You know, I kinda like Infinite Undiscovery. Despite being the “latest” from Square Enix and tri-Ace, it is not the “greatest,” and when I started playing I was sort of disappointed. Though it sets aside the old school menus in favor of a more active, action-RPG style of gameplay, I found the Connect Action system [...]

August kicked off with news straight out of Square-Enix’s DKΣ3713 event that a 90 minute FFXIII demo would be included in the Japanese Blu-ray release of “Advent Children: Complete” sometime during March of next year. However, recent news being reported by finalfantasy-xiii.net points to a possible stand alone demo release.

Square Enix has confirmed it has approached Tecmo’s board to make a friendly takeover – and it’s doing it for the good of Japan, by the sound of the official spiel. The JPY 22.3 billion (USD 205 million) offer comes off the back of Itagaki’s departure and president Yoshimi Yashuda’s resignation, which Square Enix believes [...]

The conversation I envisaged at Taito about this tribute, celebrating 30 years of Space Invaders, never happened it seems – parent company Square Enix has come out of the flutter, claiming the exhibit at Leipzig was planned without Taito’s knowledge or consent. But they didn’t pass comment on the art’s message. According to their press [...]

Retro enthusiasts and JRPG lovers alike will be pleased to know that in a press release issued today, Square Enix revealed that the DS remake of Chrono Trigger will be hitting stateside on November 25th, 2008. Complete with the DS’s touchscreen functionality, Chrono Trigger DS will feature brand new dungeons and arenas that weren’t in [...]

The latest issue of Famitsu is all about the recent Square Enix DKS3713 event, and according to reports, the Playstation 3 exclusive Final Fantasy XIII demo that comes bundled with the upcoming Blu-ray edition of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete will actually run longer than the CGI film. The FFXIII demo will come on [...]

Microsoft marketeer Albert Pennello claims that they didn’t have to line Square Enix’s pockets to break FFXIII’s exclusivity – the publisher was attracted by the success of 360. The global marketing director claimed that “a publisher like Square can’t ignore” the size of its install base. “I think the most obvious reason that [Square Enix] [...]

This story starts with a young boy and a subscription to the MMO Final Fantasy XI. After a few months with the game, he grows tired of it and decides he’s going to cancel. Great, so how do you do that? What seems like should be a simple task ends up an exercise in frustration. [...]

Perhaps the most oddly named gaming event of all time, SquareEnix’s DKS3713 is also the same event that’s ringing with a ton of news. Day 1 is over and with it came the expected and not so expected.

Square Enix President and all around peaceful guy Yoichi Wada recently stated that his company remains neutral in the ever flame-inducing console war.

Everybody loves a Chocobo, and what better way to show it than by restoring memories to the inhabitants of Lostime with the help of Raffaello, a boy who fell from the sky and hatched from an egg? Dungeon crawling isn’t a new experience for Chocobo, but Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo’s Dungeon offers some twists that [...]

Infinite Undiscovery is an action role-playing game developed exclusively for the Xbox 360 from Tri-Ace/Square Enix and I just happened to get my hands on the demo at E3.

Well, by now you must know that Final Fantasy XIII is coming to the Xbox 360. Yes, Microsoft have sealed the deal, most likely with an attractive Western install base and some cake. The key word in that sentence is not “cake”, but “Western.”

With the 2008 Electronic Entertainment Expo less then a week away, the time for Square Enix fans to get excited has arrived. Today, the renowned RPG developer announced their full E3 line-up including a handful of remade classics, as well as their new intellectual properties (IPs). In the last two console generations, Square Enix (then, [...]

Those equipped with an iPod nano with video, iPod classic, or fifth generation iPod can do more than just listen to their iTunes– they can wage tactical battles with them in Square Enix’s new RPG, Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes. The protagonist, Ziggy, is on a quest to save his brother, Zero, from the Mechanical [...]