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Another pair of Dragon Quest titles will receive western releases, according to series creator Yuji Horri. Gematsureports on Horri’s statements at Japan Expo 2015 in Paris over the past weekend, gathering multiple mentions from attendees posting to Twitter. Horri’s comments suggest the Nintendo 3DS remakes of Dragon Quest VII and …
Read More »Mac version of Final Fantasy XIV pulled from sale, refunds offered
Square Enix has withdrawn the Mac version of Final Fantasy XIV after it launched on June 23rd with a number of serious problems, chief of which being pretty poor performance on even the beefiest of Macs. It has admitted the minimum specs it previously released were inaccurate and not sufficient …
Read More »The World Ends With You returns to App Store
Square Enix has re-listed The World Ends With You: Solo Remix on the App Store, following confirmation that the game is now compatible with iOS 8. The publisherpulled the gamefrom the App Store in February due to game-breaking bugs introduced by Apple’s latest OS for its mobile platform, but the …
Read More »Final Fantasy VII remake director didn’t realise he’d got the job
Tetsuya Nomura, the director of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII remake, didn’t know he’d landed the job until after production had got underway. Nomura was the character designer of the original game, a new version of which was announced during Sony’s E3 press conference last week. He’s also in charge …
Read More »Dragon Quest VI arrives on iOS and Android
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation is out now for iOS and Android devices, Square Enix has announced. Having launched a fortnight earlier exclusively in Japan, the game is currently available worldwide on both theApp StoreandGoogle Playfor $14.99. The mobile version is played in the vertical orientation of phones and …
Read More »Final Fantasy VII PC re-release heading to PS4 this winter
Square Enix has announced the PC port of Final Fantasy VII’s original Playstation release will arrive on PS4 this holiday season. To clarify, the announcement doesn’t relate to the upcoming Final Fantasy VII remakerevealed at E3– that remains scheduled for a 2017 launch. ThePC re-releasebrought about achievements, the ability to …
Read More »Yoichi Wada steps down as chairman of Square Enix
Square Enix’s Yoichi Wada has concluded his tenure as chairman, with the executive planning to work more in depth with the company’s subsidiary Shinra Technologies. A representative at Shinra Technologiesconfirmeda report byVG247that Wada will leave his post to focus entirely on the cloud-gaming subsidiary. Wada himself established Shinra Technologies in …
Read More »Deus Ex writer addresses ‘mechanical apartheid’ upset
‘Mechanical apartheid’ was one of the terms that cropped up in the E3 2015 promotion of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, causing corners of the internet to erupt in anger. Some were clearly unhappy that a specific period of brutal human suffering could be used in a manner perceivably similar to …
Read More »Hitman’s Io Interactive: Season Passes are wrong
Danish developer Io Interactive has said that the freshly announced Hitman won’t have a Season pass as the studio isn’t a fan of the model. "Everything we ship on December 8th will be completely finished, it will be a very polished experience,” Io boss Hannes Seifert told VideoGamer. There are …
Read More »SQUARE ENIX: Project Setsuna is a brand new RPG from a brand new studio
The creator of Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts has announced a completely new RPG franchise. "We are devoted to keep creating incredible new RPG titles," said Square Enix Holdings presidentYosuke Matsuda, introducing Project Setsuna. The game is said specifically to be a ‘console RPG’. "It’s not a spin-off or a …
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