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Read More »First Hitman ad to debut during Euro 2012 final
Hitman Absolution will get its first TV ad on Sunday (July 1st), during the European Championship final between Italy and Spain. The ITV ad is 60 seconds long and is part of Square Enix’s bid to make this year’s stealth action game one of the Top Five biggest sellers of …
Read More »Square Enix dev salaries ‘twice as high as Sony’
Studio personnel earning average wages of £175,000 in Japan, claims report
Read More »Sports Interactive breaks silence on Eidos split
Sports Interactive boss Miles Jacobson has finally revealed the reasons behind the developer’s split from its publisher Eidos. The Football Manager developer ditched Eidos in 2003, leaving the publisher with the Championship Manager IP but taking the talent behind the successful franchise. Championship Manager subsequently was handed to new internal …
Read More »Wada: Final Fantasy VII remake would kill franchise
Hopes of a Final Fantasy VII remake have been dashed… for now at least. Speaking at Square Enix’s annual shareholder meeting, CEO Yoichi Wada said that we’ll make a Final Fantasy VII remake once we’ve made a Final Fantasy game that exceeds the quality of FFVII”, according to Andriasang. He …
Read More »Final Fantasy XI is the most profitable ever FF title
Square Enix has confirmed that ten-year-old MMO outing Final Fantasy XI remains the profitable title in the series ever released. Looking at profitability, it’s the top of all past Final Fantasy games,” Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada told the Vana Fest 2012 audience, Andriasang reports. The publisher recently announced yet …
Read More »Final Fantasy producer Tanaka quits Square Enix
'Major illness' forces industry veteran to resign after nearly 30 years at the studio
Read More »Producer Hiromichi Tanaka leaves Square Enix
Final Fantasy XI producer Hiromichi Tanaka has announced his exit from Square Enix. The veteran designer declared his departure from the company during Vanafest 2012, a 10-year anniversary event for FFXI. Famitsu reports the resignation is due to health issues as Tanaka is suffering from a ‘major illness’ which wasn’t …
Read More »Square Enix and MCV on the hunt for UK sectors’s ultimate assassin
Developers and all those in the UK games industry invited to prove their gaming talent
Read More »Leak points to Final Fantasy VII PC rebirth
A PC re-release for Final Fantasy VII with all the bells and whistles looks to be in the works. A Google cache of the Square Enix-owned site finalfantasyviipc.com shows substantial evidence for an updated release on PC. According to the info, the game will add achievements, cloud saves (no pun …
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