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Mike Fischer leaves game publisher for Amazon's digital music and video in Japan
Read More »Square Enix president departs for Amazon
Square Enix CEO and president Mike Fischer has left Square Enix of America for a job with Amazon. Polygon reports Fischer quit the company earlier this month, and is now the vice president of digital music and video for Amazon in Japan. Fischer worked at Namco, Sega and Microsoft before …
Read More »Thief reboot heading to Xbox One
It was a no brainer, but it’s still nice to hear confirmation: Square Enix’s new Thief game will released for the next Xbox. The reinvention of the classic PC stealth franchise was announced earlier this year for PS4, PC and "other next generation consoles". Finally, we can stop pussy-footing around …
Read More »Final Fantasy VIII and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance coming to PC
Two big titles from the Japanese games development scene are being converted for PC. In separate announcements Square Enix revealed that 1998 release Final Fantasy VIII is to get an HD rework and re-release on PC. The same happened with its popular predecessor Final Fantasy VII last year. Perhaps more …
Read More »Square Enix posts £88m in ‘extraordinary’ losses
Publisher plots review of development policy as major titles underperform
Read More »Square Enix promises reforms as profit flips to loss
Various strategic reforms” are on the way for Square Enix after the company confirmed a year of losses for the 12 months ending March 2013. Although net sales climbed 15.7 per cent for the period, an operating loss of 6,081m and a net loss of 13,714m was reported. That compares …
Read More »Layoffs expected at Square Enix Europe
Cuts to follow missed targets for Tomb Raider publisher
Read More »Square Enix Europe hit with job losses
Square Enix is making redundancies to its UK and European operation, MCV can reveal. It follows news that sales of Tomb Raider, Hitman and Sleeping Dogs missed their targets. Although all three games sold significant quantities around the world, they were well below Square’s very high expectations. We are reviewing …
Read More »Japanese gamers face RRP hike for Tomb Raider language support
Tomb Raider fans in Japan are being asked to buy $30 worth of additional content if purchasing the game on Steam. Kotaku reports that as of April 25th the Japanese Steam Store will offer a $30 ‘Japanese language pack’ that adds subtitles and a Japanese voice track to the game. …
Read More »Heard About: Tomb Raider
Jason Graves tells Develop what it was like to compose Tomb Raider's score
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