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Square Enix Is Still Making That NFT Game, In 2023
15.3.2023
Pretty much every time we post a video game trailer on this website, it’s either because we think it’s cool, or we’re using it to illustrate some kind of gameplay or cinematic point. In this case, though, we’re doing neither.Read more
Square Enix Boss Disappointed With Forspoken Sales But Still Excited For NFT Games
10.3.2023
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Square Enix is disappointed in the sales of one of its games. Tomb Raider, Hitman, Outriders, Guardians of the Galaxy—it’s a long list, and Forpsoken just got added to it. Current Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda said during the company’s most recent...
Final Fantasy XIV Fans Are Melting Down Over This 'Insulting' Chair
9.3.2023
Final Fantasy XIV just dropped a new patch this week, which added new sidequests and a massive dungeon to the popular MMO. It also added quality of life features, one of which has made fans extremely upset. You’ll never guess what it is: A chair. Many FFXIV players are rioting in the Square Enix...
Square Enix chystá změnu vedení. Povede se novému řediteli zastavit úpadek?
6.3.2023
Vydavatelství Square Enix po deseti letech mění vedení. Odcházejícího Josuke Macuduju, který rozprodal většinu úspěšných značek jako Tomb Raider nebo Deus Ex, nahradí Takaši Kiryu. I ten však vidí budoucnost firmy v blockchainových hrách a NFT
Nifty News: Dan Harmon’s NFT show set for season 3, NFT-friendly Square Enix CEO steps down and more…
4.3.2023
Square Enix’s NFT-friendly CEO is stepping down, but it may not impact the firm’s NFT plans, while Disney-backed Baobab Studios' first NFT drop sold out ahead of its upcoming RPG game
Square Enix CEO Who Constantly Pushed NFT Games To Be Replaced
3.3.2023
Square Enix is getting a new boss. Yosuke Matsuda has served as the Final Fantasy publisher’s CEO for 10 years, and spent the last couple of those hyping up NFTs and other blockchain scams. He’s now set to be replaced by a relative newcomer, pending shareholder approval in June.Read more
Sonic Creator Admits To Illegally Trading Over $1 Million
2.3.2023
Earlier today, Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator Yuji Naka admitted to doing insider trading while working at Square Enix. Read more
Forspoken Studio Being Absorbed Back Into Square Enix
1.3.2023
Yesterday, Luminous Productions, the developers behind the rocky fantasy parkour game Forspoken, announced that it will no longer exist as a separate game studio. On May 1, Luminous will be merged back into its parent company, Square Enix.Read more
Final Fantasy XVI Producer Doesn't Seem To Love The Term 'JRPG'
28.2.2023
Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida aka Yoshi-P revealed in a recent interview that he and other developers in Japan didn’t like the popular term JRPG (Japanese role-playing game) when it first popped up years ago, thinking it was “discriminatory” or being used to “make fun of” Japanese...
Final Fantasy XVI Previews Reveal Series’ Pivot Toward All-Out Action
28.2.2023
We’re roughly four months out from Final Fantasy XVI’s release, and the press recently got to preview the next entry in the legendary JRPG series. Writers in attendance were impressed by the grandiose, cinematic real-time battles that some likened to God of War. They praised the series’ departure...
Chrono Cross' Wonky Port Finally Getting Some Fixes
21.2.2023
It was almost a year ago that Square Enix released Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition, a “remastered” version of the 1999 classic on the PC, Xbox One, PS4 and Switch that, as good as the original game was, was also a very bad port.Read more
Square Enix to Use Polygon’s Network in Symbiogenesis, Its Upcoming Web3 Experience
17.2.2023
Japanese gaming company Square Enix has announced that it will be using Polygon, an Ethereum sidechain, as a base for Symbiogenesis, its upcoming Web3 experience. Naoyuki Tamate, producer of the game, cited the high transaction speeds and low transaction gas costs as the reasons for making this...
Gaming Company Square Enix Partners With Polygon for NFT Art Project
15.2.2023
The publisher behind the Final Fantasy video games is continuing its push into Web3 gaming through a new NFT project called Symbiogenesis
Octopath Traveler 2 Has A Free Demo On Switch, And You Should Play It
8.2.2023
During today’s Nintendo Direct presentation, the company briefly talked about Square Enix’s upcoming turn-based RPG Octopath Traveler 2, which launches on February 24 for Nintendo Switch, PC, and PlayStation consoles. Nintendo also revealed that a free demo will be available later today. The best...
Forspoken Actress Says She’s Isn’t Bothered By The Online Discourse, And More Power To Her
3.2.2023
Square Enix’s new fantasy parkour game Forspoken has had a bit of a rocky launch in terms of public perception among gamers, who found its Joss Whedon-esque dialogue in advertisements cringe-inducing. However, Forspoken’s lead actress says she isn’t bothered by all the discourse the game’s dialogue...
Everything Square Enix Announced For Final Fantasy VII’s Anniversary
31.1.2023
Final Fantasy VII first released in Japan 26 years ago today, on January 31, 1997. And in case you haven’t been doom-scrolling through Twitter all day, Square Enix has announced an assortment of stuff to mark the occasion. Square E’s announcements range from neat to niche in terms of their coolness...
Forspoken Release Trailer Exploits Bogus Accolades
23.1.2023
Everything about the leadup to the release of Forspoken, Square Enix’s big new open-world action RPG, has been a lowkey mess. But you wouldn’t know that from the launch trailer which stays upbeat on the modern-day magical adventure by taking a bunch of words out of context and spinning them into...
Square Enix to Deepen Its Blockchain Efforts in 2023
4.1.2023
Square Enix, the Japanese gaming giant, is preparing to announce more blockchain-based titles in 2023. As part of a now traditional new year’s letter issued by Yosuke Matsuda, CEO of the company, the executive announced some of the moves Square Enix will make regarding blockchain tech,...
Final Fantasy Parent Square Enix Is Bullish on Blockchain Gaming in 2023
4.1.2023
The Tokyo-based video game giant is already developing multiple blockchain games, highlighting an area of growth amid a brutal crypto winter
After A Bad Year For NFTs, Square Enix Boss Says Company's Still All In For Them
3.1.2023
A year ago, Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda said NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) and blockchain gaming were the future. Then 2022 happened and it became clear to all but the most diehard NFT investors and crytobros that all of this digital JPEG ownership was a scam that the public continues...