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It has never been shy of charging top dollar for its iOS games, but Square Enix is to try and push the boat out further still. The publisher has finally confirmed an August 31st Western release date for its episodic Final Fantasy mobile title Final Fantasy Dimensions, which was first …
Read More »Sleeping Dogs – from the scrap heap to the top of the charts
18 months ago the code behind Sleeping Dogs lay abandoned. A year and a half later, the game has been hailed as a triumph and sits proudly atop of the UK charts. Sleeping Dogs began life in 2003 when Activision released the Luxoflux developed True Crime: Streets of LA. That …
Read More »How Square Enix is planning for Final Fantasy XIV’s rebirth
It’s been a rocky road for Final Fantasy XIV. The game arrived as Square Enix’s brave new attempt to crack the MMO market. But it failed. One critic wrote the kindest thing that can be said about the FF MMO is that it has a good intro movie”. Square Enix …
Read More »Download the 88-page MCV Gamescom special now
Our bumper 88-page Gamescome edition of MCV is now available digitally. This week’s edition is filled with content, including interviews with two senior Activision execs, plus a closer analysis of Grid 2, Resident Evil 6 and Tom Raider. That’s on top of the latest charts data from Chart-Track, the PlayStation …
Read More »Namco Bandai in talks to bring games to Ouya
Development giant joins Square Enix and U4ia in supporting new platform
Read More »Young artists need to be more than best in class
Adi Granov gives advice on breaking into the industry
Read More »Square Enix on track for FY2013 sales and income boost
Japanese publisher Square Enix believes it is on track to see an increase in both net sales and net income for the current financial year. That’s despite posting an operating loss of 1,163m for the three months ending June 2012, which is down from the 2,178m profit posted in the …
Read More »Final Fantasy VII PC release was a mistake, not DRM error
The PC re-release of Final Fantasy VII that went live over the weekend was a mistake. The RPG was made available to download in the US for a short period of time over the weekend. However, plenty of eager fans had already coughed up $12.70 for the game. And upon …
Read More »UPDATED: Final Fantasy VII on PC released by mistake, quickly pulled
The PC re-release of Final Fantasy VII was made available for purchase and subsequently pulled this weekend. Early reports suggested it was because of DRM woes, but MCV has been told it had been made live by mistake, hence being pulled. The game ran for $12.70 for a short period …
Read More »Luminous engine – The nirvana of next-gen games creation?
Develop investigates Square Enix's impressive new development platform
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