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Final Fantasy Type-0 and Agito are finally coming to Europe and America. The former will be coming out for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as an HD remaster, while the latter is headed to iOS and Android. Type-0 came out in Japan back in 2011 for PSP. It was originally …
Read More »Final Fantasy and Tomb Raider send Square Enix forecasts upwards
Square Enix has revised its full year fiscal forecasts upwards on the back of a better-than-expected performance from a number or recent releases. Strong sales of rejuvenated RPG Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn and Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD were both credited, as well as PS4 and Xbox One release …
Read More »Tommy Tallarico on the return of Video Games Live
Tommy Tallarico on the greatest honour for a game composer, bringing video game music to the mainstream and why he wants everyone to be able to afford tickets to the VGL shows
Read More »VIDEO: Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call heading to 3DS
Square Enix is to once again merge its Theatrhythm and Final Fantasy IPs in a new release on Nintendo 3DS. The game includes three times the songs and two times the characters seen in 2012 predecessor Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy and will also add new game modes. Music is an integral …
Read More »Square Enix ‘definitely interested’ in bringing Final Fantasy games to PC
Japanese RPG maker may be set bring upcoming Final Fantasy games the desktop
Read More »Square Enix ‘definitely interested’ in future Final Fantasy games on PC
Future Final Fantasy series releases could see release on the Windows PC platform, Square Enix has revealed. Franchise producer Yoshinori Kitase confirmed to Eurogamer that the company is interested in developing for the platform – explaining that complex issues” relating to security and the platform’s past market situation were the …
Read More »Square Enix’s latest reboot
March 6th 2013, and Square Enix’s UK team were in jubilant spirits. The publisher had just released Tomb Raider, which achieved the highest Metacritic rating since the 1996 original and went on the sell hundreds of thousands of units in a matter of days. And that followed a 2012 where …
Read More »Japanese sales point to serious declines for Final Fantasy and 3D Mario
It’s not often that a pair of games topping the charts brings bad news for their respective publishers. PS3 title Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII and Wii U platformer Super Mario 3D World entered the weekly Japanese charts in first and second spots today, but both point to serious declines …
Read More »Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn sales provide surge to Square Enix finances
Company-wide restructuring and increased game sales lead to profitable six months
Read More »Final Fantasy XIV hits 1.5m registrations
Square sees positive response after refreshing its stricken MMO, and announces beta for the PS4 version
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