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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…
By Mike Fahey Published November 24, 2009 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published November 20, 2009 -
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.…
By Mike Fahey Published November 19, 2009 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published November 19, 2009 -
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]
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 18, 2009 -
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…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 18, 2009 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published November 18, 2009 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published November 18, 2009 -
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 17, 2009 -
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 17, 2009 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published November 16, 2009 -
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 14, 2009 -
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.…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 13, 2009 -
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…
By Brian Crecente Published November 13, 2009 -
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…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 11, 2009 -
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…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 11, 2009 -
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…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 11, 2009 -
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 10, 2009 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published November 10, 2009 -
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…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 9, 2009