Square Enix

A Closer Look At NieR

Square Enix‘s NieR is more than just suggestive pictures of a woman’s rear end as evidenced by this latest batch of screenshots for the Cavia-developed action-adventure. Okay, so maybe these screens aren’t nearly as compelling as the ones Ash has been posting, but we couldn’t have folks expecting the entire game to be about ass,…

Final Fantasy XIII’s PAL Collector’s Edition Is Lovely

It might not have exactly the same content as were listed on GameStop’s Italian portal, but the PAL region Collector’s Edition of Final Fantasy XIII is nothing to scoff at. For the most part, the official PAL Collector’s Edition for Final Fantasy XIII is very similar to the one Luke wrote about earlier this week.…

Supreme Commander 2 Gets A Proper Trailer

Gas Powered Games‘ Supreme Commander 2 finally gets itself a proper trailer, with lovely CGI and bombastic music appropriate for a real-time strategy game of its stature. For a while there the only video we had of Supreme Commander 2 was the one that came out with the North American release date announcement, which featured…

Front Mission Evolved Trailer Evolves

Square Enix announced a spring European release for third-person giant-robot shooter Front Mission Evolved, releasing a new trailer that adds some personality to the teaser seen at last year’s Tokyo Game Show. Front Mission Evolved, developed for Square Enix by Double Helix Games, is a new take on the traditionally turn-based strategy series, serving up…

Report: Final Fantasy XIII Composer Leaves Square Enix

Masashi Hamauzu, FFXIII composer, has left game company Square Enix, reports website Square Enix Music Online. He was an employee at Square Enix for the past 15 year. During that time, Hamauzu worked on titles such as SaGa Frontier II, Unlimited SaGa, Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy XIII. The official FFXIII soundtrack will be…

Why There’s A Naked Final Fantasy XIII Character Model

Looking through the assets on the Final Fantasy XIII game disk data, Japanese website MADOKA Park! apparently noticed something. Something naked. After looking through the disk and turning up character models for all the main characters as well as main Summons and weapons, the site discovered a character model for Oerba Dia Vanille, and she…

Why Is Square Enix Raising Cash?

Square Enix, the company behind Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, announced a ¥35 billion ($386 million) zero-coupon convertible bond. As Hiroshi Kamide at KBC Securities Japan points out, “convertible” means that these bonds can be changed to shares at some point before they mature. While Square Enix has around ¥80 billion in on hand cash,…

This Week In XBLA: Death By Cube And Vandal Hearts

Square Enix‘s blood-filled box shooter Death by Cube is joined by the prequel to Konami’s 1996 tactical role-playing game Vandal Hearts to form this week’s new additions to the Xbox Live Arcade. Robots shooting cubes filled with blood – this is the perfect way to describe Square Enix’s new twin-stick shooter, Death by Cube, which…

This Is How You Promote Final Fantasy XIII Figures

With real people dressed up in costume, that’s how! As Square Enix launches a set of Play Arts figures, and Akihabara’s Kotobukiya retail shop has a special event in store. Or rather, outside store. Over the weekend, a troupe of Final Fantasy XIII were available to pose for photos. There was even a time table…

Rumor: Leaked ‘Tech Demo” Footage of Final Fantasy: Fortress

This is a two-minute, 30-second video said to be of a tech demonstration of “Fortress,” the Final Fantasy project GRIN was said to have been working on when the Swedish studio closed. Click to view Few details accompany the video, whose visuals and action-oriented gameplay are very Western-oriented, to say the least. The video’s action…

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days: Eyes-On With The Best Worst Camera Ever

Kane & Lynch’s raw and grimy aesthetic extends to something rarely expected in IO Interactive’s sequel—the camera. In a game full of unlikable and unattractive characters, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days’ damaged goods visuals fit right in. After sitting in on a hands-off demonstration of two of Kane & Lynch 2’s levels at Square…

Choose Your Own Just Cause 2 Adventure

This choose your own adventure style trailer for Just Cause 2 showcases the different ways to tackle a mission in Eidos’ upcoming action-adventure. Clicking the video at the designated time will take you on a magical journey to YouTube, but don’t worry, we’ll be here waiting for you when you get back. That is, unless…

Arkham Asylum Gets its GOTY (Edition)

The British Board of Film Classification has listed a Game of the Year edition for Batman: Arkham Asylum, offering no details beyond the fact it’s a separate version under a different name. The game was approved with no cuts made, but that doesn’t really mean much as, of course, the original version passed review by…

Report: Xbox 360 Final Fantasy XIII “Runs As Smooth” As PS3 FFXIII

The biggest bombshell of the 2008 E3 gaming expo was the announcement that then PS3 exclusive Final Fantasy XIII would be released on the Xbox 360. Final Fantasy XIII, which was released only on the PS3 last December in Japan, will be released as a multi-platform title this spring in the West. While many games…

“Overseas” Version of Final Fantasy XIII Finished

Final Fantasy XIII has been released on the PS3 in Japan, but the multi-platform version won’t be out in the West until March. Square Enix has, however, announced that development on this “overseas version” is now complete. In an online letter to European gamers, FFXIII game director Motomu Toriyam writes, “FINAL FANTASY XIII overseas version…

New Final Fantasy Trailer Includes Lovely Music, English Voice Acting

Click to view Caught in the translation bubble that gave Final Fantasy XIII to Japan last month, but won’t deliver it to the rest of us until March, we’re all left to watch trailers of the game set to pop music. In this one we get to watch the new International trailer which is set…

Interview: There Is Enough Discarded Final Fantasy XIII To Make Another Game

Square Enix spent years working on Final Fantasy XIII. The game was shown in prototype form at the E3 gaming expo in 2006, but was not finally released in Japan until December 2009. According to the game’s art director, Isamu Kamikokuryou, a substantial amount of these locations that were already running on actual development hardware…

Dragon Quest IX Goes Budget Price In Japan

Released in Japan on July 11, 2009, DS role playing game Dragon Quest IX went on to sell 4 million copies in its native Japan. The game is out this year in the West, but before that… Square Enix will be releasing the game this March in Japan at a budget price. On March 4,…

Want To Play Final Fantasy XIII? Get On The Bus

Literally. If you live in the San Francisco area, get on the giant Final Fantasy XIII bus that will be touring later this week, and you’ll be able to get your hands on Square Enix‘s upcoming role-playing game. From January 13-16, the bus will be driving around the bay area, giving players a chance to…

Square Enix to Open Dragon Quest-Themed Bar

Dragon Quest fans will recognize the name Luida’s Bar from the role-playing game; it’ll also be the name of an establishment Square Enix is opening in Tokyo later this month, coinciding with Dragon Quest VI‘s release on the DS. The bar opens to the public Jan. 28 in Roppongi, Tokyo, but before that, it’ll be…