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It's Nice When A Studio Can Rebrand Into Something Prettier
11.10.2022
From 2011 to 2022, there was a video game developer in Canada known as Square Enix Montreal. A sub-division of a massive international games publisher, they had a logo that looked like a spaceship from an Atari game and a name about as unimaginative as it comes.Read more
Final Fantasy 14 Is Under Attack By Hackers, Square Enix Says
7.10.2022
Hackers never let folks catch a break, and massively multiplayer online role-playing games are always a target for heinous acts of data collecting. The latest victim? Square Enix’s super popular Final Fantasy XIV, which the company announced yesterday is currently experiencing “an attack by a third...
Valkyrie Elysium: The Kotaku Review
7.10.2022
Square Enix’s Valkyrie Profile series of RPGs has been dormant for quite a while, with the last full-fledged entry being 2009’s DS game Covenant of the Plume. Now, however, a brand new entry has arrived in Valkyrie Elysium, which brings with it a shift from the franchise’s turn-based combat system...
Japanese Gaming Giant Sega to Launch First Blockchain Game
3.10.2022
Sega, one of the largest Japanese gaming companies, has announced that it will launch its first blockchain game in collaboration with Double Jump Tokyo, another Japanese development company. The game, which is based on Sega’s Sangokushi Taisen franchise, will be built using Oasys, a Japanese...
Square Enix Is Drowning 2022 With New RPGs, And We're Here For It
30.9.2022
2022 is a great year to be an RPG fan, particularly of Japanese games. The holiday season is usually crowded with new game releases, but this year Square Enix appears to be releasing games like it’s Christmas all year round. With so many out already, and so many more to come, are SE’s profligate...
GameStop Might Give You Babylon's Fall For Free
21.9.2022
Babylon’s Fall, the live-service role-playing game Kotaku writer Ethan Gach named the PlayStation 5’s “new worst game,” has been made so valueless, some GameStops are giving physical copies away for free.Read more
Bandai Namco, SEGA among gaming giants eyeing blockchain gaming
19.9.2022
Big gaming firms are working to spur mainstream blockchain gaming adoption, and don’t want to “change that policy” even if it causes pushback from some
Square Enix Exploring Blockchain Game Development as Part of Oasys Project Partnership
16.9.2022
Square Enix, one of the biggest Japan-based gaming companies, has inked a partnership with Oasys, a Web3-oriented blockchain project. As part of this partnership, Square Enix will be part of the first 21 validators of the Oasys network, and will explore new possibilities regarding developing...
Final Fantasy creators join Oasys blockchain, gamers whine about it
14.9.2022
As part of the deal, Square Enix will develop games on Oasys’ PoS network, joining the likes of Sega, Double Jump, Bandai Namco and Ubisoft
A Buncha Square Enix JRPG Classics Are Headed To Switch
13.9.2022
Nintendo’s big dump of a Direct presentation has come to a close, delivering copious news for games like Fire Emblem Engage and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Though the biggest announcement was the BotW sequel The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom—which got an official name and definitive release date...
Let’s Remember Some Terrible Square Enix Video Game Names
13.9.2022
Octopath Traveler. Triangle Strategy. Forspoken. These are just a few of Square Enix’s weirder game titles. But today, the Final Fantasy publisher reminded the world of one of its all-time-greats: Various Daylife. The iOS JRPG now has a Switch port. It came out today and it’s still called, well...
Square Enix Shutting Down PS5's Worst Game Before It's Even A Year Old
13.9.2022
Today, publisher Square Enix and developer Platinum Games finally did what everyone had been predicting from the start: they announced Babylon’s Fall will shut down within its first year. While I’m hardly surprised, it still sucks. People paid $60 for this game just six months ago, and less than...
Can You Tell The Difference Between These Two Upcoming Magical Action-RPGs?
24.8.2022
Oh hey, some red meat for the folks who love looking at games and saying they bear a strong resemblance to other games: Developer Deck 13 debuted gameplay footage for its forthcoming action-RPG Atlas Fallen, which looks a whole lot like Square Enix’s forthcoming action-RPG Forspoken, which looks...
Very Bad Forspoken Ad Gets Absolutely Roasted
11.8.2022
Earlier this week the marketing team behind Square Enix’s upcoming action game Forspoken posted a Tweet with a few sales bullet points and a short gameplay video. It should have been a very normal and forgettable exercise in video game promotion, but readers, I am here to tell you that this video...
Remake Of Beloved RPG, Tactics Ogre, Botches Sprites And Revamps Progression
4.8.2022
Square Enix just announced details for an upcoming remake of their classic strategic RPG Tactics Ogre. Tactics Ogre: Reborn will feature more detailed art, voice over, and a new leveling system. However, fans are frustrated at the high-definition sprites that they believe worsens the overall look...
Octopath Traveler: Champions Of The Continent Is Better Than The Nintendo Switch Original
29.7.2022
Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent, newly available on mobile, is a worthy sequel to the original 2018 Switch role-playing game. I had expected a watered-down combat system and a menu hell like many other gacha games on mobile devices. Square Enix proved me wrong. Champions retains...
Square Enix Botches New Manga Service With Sex Censorship, Extra Charges
28.7.2022
Yesterday, Square Enix launched the English version of its new online manga service, Manga Up!. But within 24 hours of its release, users have voiced outrage over the app’s aggressive censorship bars and monetization practices.Read more
HD-2D, The Unique Retro-Inspired Art Style, Took Off In 2022
28.7.2022
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Former Deus Ex Boss Unloads On Square Enix
28.7.2022
Back in May, Japanese publisher Square Enix announced it was selling a number of Western studios it had owned since 2009, including Eidos Montreal (Deus Ex) and Crystal Dynamics (Tomb Raider). For Stephane D’Astous, who founded Eidos Montreal and left the company in 2013, the deal marks the end...
Square Enix to launch FF7: Nifty Newsletter, July 20–26
27.7.2022
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