazy live-action trailer, complete with obligatory Asian crime movie kitchen fight. Now come screens from the game formerly known as True Crime Hong Kong, showing off chases on land and water and some combat besides. Sleeping Dogs is due out later this year.

By Evan Narcisse Published February 17, 2012

Let China Show You How to Chun-Li and Final Fantasy

You might not know how to Chun-Li. You might not know how to Final Fantasy or SoulCalibur. Chinese photographer Mengjie Luan sure does. His work is showcases games like Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Street Fighter IV, and Dynasty Warriors, among others. The photos are dramatic and colorful. The 29 year-old has an eye for dramatic…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2012

Kotaku East

Square Enix Setting Up Shop in India

Square Enix is starting operations in India and is staffing up. If you speak Japanese and Hindi, and have an awesome hairdo, apply! (That last part is not a staff requirement—just a game character one.) [Square Enix Japan]

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 15, 2012

Sleeping Dogs Reveal Trailer Has Nothing To Do With Video Games

There’s a lot of action in this trailer for Sleeping Dogs, once known as True Crime: Hong Kong, which publisher Square Enix officially re-announced today. Unfortunately, none of it looks anything like a game. I guess it’s a good watch if you like watching men hit each other, but this live-action video does nothing to…

By Jason Schreier Published February 8, 2012

Kotaku East

True Crime Gets a New Name, Lets Sleeping Dogs Lie

After the True Crime reboot was canned, Square Enix brought the Activision title, back from the dead. However, as Kotaku reported back in Aug. 2011, the game, then True Crime: Hong Kong, would not bear the name True Crime Today, in Hong Kong, Square Enix revealed that the game is now known as Sleeping Dogs.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 8, 2012

Hey Final Fantasy, Why So Serious?

Remember back when the Final Fantasy franchise had room for silly jokes and random frivolity? Commenter Balmung certainly does, and he wonders we’ll ever go back there in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. So I was just wondering about this. When did the Final Fantasy games get so serious? Back through Final Fantasies III-VII the…

By Mike Fahey Published February 7, 2012

We Can All Be Team-Up Kings in Army Corps of Hell’s Multiplayer

Square Enix’s upcoming Vita game puts players in command of a dethroned King of Hell who’s commanding a 100-goblin attack squad to get his crown back. This latest video from the strategy game shows that you needn’t go it alone. ACoH will support up to four ad-hoc players and you can see what it looks…

By Evan Narcisse Published February 6, 2012

You Might Catch Some Secrets in This Final Fantasy XIII-2 Monster Video

Join me as I take a trip through my favorite new feature of Final Fantasy XIII-2, monster recruitment, snag a couple of rare creatures, and witness the beginning of a legend that will never die. Well, probably never die. Since finishing the main story of Final Fantasy XIII-2 last weekend I’ve spent the majority of…

By Mike Fahey Published February 3, 2012

At Least One Person Believes Final Fantasy V is the Best Game in the Series

With this week’s release of Final Fantasy XIII-2 reopening the franchise discussion floodgates, commenter deuxhero makes an empassioned plea for the Final Fantasy game he believes is the best, even if nobody else does. Let’s Speak Up on Kotaku. Finally Fantasy V is the best Final Fantasy of the main series, and here’s why. The…

By Mike Fahey Published February 1, 2012

Vanquish Figures Unloaded for Your Viewing Pleasure

Fast-pace shooter Vanquish is being immortalized in resin with two upcoming figures. The game’s developer, Platinum Games, is showing off the figures. Have a look. They’re unpainted prototypes, and according to Platinum, there are still minor tweaks being made. Square Enix Play Arts Kai line is creating the figures, which were last shown off last…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 1, 2012

Just Why, Exactly, Did Final Fantasy XIII Suck so Badly?

Boring. Bland. Linear. Those are three of the kinder things that can be said of Final Fantasy XIII, a game so poor it needed a direct sequel just to salvage some brand integrity. They’re also disarmingly simple, and don’t really get to the heart of just why the game was so disappointing to so many.…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 31, 2012

The Story and Creature Collecting Goodness Continue in Final Fantasy XIII-2 DLC

Along with the announcement that Final Fantasy XIII-2 is now available for purchase and play, Square Enix laid out plans to supplement the game with downloadable episodes and coliseum battles that could bring classic Final Fantasy foes into your party. You should all be pretty much done with Final Fantasy XIII-2 by February 7, right?…

By Mike Fahey Published January 31, 2012

Game Critics Turn Back the Score Clock on Final Fantasy XIII-2

Tomorrow marks the second time in Final Fantasy history that Square Enix releases a direct console sequel to one of the numbered entries in the fabled series. Considering the first time around we got a trio of pop divas playing dress-up, this one has to be better, right game reviewers? We’ve seen how I feel…

By Mike Fahey Published January 30, 2012