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Supreme Commander 2 Secures Spring Release

Square Enix has announced a Spring 2010 release window in Europe for Gas Powered Games‘ RTS Supreme Commander 2, dispatching a celebratory batch of screenshots along with the news. Set 25 years after the original Supreme Commander, Supreme Commander 2 features an extensive campaign mode and online multiplayer, all wrapped up in an engine that…

Square Enix Makes Kane & Lynch 2 Official

After trademarks and teases and rumors of naked grizzled men, Square Enix finally announces Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, with developer IO Interactive taking inspiration from documentary filmmakers and the user-generated era. That last bit certainly explains the teaser video that McWhertor posted awhile back, featuring the two criminals running through a Chinese restaurant…

Square Enix Promise To Be More Timely With Future Western Releases

Square Enix are known for two things: Final Fantasy, and massive delays for games released in the West. The former isn’t going to be changing anytime soon, but the latter just might be! In an interview with Ars Technica, Square boss Yoichi “Imperial Hot” Wada has said that in the future, post-FFXIII world, Square games…

New Kingdom Hearts PSP Fit For Japan

Sony have just unveiled a new custom PSP for the Japanese market. And it’s a silver PSP-3000, covered in all kinds of stuff that will make sense only to fans of Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. It’ll go on sale on January 9, 2010, and as part of a bundle including Kingdom Hearts: Birth By…

Eidos Montreal Creating Square Enix’s First “Global Game”

The development studio working on Thief 4 and Deus Ex 3 has another major project on its hands, with Square Enix revealing that Eidos Montreal is hard at work on the company’s first “global game.” The news came today during a keynote speech from Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada at the Montreal Games Summit, where…

Final Fantasy XIII Also Has A European Release Date

When Square Enix finally announced a release date for Final Fantasy XIII in North America earlier today, they also quietly slipped a European date out the door as well. And you know what? It’s not as bad as you’re thinking. While earlier developments had led to a degree of pessimism on the part of European…

Getting Final Fantasy XIII? On 360? Might Want To Get A Twitter Account

Just how excited are you to play Final Fantasy XIII when it ships in North America next March? Enough to sign up for a Twitter account? And to tolerate some disc swapping? Good, because Microsoft and Square Enix are giving away something Final Fantasy XIII related if you’re willing to re-Tweet something on their behalf.…

Final Fantasy XIII Hits North America March 9

Click to viewFinal Fantasy XIII hits the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 on March 9, 2010, introducing both sets of platform owners to the sky city of Cocoon. The game, which hits in Japan on Dec. 17, will include a new battle system, a “dramatic story” focused on the emotions of the character and will…

PlayStation Home To Show All New FF XIII Trailer Friday

Obviously, something Final Fantasy XIII is going down this Friday because even PlayStation Home is getting some love from Square Enix in the form of a “special, never-before-seen” video for the epically developed role-playing game. Since we’re expecting an announcement from Square Enix on the FFXIII front this Friday anyway—and expecting a North American release…

Meet Final Fantasy XIV’s Gladiator & Pugilist

Final Fantasy XI stalwarts hotly anticipating starting the grind all over again in Square Enix’s newest MMO, Final Fantasy XIV, have two more character class updates to pore over, the Gladiator and Pugilist. The former specializes in swords and shields, specializing in close combat. The latter prefers to engage in even closer combat, using hand-to-hand…

Dragon Quest VI DS Dated For Japan

Square Enix has announced the release date for the DS version of Dragon Quest VI. It is January 28, 2010. After being delayed by Enix for a year plus, the game was originally released on the Super Famicom (Super Nintendo Entertainment System in the West) in December 1995 for the rough equivalent of US$100, going…

Square Enix Adding “Final Touches” To Western FFXIII

Japan gets Final Fantasy XIII this year. Lucky sods. Western fans have to suck it up, wait it out. How long? Maybe not that long, if comments from his Imperial Hotness, Yoichi Wada, are anything to go by. Speaking with GI.biz, Wada said “We’ve completed the master of the Japanese version, and for the US…

Vagrant Story Coming To PAL PSN

Released on the Japanese PlayStation Network in August, Square Enix is bringing classic PlayStation RPG Vagrant Story to the PAL PlayStation Network. Can a North American release be far behind? How good is Vagrant Story? At a time when Square was releasing Final Fantasy VII through Final Fantasy IX, Vagrant Story was the only original…

Square Enix Makes FF XIII Announcement Announcement Official

This Friday, North American Final Fantasy fans will want to pay close attention to Square Enix, as the company promises “a FINAL FANTASY XIII announcement you won’t want to miss!” Yes, as the Final Fantasy faithful have likely already predicted, this Friday, November 13, Square Enix plans an announcement, announcing that announcement of announcements on…

Here’s What Final Fantasy XIII Chocobos Look Like

Chocobo! Those bird-like creatures from Final Fantasy games. The latest issue of Japan’s Shonen Jump shows just how huge the creatures are in Final Fantasy XIII. So big. The magazine also has Hope’s summon, Alexander, and brings word that Final Fantasy XIII will come with Final Fantasy XIV beta codes when it goes on sale…

Unraveled Anagram Points to FFXIII Announcement Friday

A message posted to Square-Enix’s official Final Fantasy XIII site on Friday indicates, after not too much work, that some news is forthcoming on Friday. The news post dated Friday – no link, nothing further – said simply: “A puzzle for FINAL FANTASY XIII fans! Solve this anagram to find out what lies ahead: A…

Gyromancer Takes Over Your Life This Month

Attention PC gamers and Xbox 360 owners – your free time dies in a week and a half. Gyromancer, the unholy union of Square Enix RPG, Pokémon, and Bejeweled Twist, now has a release date. Mark November 18th on your calendar, and then set the rest of the week busy. That’s the date that Square…

International Edition of FFXIII *Could* Be Out Before April 2010

This December, the PS3 version of Final Fantasy XIII is going to be released in Japan — and if we are lucky, it might be out in The West before next April. At a recent financial briefing in which Square Enix announced that sales were up 33.2 percent and profits dropped 55.7 percent, Square Enix…

Final Fantasy XIII Soundtrack CD Dated For Japan

On January 27, Square Enix will be releasing the Final Fantasy XIII soundtrack in Japan — one limited edition, and the other not. The 5-disc limited edition is priced at ¥5,250 (US$58) includes a bonus “drama CD” called FINAL FANTASY XIII Episode Zero -Promise- Story01 -ENCOUNTER and written by FFXIII scenario writer Motomu Toriyama. The…

Square Enix Fire Some People

It’s already been announced that the severance payouts to Taito employees has drained money from parent company Square Enix. Those were the only cuts Square Enix has made post Eidos-buyout. “There’s an ongoing process of reshuffling people, but that’s not something we do just because of integration,” Square Enix president Yoichi Wada explained to website…