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Preorder Kingdom Hearts Re: Coded And You Get these Things

Square Enix dropped us a line today to show off the wonderful preorder incentive for Kingdom Hearts Re: coded available at GameStop and Amazon.com. What is it? According to Square Enix PR, this is a lovely set of stickers. Yes, either it’s the late 80’s again and no one told me, or stickers are back…

By Mike Fahey Published November 12, 2010

Nintendo Boss Might Be A Bigger Gamer Than You

Many people love Nintendo DS role-playing game Dragon Quest IX, but Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime is, well, obsessed? This is his DS, which he showed me today. I snapped two pics. Click the images to enlarge them. I told him he probably passed this DS around and had other people beef up his…

By Stephen Totilo Published November 12, 2010

How Square Enix Plans To Fix Final Fantasy XIV

It’s no secret that the second MMO to bear the Final Fantasy name has issues. Square Enix today lays out plans for massive patches in November, December, and early 2011 to fix the game. What’s changing? After many below average reviews and negative player feedback, Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada came out and said it:…

By Mike Fahey Published November 11, 2010

Faith In Final Fantasy XIV Needs Resurrecting

Players aren’t happy with online game Final Fantasy XIV. Square Enix, the company behind the title, knows this and wants to make things better. “Currently, the service isn’t satisfactory,” says Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada. He’s right. It isn’t. “We’re in the middle of quickly improving it,” Wada told a group of investors. “We want…

By Brian Ashcraft Published November 5, 2010

Say Sayonara To Call Of Duty Swastikas

The Japanese version of Call of Duty: Black Ops is different. The game was retouched to tone down torture and graphic violence. That’s not all. According to the game’s Japanese publisher Square Enix, the swastikas appearing on flags in the game’s “zombie mode” were changed to the Iron Cross in the dubbed console and subtitled…

By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2010

MindJack Projects Itself Into January

While we’re still not 100 percent sure how Square Enix’s upcoming telepathic third-person shooter MindJack works, we do know when it’s coming out, as the publisher gives the game a January release date. Remember those scenes in The Matrix when the agents would leap from civilian body to civilian body? MindJack is sort of like…

By Mike Fahey Published November 2, 2010

Knights Of The Crystals Is Final Fantasy For Facebook

Square Enix takes the winning formula from Zynga’s Mafia Wars and applies it to Final Fantasy to create Knights of the Crystals. Will you party up, or spend some quality time breeding chocobos in Chocobo’s Crystal Tower? Yes, it’s Final Fantasy: Mafia Wars, more or less. Players complete quests using action points, leveling up and…

By Mike Fahey Published November 2, 2010

Found In Translation

The opening for the NieR’s Japanese version is subdued. The music is relaxing. It’s a bit like watching fish swim. “Weiss, you dumb ass!” The localized opening is a 180-degree about face. It could not be further from the Japanese version. From the get go, it kicks you in the teeth and grabs you by…

By Brian Ashcraft Published November 2, 2010

Kane & Lynch, Hitman Dev Going Through Its Own Dog Days

The holiday hits keep coming. IO Interactive, the Danish studio behind Hitman and Kane & Lynch, let go about 30 employees this week, according to sources close to the studio. That’s the second cut to hit the studio this year, the source says, with firings hitting the studio previously in March. The developer shipped Kane…

By Michael McWhertor Published October 31, 2010

Translating Final Fantasy XI To Life (or “Why I don’t have a butterfly collection”)

The other day, I mentioned to my friend of 10 years that I was doing research on massively multiplayer online role-playing games (“MMORPGs”) for one of my game design jobs. I said that it was especially difficult to understand what people were talking about on online forums, given that I’d never played an MMORPG for…

Tim Rogers Published October 26, 2010

Voice Actor Confirms Hitman 5

David Bateson, the voice of 47 in the Hitman series, says he’s been asked to remove details on his website regarding his work on Hitman 5. But the actor confirms a sequel is coming, and it will be “gob smacking.” Speaking to The Gaming Liberty, Bateson was asked for details on Hitman 5 and replied…

By Owen Good Published October 23, 2010

The 3rd Birthday Celebrates New Clothes

Aya Brea, the heroine of PSP title The 3rd Birthday, doesn’t have much of a wardrobe. Those ratty jeans? She can do better. In the latest issue of Japanese game mag Famitsu, Aya is shown wearing a business suit. Previously, the character was shown in blue jeans. Like with Aya’s denim, damage is reflected in…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 20, 2010

Tifa Enters The Dissidia Duodecim Ring

Another fighter joins the Final Fantasy battle royale, as VII’s femme fatale Tifa prepares to take on all-comers in Dissidia 012[Duodecim]. Tifa joins Final Fantasy XIII’s Lightning and IV’s Kain as a new character in the follow-up to Dissidia: Final Fantasy for the PSP. She’s bringing the pain with her intense physical skills, aided by…

By Mike Fahey Published October 19, 2010

Job Listing Causes Further Final Fantasy Versus XIII On Xbox 360 Speculation

At the 2008 gaming expo in Los Angeles, Square Enix dropped a bombshell: Final Fantasy XIII, previously believed to be a PS3 exclusive, was headed for the Xbox 360. Could the same be in store for Final Fantasy Versus XIII? Final Fantasy Versus XIII designer Tetsuya Nomura has stated repeatedly that Versus XIII is a…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 18, 2010

The Next Kingdom Hearts Is One Of 2011’s First Notable Games

Eleven days into 2011, we get a new Kingdom Hearts that is unusual even by that series’ standards. On January 11 in North America, Square-Enix will release Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded, a Nintendo DS sequel to Kingdom Hearts II that involves fighting through a digital “datascape” of the diary Jiminy Cricket kept during the first Kingdom…

By Stephen Totilo Published October 15, 2010

Final Fantasy XIV Free Trial Period Extended, Big Changes On The Way

In the face of overwhelming criticism of the game’s current state, Square Enix is extending the free trial period for Final Fantasy XIV Online from 30 days to 60 days and outline plans to make the game more user-friendly. If you’ve been following my weekly Final Fantasy XIV MMO logs leading up to next week’s…

By Mike Fahey Published October 15, 2010

Reviews

Review: Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes Of Light

Four unassuming adventurers set forth on a journey to save a magical kingdom in Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light for the Nintendo DS. Now where have I heard this story before? Take four unseasoned heroes and toss them into a world-spanning adventure filled with mythical creatures, powerful magic, and twisting dungeons with turn-based…

By Mike Fahey Published October 14, 2010

The 3rd Birthday Brings Back One Of My Favorite Gameplay Mechanics

Forgive me for having played Battlefield 2: Modern Combat and not Parasite Eve. I cannot detail to you how the upcoming PSP game The 3rd Birthday builds upon the latter. But I can say how wonderfully it echoes the former. The 3rd Birthday is a PSP adaptation of a Square Enix game originally released for…

By Stephen Totilo Published October 14, 2010

Let’s Check Those Halo Reach Statues Again

When we last saw Square Enix’s Halo Reach statues in July, half of them weren’t painted. Now they all are. Half of Halo Reach’s Noble Team team will be available in statue form this fall; the other half in early 2011.

By Stephen Totilo Published October 9, 2010

This Just Cause 2 Stunt Was Worth $10,000

All Daniel Steinberg of Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, had to do to win $10,000 from Square Enix was fly a jet plane through a casino. Steinberg is the winner of the Square Enix Just Cause 2 Stunt Challenge, beating out several solid competitors with his precision flying. It’s not the most impressive Just Cause 2…

By Mike Fahey Published October 8, 2010