Good news for fans of “Star Ocean”: Square Enix has just sent out an email alerting websites to change the American release date of the 360-exclusive “Star Ocean: The Last Hope” from March 3, 2009 to February 24, 2009. The latest entry into the “Star Ocean” series, the game is one of Microsoft’s big gambles to [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, December 21, 2008
A year and a half after Japan got the Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories PS2 remake as part of their Final Mix+ release, American Kingdom Hearts fans finally get their hands on the anticipated port. So ... how do Sora and Riku’s handheld adventures transfer to console?
Continue reading...Monday, December 15, 2008
Today, Square Enix has confirmed a release window for the PC version of their underwhelming epic RPG, The Last Remnant. Utilizing Unreal Engine 3 and combining elements of Western and Japanese RPGs in an attempt to appeal to a worldwide audience, the game looked very promising on paper, but ultimately just didn’t deliver. While there’s still [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 9, 2008
At the Dragon Quest press event at Tokyo's Park Hyatt hotel hours ago, Square Enix dropped one hell of a bomb on Sony: Dragon Quest X is coming to the Wii.
Continue reading...Saturday, December 6, 2008
Good news for RPG fans in Europe: Square Enix has announced via their holiday newsletter that they’re publishing several (non-Square) cult favorites in Europe next year. To start things off, in spring 2009 Square Enix is releasing Atlus’ Persona 4, the game I just called one of the best RPGs of the decade. So if you [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 4, 2008
Another Japanese giant is looking to carve a bigger place in the Western gaming sphere. While we already knew about Square Enix’s desires to increase their Western presence and status (even if it means buying their way in), today Namco Bandai has revealed that they too want a piece. The plan will start with the formation [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 4, 2008
By now, I think it’s pretty safe to say Eidos is likely going to be bought out by another company. The initial reports linked both Electronic Arts and Ubisoft to the ailing publisher, but since then two other companies have expressed interest. One of them, Warner Bros., makes perfect sense. The company already owns part of [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 2, 2008
I don’t think anyone in the world doubted otherwise, but in case you did, today Square Enix has confirmed that Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days will be coming to North American shores. No word on when or anything, but, you know, eventually it’ll come. Like the title says: duh. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 is the popular series’ first [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Earlier today, Square Enix sent out a press release announcing that their upcoming Wii-DS cross platform title, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time, will hit American shores next Spring. According to the release, the latest CC game will “break down the walls between handheld and console platforms.” Funny, I thought the original CC game already [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Less than two weeks after its release, Square Enix’s latest RPG, The Last Remnant, will already be getting its first batch of DLC. Really, guys? Last Remnant is by no means a casual beat-and-play-in-a-few-hours game; releasing DLC for an RPG less than two weeks after release just seems like a bad move, and I can’t help [...]
Continue reading...
Friday, January 9, 2009
6 Comments