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Chrono Trigger DS Dated November 25th

It’s really all in the headline — the enhanced DS port of Chrono Trigger, formerly scheduled for a vague “holiday” release, has now been pegged for November 25th. Considering the game’s rabid fanbase, that’s probably all you needed to know anyhow. While we’d be remiss in truly recommending a title for purchase without giving it our [...]

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E3 2008: What’s New in Chrono Trigger DS?

During today’s maiden voyage to the show floor, we came across a lonely copy of Chrono Trigger DS, and pounced upon it without so much as a second thought. Though taking pictures of the device’s dual screen functionality is apparently strictly verboten (and a Square Enix rep watched us closely as we deleted several such images [...]

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E3 2008: The Microsoft Experience

While Microsoft’s E3 2008 press conference revealed a veritable stockpile of bird dung exciting titles for core gamers and a few key partnerships that may make the Xbox 360 your media center of choice, vice president of Xbox LIVE John Schappert took time out to explain how Microsoft plans to enhance the social experience [...]

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The Best Pre-E3 Scoops

The Electronic Entertainment Expo certainly ain’t what she used to be. Formerly a mecca for game industry insiders looking to get their hands on the latest and greatest, hear exclusive announcements and witness the booth babe-studded spectacle, it was all ruined by GameCyte’s Jesse Henning has since shrunken to a tiny invite-only affair designated the [...]

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Square Enix Releases Financial Results, Internal Upheaval In Store?

Over the weekend, Square Enix released the company’s financial results from fiscal year 2007, and the results aren’t good. The company sold a little over 2 million fewer units in 2007 than it did during 2006. That does not bode well for the company, and it helps explain the focus on alternate business models. According [...]

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Infinite Undiscovery Dated, New Trailer

It might not have been rated by the ESRB quite yet, but we’ve got the release date regardless. Square Enix announced today that the curiously-titled Infinite Undiscovery will be making its way to an Xbox 360 near you this September 2nd.

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Japanese Arcades Lose Popularity, Wii to Blame?

Though the social experience of the coin-op arcade is all but dead and buried in the United States, arcades are still hanging on in other countries. Africa uses old Sony PlayStations. China has 185,000 internet cafes where the over-18 crowd can get in some MMO time, while Xiahe temple monks kick back with a game [...]

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Square Enix Contemplating Investment in Rival Game Companies

We all know that game companies are acquisition happy. Take a look at EA and their ongoing courtship with Take-Two, if you need a reminder. Then, over on the continent (by which I mean Europe), Infogrames recently sought to buyout SCi. It turns out that the Americans and the French aren’t the only covetous people [...]

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Japan, Please Localize These: Nanashi no Geemu, World Destruction

This week, the gaming community is all abuzz over the Scottish automobile larceny simulator, and no wonder, considering the reviews it’s getting. The only problem with this is that a number of other gems are liable to fly under the radar, and in the case of games that may or may not come to our [...]

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Taku Murata Offers a Clearer Look at Square-Enix’s Crystal Tools

In an interview posted today, Taku Murata, the general manager of Crystal Tools, spoke about the limitations and implications of the toolset for Square-Enix. For those of you who are not incredibly obnoxious Square fanboys, you might not recall that Crystal Tools née White Engine is part of an initiative by Square-Enix to streamline development [...]

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