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Dark Souls 3 Display At E3 Is Amazing, Disgusting

I mean, it’s true, you die a lot in Dark Souls. People are beginning to walk the floor of E3, which means they’re coming across the elaborate displays created for the games at the show, too. Here’s what Namco Bandai put together for the final chapter in the Dark Souls series: If I owned a…

Conan Plays Halo 5 Against Silicon Valley Cast, Fails Gloriously

Somebody should have warned Conan O’Brien about the gaming force that is Silicon Valley’s Thomas “Middletwitch” Middleditch. The talk show host never stood a chance. I don’t know about TJ Miller or Zach Woods, but Middleditch can regularly be foundon Twitch showing off his skills on just about every sort of game imaginable, from strategy-intensive…

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…

Keep Track Of Nintendo’s Upcoming Releases With This Handy Image

Print it out big and wrap it around your fridge.

Everything We Know About Nintendo’s Experimental New Star Fox

The new Star Fox game for Wii U is an unusual mix of old and new, a game that sometimes feels like a remake and other times like a radical experiment. The game’s developers at Nintendo and—surprise—Platinum recently broke it all down for me. Despite the “zero” in the name, Star Fox Zero does not…

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…

Kingdom Hearts Unchained Key Announced For iOS, Android

What, were you expecting Kingdom Hearts III? Square just announced that Kingdom Hearts: Unchained Key, a mobile game that was previously just announced for Japan, will come to North America too. Trailer:

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…

Just Cause 3 is coming out on December 1st. It’s got a better grappling hook, a wingsuit, car surfing, explosions, a new island, unlimited C4, and more explosions. Looks great.

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 Way Nintendo Used To Make Mario Levels

Did you know: old-school Mario games were drawn out on graph paper by designers like Shigeru Miyamoto? It’s pretty cool! During Nintendo’s E3 Digital Event, Miyamoto shared graphs and original design docs of older Super Mario games. It’s amazing. You can watch Nintendo explain the older design process here, around the :38 second mark. Or, if…