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Tomb Raider expected to shift up to six million units
Read More »Just how far short of expectations did Square Enix’s console games fall?
Outgoing Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has revealed the exact extent of the publisher’s console game sales disappointments. As revealed last month, Sleeping Dogs has sold 1.75m units, Hitman: Absolution 3.6m units and Tomb Raider 3.4m units. Let’s talk about Sleeping Dogs,” Wada said in a financial briefing as reported …
Read More »New boss Matsuda promises complete overhaul at Square Enix; Rogers confirmed as director
Yosuke Matsuda has promised to review all aspects of Square Enix’s business. The exec will in June replace outgoing former boss Yoichi Wada and has obviously decided that drastic action is needed following the prediction of a 13bn loss for the current financial year. After having succeeded the important role …
Read More »Square Enix plots fundamental company review
New president to 'thoroughly squeeze out' underperforming operations
Read More »Jobs cuts hit Square Enix LA
Second round of layoffs in four months at US studio
Read More »Square Enix LA suffers another round of layoffs
Square Enix’s Los Angeles office has been hit with another wave of layoffs as part of company-wide restructuring. "We can confirm that Square Enix’s Los Angeles office has eliminated a number of positions as part of the corporate restructuring announced last week," Square Enix senior director of public relations Reilly …
Read More »VIDEO: Thief gets official debut trailer
Square Enix has released the first official trailer for upcoming sneakathon Thief. The game was announced last month with a scheduled release date of 2014 on PC, PS4 and the new Xbox (or ‘other next-gen platforms’, as the publisher chose to describe it). It sees the return of the series’ …
Read More »Rising dev costs concern as 3.4m Tomb Raider sales are not enough
Ever-increasing development budgets rear ugly head in latest Square Enix financials
Read More »Tomb Raider misses sales targets; Rogers in contention for board election
Square Enix’s big console releases are not performing as desired in the West. As part of the publisher’s latest financial report, the company described sales of Tomb Raider, Hitman: Absolution and Sleeping Dogs as weak” in both North America and Europe. Specifically, Tomb Raider has shifted 3.4m copies in three …
Read More »Yoichi Wada steps down as Square Enix warns of extraordinary losses
Square Enix president Yoichi Wada is stepping down. The news comes as the publisher warns of what is describes as extraordinary losses” in its current financial year. Indeed, the overtly long tail being thrust upon consumers by the lack of market-ready next-gen hardware is certainly having an impact. Yousuke Matsuda …
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