Square Enix - Page 128 of 176

Dead Island: The Kotaku Review

This is the part where I’d try to artfully describe how I meticulously took apart a zombie with an electrified fire axe on a pristine beach, sky-blue waters lapping at my knees. I even took notes. I’d probably explain that on my second play-through of Dead Island I switched from the Xbox 360 button-pushing attacks…

By Brian Crecente Published September 16, 2011

Final Fantasy XIII-2 is you and Your Friends Against the Galaxy’s Biggest Floating Hand

Final Fantasy XIII, for all its money and marketing, rang hollow with many gamers (even serious fans of the franchise), standing accused of being everything from linear to, well, just boring Playing Final Fantasy XIII for around ten minutes at TGS this morning, all I could think of was how much this played like FFXIII…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 16, 2011

Wanna See More of Dragon Quest X In Action?

Square Enix’s wildly popular (in Japan) role-playing game series is coming to the Wii and Wii U as Dragon Quest X. Only this one’s an online multiplayer RPG, a decision that’s not sitting well with some Dragon Quest fans. Watch some new footage of DQX right here and judge for yourself. The above footage—part pre-rendered…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 15, 2011

The Beautiful and the Badass Toys of the Tokyo Game Show

Some come to Tokyo in September to play games. More come to buy crap associated with them, though, as some of the most popular stalls at TGS aren’t the ones with demo units, but stacks of t-shirts, action figures and art books. In the gallery above you’ll find the best of the gear available at…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 15, 2011

Dead Island Nears 2M

Buggy, but fun hack-and-slash zombie role-playing game Dead Island shipped more than a million copies to stores in the first few days of release and expects to send out 2 million globally by the end of week, the publishers say. Of course, these aren’t sold to gamers numbers, but it is still pretty impressive.

By Brian Crecente Published September 15, 2011

Square Enix’s Tokyo Game Show Booth Is…Look Out, Giant Chocobo!

As you’d expect, Square Enix’s booth at this year’s Tokyo Game Show is one of the biggest and most popular, even on this first day, which should be quiet. Which it wasn’t. At least at the place where you could play Final Fantasy games. Also on-hand were some Western games that Square Enix is helping…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 15, 2011

LIVE from the Tokyo Game Show 2011 Keynote, Starring Square Enix’s Yoichi Wada!

The main in charge of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and the many, many remakes of previous games in those series, Yoichi Wada, big bossman at Square Enix, is officially kicking off Tokyo Game Show 2011. What pearls of wisdom with Wada drop during his TGS keynote? Let’s find out! The topic of Wada’s talk is…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 14, 2011

Final Fantasy XIII-2 Gets Its Own PlayStation 3 and A Release Date

Square Enix is releasing the sequel to Final Fantasy XIII in Japan this December. It’s called Final Fantasy XIII-2. To commemorate that release, Sony will release a sequel to the PlayStation 3 Final Fantasy XIII Lightning Edition. Releasing alongside Final Fantasy XIII-2 in Japan will be the PlayStation 3 Final Fantasy XIII-2 Lightning Edition Ver.2,…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 14, 2011

This PS Vita Game Sure Looks Hellish

Square Enix, makers of Final Fantasy, is coming out strong with PS Vita. Besides an HD Final Fantasy X remake, Square Enix is also working on original titles like Army Corps of Hell What a great title! It’s one of my favorite Square Enix titles in years—especially because Square Enix titles of late have been…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 14, 2011

Final Fantasy X is Coming to PlayStation Vita and PS3 in HD

Square Enix will bring PlayStation 2 role-playing game Final Fantasy X to the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3, the company announced today, giving the 2001 video game a high definition makeover. The game’s publisher called the HD upgrade a “special 10th anniversary production” but did not show the Vita and PS3 version in action, only…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 14, 2011

Square Enix Has an Original Role-Playing Game (With A Goofy Name) Coming to Nintendo 3DS

Next year, role-playing game know-it-alls Square Enix will grace the Nintendo 3DS with a new, original RPG. It’s called Bravely Default: Flying Fairy, a silly name for a potentially intriguing game. Nintendo showed off snippets of gameplay from Bravely Default: Flying Fairy at its 3DS Conference today, revealing a game that looked visually close to…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 13, 2011

So That Final Fantasy Music Game Sure Looks Bad

Final Fantasy Versus XIII looks great. Heck, PSP title Final Fantasy Type-0 looks great, too. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, that Final Fantasy music game, doesn’t. Stuff like this might fly on the iPhone, but this is actually a 3DS title—meaning, it will cost more than US$0.99 to play this. You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 12, 2011

Final Fantasy Type-Pretty PSP Bundle

If you are planning on buying PSP title Final Fantasy Type-O and if you really, really love FF, do yourself a favor. Buy this. This being a limited edition FF Type-0 box set sold through Square Enix’s online shop. It’s pricey (¥12,760 or US$165), but comes in a beautiful box. It’s packed with a copy…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 9, 2011

Final Fantasy XIII-2 Travels Through Time to Fix Past Missteps

Was Final Fantasy XIII too linear for you? Square Enix has heard the complaints, and answers them with a mechanic that’s about as non-linear as they come: Time travel. How does it work? Director Motomu Toriyama has the answers. At the heart of Final Fantasy XIII-2‘s story and gameplay progression is the Historia Crux, a…

By Mike Fahey Published September 8, 2011

The Missing Link Adds Three Strange Days to Deus Ex: Human Revolution‘s Adventure

The Human Revolution continues in October, as Adam Jensen finds himself stripped of his augmentations in The Missing Link downloadable content. Adam Jensen disappears for three days during the course of Deus Ex: Human Revolution‘s conspiracy-rich story. Where did he go? What did he do? What happened to his augmentations? The answer to that last…

By Mike Fahey Published September 8, 2011

They’ve Been Making Dragon Quest X for Too Damn Long

Dragon Quest X was first revealed in December 2008—almost three years ago. If a former Square Enix employee is to be believed, the company has been working on it much longer than that. According to former Square Enix developer Takehiko Hoashi, the company’s been working on DQX for the past six years. If the title…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 8, 2011

When a Japanese Gamer Girl Speaks Her Mind

Haruna Anno is a retro gaming idol—the young girl who loves old games. She also speaks her mind, and that’s always good for an idol. When Dragon Quest X was revealed yesterday, some gamers were excited. Many, when they learned about the required online and subscription fees, groaned. Like many people, Anno took to Twitter…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 7, 2011

Turn Deus Ex: HR Into More of a PC Game

I played Deus Ex on PC. It was…OK, but didn’t run as nicely as I thought it would, and didn’t give me as much control over things as I would have liked. Know what it was missing? A debug mode. Know what we’ve got now? A debug mode! How’d you guess? A mod has been…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 7, 2011

What Is Holding Up Deus Ex in Japan?

Deus Ex: Human Revolution was supposed to be out Sept. 8 in Japan, but it’s now slated for sometime in Oct. The reason for the delay is that “prohibited images” were found in one place in the game. In its official statement, Square Enix did not clarify what the offending content was. In early August,…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2011

If the Original Deus Ex Had Been More Like Human Revolution…

If you think the kind of people who say “games were better in the good old days” are bad, they’re even worse when they’re talking about PC games. Except, on rare occasions like this, they actually make a decent gag out of it. This clip blends the original Deus Ex, which is eleven years old,…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 6, 2011