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Square Enix Gets Chun-Li’s Thighs Right (But Not the Knees)
First spotted at Comic-Con, we now have the first official shots of Square Enix’s line of upcoming Street Fighter figures. As with many other figures in the company’s “Play Arts” line, there’s a stylised edge to the World Warriors, which in Ryu’s case means basketball biceps and in Chun-Li’s case means giant man thighs (yes!)…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 10, 2011 -
Want to Play Final Fantasy XIII-2 Early at Square Enix HQ in Tokyo?
On September 10, Square Enix is letting 40 fans play some of FFXIII-2 before the Tokyo Game Show. Register over at Square Enix Members, and winners are picked via raffle. The catch? Registration is in Japanese. Good luck! [Square Enix]
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 9, 2011 -
Square Enix, Where the Hell Is Final Fantasy Versus XIII?
Final Fantasy Versus XIII was first unveiled at the E3 gaming expo in 2006. It’s now 2011, and the game is not out. To be fair, Square Enix said in 2006 that it had not yet begun work on the game. But by late 2009, Square Enix was showing gameplay footage of the title. Square…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 9, 2011 -
In Japan, Deus Ex Is Sexual Object Free
When Western games are released in Japan, it’s not uncommon for the more graphic elements to end up on the cutting room floor. Deus Ex: Human Revolution is no exception. According to Square Enix, the Japanese version will have one cutscene modified because it shows a character’s internal organs. In an area of the game,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 8, 2011 -
Twenty-Five Years of Dragon Quest Deserves an Exhibition
To mark Dragon Quest‘s big anniversary, Square Enix is holding an exhibit of 25 years of DQ at the Mori Arts Center in Mori Tower in Roppongi Hills from October 8 to December 4. If you’re in Tokyo, check it out. 勇者の数だけ冒険がある！ ”誕生25周年記念 ドラゴンクエスト展”開催決定 [ファミ通.com] You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 3, 2011 -
The Tokyo Game Show Will Tell Us More About the PS Vita
The keynotes at this year’s TGS will be delivered by Square Enix honcho Yoichi Wada, Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida, and the president of social gaming company Gree. Japanese netizens speculate that the PS Vita will be dated during Sony’s keynote, the title of which translates as “The PS Vita’s Full Details”. The PS Vita was first…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 2, 2011 -
Square Enix, Your iPhone Pricing Is Bananas
Awesome news: after a long wait, Final Fantasy Tactics is on its way to the App Store, with the classic strategy title due out this Thursday. Only, there’s a catch: it’s expensive The iPhone is a different market than other handheld gaming platforms. Nintendo is finding this out the hard way. Games are normally sold…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 2, 2011 -
Square Enix Brings Activision’s True Crime Reboot Back From the Dead
The True Crime game canned by publisher Activision earlier this year has been revived. It just won’t bear the True Crime name at its new home, Final Fantasy, Deus Ex and Hitman publisher Square Enix. Gamasutra reports that the game once known as True Crime: Hong Kong has been snapped up by the Japanese publisher.…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 1, 2011 -
My Tour of Deus Ex Art Ended in the Bathroom
In SoHo, New York City, down among the art galleries, there is an exhibition for Deus Ex: Human Revolution. It’s in the Wooster Street Social Club, where they have a wall of posters promoting the virtues of human augmentation and a wall of posters that protest against it. I stopped by today, a day after…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 29, 2011 -
Be Very, Very Quiet; We’re Stealthing Through Deus Ex: Human Revolution
You can charge through Deus Ex: Human Revolution guns ablaze, but you’ll miss out on the special moments shared by the game’s characters when they don’t know you’re there. You can contact Michael Fahey, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.
By Mike Fahey Published July 29, 2011 -
Groove Coaster is a Finger-Tapping Musical Space Invaders Masterpiece
Just when I was certain there was no new way to combine tapping fingers and music on the iPhone, Reisuke Ishida marries the aesthetic of his award-winning Space Invaders: Infinity Gene with an equally gorgeous collection of tracks in Groove Coaster I initially purchased Groove Coaster from the iTunes App Store yesterday simply because it…
By Mike Fahey Published July 29, 2011 -
Batman, Master Chief, Solid Snake & Sam Gideon are Square Enix’s Newest, Most Beautiful Action Figures
Square Enix does way more than just FInal Fantasy figures. They’ve got fantastic looking toys from other games—Metal Gear Solid, Street Fighter, Batman: Arkham City, Vanquish, Halo, God of War…—coming to their Play Arts Kai line. They brought ’em all to Comic-Con. Some of them look finished. Plenty don’t. They all look sharp, especially Sam…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 21, 2011 -
New Final Fantasy PSP Gets a New Trailer
Final Fantasy Type-0 is a big game—so big that it’s coming on two UMDs. Big games need big trailers. And when they’re not big, they can at least be long. The latest FF Type-0 trailer clocks in at five minutes. The game, which features a theme song by Japanese rockers Bump of Chicken, will be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 20, 2011 -
Final Fantasy XIII-2 Comes To America in January MMXII (And It’s Playable at Comic-Con)
Square Enix will start off the new year with the release of Final Fantasy XIII-2 in North America. The publisher of all things Final Fantasy has nailed down January 2012—2011-2, if they could get away with it—for the continuing adventures of the lady Lighting and her party. Final Fantasy XIII-2 for the PlayStation 3 and…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 18, 2011 -
You Can Play Through Deus Ex: Human Revolution Without Combat, But Why?
In the latest behind-the-scenes video for Deus Ex: Human Revolution the development team demonstrates the most explosive of the game’s four pillars: Combat. You can avoid killing everything but bosses in the next Deus Ex game, focusing instead of the other three pillars of the game: Hacking, stealth, and social. I say bah! Where’s the…
By Mike Fahey Published July 18, 2011 -
This Man Spent Over a Month of his Life Completing a Video Game
It usually takes some kind of achievement or trophy you can show off to your friends to compel people to 100% complete a video game. For Steve Tolin, however, all it took was the pursuit of true completion. That and 773 hours of his life. Tolin has completed 100% of Dragon Quest IX’s content, the…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 18, 2011 -
The Making of Tomb Raider’s Captivating E3 Trailer
Visual Works is the Square Enix team responsible for all of those amazing CGI Final Fantasy cut scenes. They’re also the folks behind those amazing Deus Ex trailers. Here’s a look at how they created the Tomb Raider trainer that stunned at E3.
By Brian Crecente Published July 15, 2011 -
2011’s Biggest Selling Game Maker in Japan So Far…
This year isn’t over. It’s more than half over. Time to look back and see which game maker is doing the best in Japan. So far. According to Famitsu, here is a list of which game companies made the most profit in the period through game sales. The period is from December 27, 2010 to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2011 -
A Town With NPCs is the Most Exciting Thing About These Final Fantasy XIII-2 Screens
Look! It’s an actual town, complete with people with ellipses over their heads, indicating that they wish to speak to you! Oh Square Enix, you do love us. At times Final Fantasy XIII-2 feels like an interactive apology for everything that was wrong with Final Fantasy XIII, but that’s only because it is just that.…
By Mike Fahey Published July 14, 2011 -
Does Working at Square Enix Suck?
Square Enix makes Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. Making those games might not be easy. It might be hard. Really hard. No fun hard. Making video games is not easy. But some companies, like Insomniac are supposedly terrific places to work, with employees skipping to work. Singing. But does working at Square Enix totally bite?…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 14, 2011