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The New Hitman’s Creative Director Is Saying All The Right Things

On the last day of E3, I checked out the newly announced Hitman game, which is simply called Hitman. I also spoke with IO Interactive creative director Christian Elverdam, and he had some heartening things to say. Most Hitman fans agree that 2006’s Blood Money was the pinnacle of the series, and that game came…

Keeping The Final Fantasy VII Remake And Shenmue III Secret

Adam Boyes, head of third-party developer relations at PlayStation, told me at E3 that he’s known about Square’s Final Fantasy VII remake for a year. It was a fun secret to keep. “Our publishers take us through their slates,” he said, recalling a meeting with Square from earlier last year. “When he said ‘FFVII remake’,…

Eight Things You Should Know About World Of Final Fantasy

Moments before stealing the show at Sony’s press conference by announcing the Final Fantasy VII remake that may make it in time for the PS5, Square Enix whipped out World of Final Fantasy, a chibi-sprite game that promised to be “adorably familiar” and looked like something made for kids. On Monday night, most of us…

25 Minutes Of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Here is Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’s entire E3 gameplay demo. It’s pretty hot. Normally in order to view this demo before, like, a week from now, you’d have to go crawling through E3’s vents and stain your sensation-less mechanical arms with the battery acid-infused blood of countless Square Enix employees. But not now, not today.…

Final Fantasy VII Scenes That Would Look Crazy In The Remake

The announcement trailer of Final Fantasy VII’s remake showed a slightly darker and more realistic world compared to the 1997 game. And with an aesthetic like that it’s almost impossible to imagine how some of the crazier parts of the original game would look. Take Cloud’s cross-dressing scene for example and compare it to the…

Just A Few Short Days Before Final Fantasy XIV Turns Heavensward

All of this shiny new, far in the future Final Fantasy stuff from E3 2015 is great, but those of us with massively multiplayer leanings have more immediate concerns, like next week’s launch of the first major expansion for Final Fantasy XIV. Three new jobs, massive new areas, a new race, flying mounts, and all…

Square Enix Announces Brand New JRPG From Brand New Developer

This morning, Square Enix announced something totally new: an original role-playing game from a brand new studio called Tokyo RPG Factory. It’s called “Project Setsuna” and we don’t have many details yet—it’s early, like many of Square’s projects—but it’s coming in 2016, Square says. They formed Tokyo RPG Factory recently to start making original RPGs…

Our First Glimpse Of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided In Action

Today Square Enix debuted the first in-game footage of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. As expected, it’s cyberpunk as fuck. The trailer is heavy on three things: 1) action, 2) the color black, 3) the color gold. The first part is a bit off-putting (Deus Ex is about out-sneaking and/or out-smarting, damn it), but it does…

Star Ocean 5 Is Coming West For PS4

We already knew Star Ocean 5 was imminent, the first installment in the RPG series since 2010, but Square Enix confirmed Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness is coming to the rest of the world in 2016 on PlayStation 4. The game features a whopping six-party system, as well. The developers specifically called out how they’re…

Square Explains World Of Final Fantasy

Remember thatother Final Fantasy from yesterday’s Sony conference? Today Square Enix explained it. Kinda. Square discussed the RPG that nearly started riots during their E3 press conference. World of Final Fantasy, they said, is being created with three main goals in mind: To be playable by anyone of any age or gender To create a…

The New Kingdom Hearts III Trailer Is Glorious

Today Square Enix showed off new footage from Kingdom Hearts III. As you might expect, it looks stellar. As you also might expect, there’s still no release date or even a release year—the trailer just says “Now in development,” which is just what they said back at E3 2013. Welp. Kingdom Hearts III is currently…

Don’t worry, the PC version of Final Fantasy VII is still getting ported to PS4. Square just announced that it’ll be out this winter. There’s an iOS version coming, too, over the summer.

A turn-based Tomb Raider for mobile devices. Following up on the success of Hitman Go, Square Enix announces Lara Croft Go, a step-by-step adventure coming soon to rectangular things with touch screens.

Square Announces New Nier Game, With Platinum

I’ll take whatever I can get from Platinum Games, you know? But I didn’t expect this. The trailer itself was mostly slow pans over artwork, a way to set the scene for the new game. I’m not super familiar with Nier, though it’s easily one of the most common games people have asked me to…

E3 2015: Square Enix Press Conference Liveblog [Update: Over]

We already know about the next Deus Ex Rise of the Tomb Raider and the new Hitman. And Square Enix blew folks’ minds by announcing a FF VII HD remake. Can they possibly have anything left. We’ll be discussing whatever they reveal right here. “`

Watch Square Enix’s E3 Press Conference Live, Right Here [Update: Over]

Nintendo’s barely over, but hey, it’s E3, there’s no time to catch your breath. Square Enix’s E3 presser starts at 1pm ET. Maybe Cloud and Tifa will be there. You can watch the livestream here:

The Internet Reacts to the Final Fantasy VII Remake

After years of asking, your Final Fantasy VII full remake dreams are coming true. It’s happening. And you can bet the internet has something to say about that. [via はちま] So did Square Enix’s stock prices shortly after the announcement was made. The game is heading to the PlayStation 4 first, but from the sound…

Oh, And There’s Also This Other Final Fantasy Game

The game forever known as the one they announced right before the Final Fantasy VII remake. Cute! Did you guys see the Final Fantasy VII remake trailer yet?

Rise Of The Tomb Raider Has Some Serious Next-Gen Ice

Microsoft just showed off more of Rise of the Tomb Raider during their press conference, and damn, that ice. Things get dicey quick with Lara scaling a frozen-un-solid cliffside and nearly falling to her doooooooom. But Rise of the Tomb Raider would be a pretty shitty name for a game exclusively about Lara Croft falling…

The Final Fantasy XV Demo Just Got A Gigantic New Boss

The Final Fantasy XV demo got a bunch of new features today, including a massive new boss monster that I’m sure someone will figure out how to beat by the end of the day. Meet the Catoblepas, who in previous versions of the FFXV demo was just part of the scenery but is now, thanks…