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This Is The Newest Dragon Quest IX Trailer
Here we go, the newest Dragon Quest IX trailer. Right here, you can watch it. The game is due out next month in Japan, but doesn’t have a release date for outside The Land of the Rising Sun. Alrighty, who’s excited for DQIX?
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 17, 2009 -
No, You Cannot Play With These FFXIII Figures Yet
Final Fantasy XIII is not out yet, and it won’t be in Japan until this December. Know what that means? Let’s start the marketing blitz right now. Looks like Square Enix will be releasing figurines of various characters (of various quality!) from the upcoming title. Pricing is and a release date is still unannounced —…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 17, 2009 -
The Dragon Quest IX Boy Band Ad is Very Fishy
Starting on June 20th, the following DQIX ad with musical act SMAP will be shown nationwide in Japan. Well into their thirties, SMAP is the country’s biggest boy band group. Back in April, SMAP singer Tsuyoshi Kusanagi was arrested for indecent exposure. When police officers approached him, Kusanagi replied, “What wrong with being naked?” After…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 16, 2009 -
Crystal Chronicles Gravitates Toward Action
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers takes a couple of steps away from the CC series and a couple steps toward super hero games. In an interview with RPGamer, Producer Akitoshi Kawazu explains that the game is less about level grinding and stat min-maxing and more about action and Wii-friendly mini games. The game’s main…
By AJ Glasser Published June 16, 2009 -
Mulit-Platform Final Fantasy XIII Won’t Be Compromised
Final Fantasy XIII is a multi-platform game — which has some people worried about a dip in quality. Square Enix is here to ease those fears. That’s nice! “The team is targeting to create an equal experience on both the 360 and the PS3, so there are no limitations,” says Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 15, 2009 -
Shiva’s Lesbian Motorcycle Mode Solves An Age-Old Dilemma
Square Enix have finally solved the age old question of “ass or crotch” with their Shiva design for Final Fantasy XIII. The answer? Give ’em both. While I’ve seen this thing in action before, most you haven’t. So take a look at these, showing Shiva in her Gestalt mode. The core design itself, in the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 15, 2009 -
Final Fantasy Tactics Gets Rated, Likely PSN Bound
The guys at One Last Continue went panning for ESRB gold and found this nugget: Final Fantasy Tactics got a rating for the PS3, which likely means it’s going to PlayStation Network soon. Friday, Bash informed us that FF Tactics would be among the next batch of Square Enix “Ultimate Hits” releasing July 30, but…
By Owen Good Published June 14, 2009 -
Square Enix, Eidos Working On Something TOGETHER
Japanese publisher Square Enix now owns Eidos. While both will continue to operate independently, and both develop and release games independently, there’s one project they’ll be working on together. Speaking with Gamasutra, Square boss Yoichi “Imperial Hot” Wada says the two firms “are going to be creating a new IP together”, which will be the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 12, 2009 -
Ultimate Hits From Square Enix Ship 2 Million
Square Enix’s “Ultimate Hits” series has shipped over 2 million copies in Japan. Going on sale in Septmber 2005, the series features 47 classic (and not so classic) Square Enix titles, all at lower prices. On July 30, the next group of “Ultimate Hits” will be going on sale. Those titles include Final Fantasy, Final…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 12, 2009 -
Final Fantasy XIV Concept Art Is Dying To Be Your Desktop
Square Enix’s next Final Fantasy themed massively multiplayer online game is coming to the PlayStation 3 and PC next year. As good as Final Fantasy XIV Online looks in screen shots, its concept art may outshine it. The game’s first artwork, from artist Kazuya Takahashi, is yours for the downloading. We’re only showing you a…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 10, 2009 -
Crystal Dynamics Loses Another 25 Jobs
San Francisco-based Crystal Dynamics again feels the lash of layoffs, as Eidos confirms with Kotaku that around twenty-five employees have been let go from the Tomb Raider development studio. We first heard stirrings of these new layoffs earlier this week, receiving several tips from people purporting to be former employees or friends of former employees.…
By Mike Fahey Published June 10, 2009 -
Let’s Compare Final Fantasy XIII Dubs
Let’s. Because, honestly, language matters! And when you’re watching a Final Fantasy XIII cutscene in English or Japanese, it can totally change the mood. This YouTube clip compares the Japanese and English language tracks. Which do you prefer? Thanks, Darryl!
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2009 -
Final Fantasy XIV Online Screens Are Online
Final Fantasy fans were shocked and/or delighted to see the fourteenth entry in the series officially announced at Sony’s E3 2009 media briefing. Final Fantasy XIV is taking the series back online, a PlayStation 3 and PC “exclusive” MMO. And it looks rather sharp, as seen in new-ish screens of the massively multiplayer online game,…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 9, 2009 -
Supreme Commander 2 Impressions: Less Is More
After he finished delivering medical advice, Gas Powered Games founder and CEO Chris Taylor showed me a little of what Supreme Commander 2 was bringing to the real-time strategy title. It was a bit odd, seeing the next title in the Supreme Commander series behind closed doors in the Square Enix booth, but with the…
By Mike Fahey Published June 9, 2009 -
Check Out Final Fantasy XIII’s Biker Chicks
Here are new Final Fantasy XIII screens, which were previously on a Weekly Shonen Jump scan. We can see characters Snow and the Shiva twins. When summoned has the twins transform by dancing around each other, gently holding hands and spreading their legs and joining at the hips to create a motorcycle. Hot. 『ファイナルファンタジーXIII』の最新画像を公開！ バトル画面には謎の表示が多数！…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2009 -
Nier Impressions (Or Lack Thereof)
Square Enix‘s Yosuke Saito is overseeing development of new action title Nier. So yesterday, we caught up with him, to have a chat and take a first look at the game. Nier is being developed by Cavia, the Japanese studio behind Drakengard and Umbrella Chronicles, but unlike most of Square Enix’s other titles coming out…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2009 -
Final Fantasy XIII On Xbox 360 Looks Like This
To go with the announcement of a rough release timeframe for the game, Microsoft also released some screenshots of Final Fantasy XIII running on the Xbox 360. Can you spot the differences? Because, uh, we can’t. Especially since only one of them is an in-game shot.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2009 -
Final Fantasy XIV 360 Version Still A Distinct Possibility
Square Enix are hosting a little press conference this morning to expand upon yesterday’s announcement of Final Fantasy XIV, and specifically, to clear up any “confusion” surrounding the game’s “exclusivity”. Fat lot of good that’s done them, since by issuing a statement they’ve only made things more confusing. See, they’d like to clarify yesterday’s announcement…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2009 -
Final Fantasy XIII Eyes-On Impressions: Lesbian Motorcycle Coupling [Update]
I was lucky enough to get the chance to check out Final Fantasy XIII in action on the PS3 yesterday, as well as speak with director Motomu Toriyama & producer Yoshinori Kitase. Well, I got to check it out eventually. I was kept waiting for over 30 minutes thanks to an insane level of security…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2009 -
Final Fantasy XIII “Targeting” A 2010 European Release
Final Fantasy XIII is due in Japan later this year. And in North America during Spring, 2010. But when can Europeans (and by extension, Australians) get their hands on it? Do they dare to hope for a speedier turnaround? After all, the last core Final Fantasy title, FFXII, was released in Europe a whole year…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2009