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Tomb Raider Dev Wants Multiplayer Designers for … Tomb Raider?

Well. Color me shocked. Crystal Dynamics has put out a help-wanted ad seeking a designer to lead “multiplayer vision and design effort for “one of the most prestigious AAA franchises in the industry.” Whatever could that be? Given that Crystal Dynamics hasn’t done much of anything other than Tomb Raider since 2005, and given that…

Check Out This Girl’s Final Fantasy XIII Summon

Not much time left before Final Fantasy XIII is released in Japan on December 17, but Square Enix has released some new screenshots — mostly of characters Cid Raines and Oerba Dia Vanille’s summon, Hecatoncheir. FFXIII [Official Site]

Square Enix Remakes Song Summoner For The iPhone

Does your music collection have what it takes to create an unstoppable army? Find out with Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes – Encore, the iPhone remake of Square Enix‘s original iPod game. Right before Apple launched games for the Apple iPhone on the App Store, Square Enix released the original Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes,…

Voice of Roxas Tweets Kingdom Hearts PSP Localization

Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep hits Japanese PlayStation Portables January 9, but so far Square Enix has been mum on a US release date. Luckily, American voice actors sometimes Twitter their exploits, which gives us KH fans some hope. Jesse McCartney, the voice behind Roxas in Kingdom Hearts II and the recent Kingdom Hearts: 358/2…

Final Fantasy XIII is 50 to 60 Hours Long

Final Fantasy games are not short. So while big titles from other developers might be clocking in at somewhere between 7 and 9 hours, don’t expect a brief Final Fantasy XIII experience. Expect a long haul. In a recent interview, FFXIII director Motomu Toriyama noted, “For XIII, the size of the entire game is considerable.…

Final Fantasy XIII Box Art, Now With More Xbox 360

There is definitely something eerie about seeing Final Fantasy box art with the Xbox 360 logo at the top. This is an image I would have sworn was fake prior to July of 2008, when Microsoft and Square Enix outed Final Fantasy XIII for the Xbox 360. It was one of the most exciting E3…

Final Fantasy XIII Gets Its Cid

Every Final Fantasy must have its Cid, and for Final Fantasy XIII it’s Cid Raines. While the above image was borrowed from the Final Fantasy Wiki, information about Cid Raines comes by way of a scan from a Final Fantasy XIII spread in Shonen Jump. According to Final Fantasy Union, this time around Cid is…

Where’s The PS3 Version of Last Remnant?

The game was originally released on the Xbox 360 in November 2008 and later ported to the PC. The game wasn’t the hit Square Enix hoped, and there have been reports that the game has been canned. Square Enix’s PS3 page lists The Last Remnant PS3 version as “TBA”. However, the game is completely absent…

Teacher Skipping School In Final Fantasy XIII Ad

A real judge might have missed court for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and now a fictional teacher in this television commercial is doing the same. The teacher says, “It’s sudden, but starting tomorrow I’m taking time off.” The little girl stands up and asks the teacher why he is taking time off. Then…

Final Fantasy XIII Toilet Water is Coming Soon

What? What?! That’s what “eau de toilet toilette,” means, right? Oh, fine, it’s perfume, specifically a fragrant homage to Final Fantasy XIII, and it’ll be available a month after the game’s release in North America. The 50 ml bottle of “Lightning,” inspired by the character of the same name, will cost 7,140 yen or about…

Square Enix Anticipating The Death of Consoles

Square Enix may be notorious for looking back when developing games, but when it comes to the strategy of big business, they’re looking as far forward as the human eye can see. “In ten years’ time a lot of what we call ‘console games’ won’t exist”, Square Enix boss Yoichi “Imperial Hot” Wada told MCV…

Square Enix Cuts European Jobs

‘Tis the season to be…unemployed, sadly, with Square Enix announcing today that job cuts are on the way for the company’s London studio. That’s Beautiful Game Studios, the developers of the Championship Manager series. A Square Enix statement reads “Our current business model does not allow us to compete in a fast-changing industry with any…

Final Fantasy XIII 360 Twitter Prize Tweets Back At You

Folks who participated in the Register – Tweet – Win Final Fantasy XIII event have unlocked a special prize for all Xbox 360 FF fans, and it tweets! Well, it warks. Square Enix and Microsoft set up the Register – Tweet – Win event earlier this month, and the retweeting goal has been reached, unleashing…

New Final Fantasy XIII Trailer Does Not Skimp On The Cinematics

Square Enix Japan released a new Final Fantasy XIII trailer today. It’s great, because it’s super-long, has some gameplay footage towards the end, and there’s not a late-night infomercial host in sight. Click to view

Just Cause 2 Plummets Towards March Release

Square Enix has announced a March release date for Just Cause 2, in which secret agent Rico Rodriguez parachutes his way around another island while things explode. This time around Rico hits up the South East Asian island of Panau, where his former boss Tom Sheldon has retired with a whole lot of Agency intel…

Square Enix Already Rolling Out Paid Gyromancer DLC

In the grand tradition of My Life as a Dark Lord for WiiWare, Square Enix releases a batch of tiny paid downloadable content for two-day old puzzle RPG Gyromancer. To be fair, the downloadable content for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Dark Lord came out the same day the game was released…

Supreme Commander 2 Dated For North America

A European release window yesterday becomes a definitive U.S. release date today for Supreme Commander 2, with a video showing you what you could be playing come March. Square Enix will be publishing Supreme Commander 2 in North America on March 2nd of next year on the PC and March 16th for the Xbox 360.…

More Images From Final Fantasy XIII

Hot on the heels of Stephen Totilo’s Final Fantasy XIII preview come four new images to keep fans drooling over Snow, Lightning, Hope, Serah, and oh yeah – the actual gameplay. I count myself among the drooling masses at this point, though more from the gameplay angle. I’m a tattooed and true FF fan, but…

Hello Final Fantasy XIII’s Cactuar

Final Fantasy XIII is coming out in Japan soon! But before it does, magazine Shonen Jump has a look at FFXIII’s Cactuar and what looks like his lady friend. That Jumbo Cactuar, huge! Shonen Jump: New Final Fantasy XIII Scans [Final Fantasy-XIII.net]

Final Fantasy XIII Impressions: Looking For XII

Despite the enthusiasm among gamers for Final Fantasy XIII, I have, from afar, assumed and feared that the game represented a creative backslide. On Friday, during a demonstration of the game, I was able to test my opinion. A pair of Square-Enix representatives was in New York to show the company’s holiday lineup and tease…