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Square Enix holdings has doubled its net income projections from $19m to $47m after revising its financial forecasts, the company has announced. The group also changed its predicted net sales for the six months ending September 30th, which went up 1.8 per cent to $730m, whilst forecasts for operating income …
Read More »Square Enix net income projections up 148 per cent
Revisions made after success of its game, web, smartphone and social network markets
Read More »Deus Ex DLC gets priced, dated
The first DLC for Square Enix’s highly successful Deus Ex: Human Revolution, called The Missing Link, has been given a release date of October 18th. It will cost 1200 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live or 8.99 on the PlayStation Network and PC. The content details exactly what happened to protagonist …
Read More »Square Enix to relaunch Final Fantasy XIV
Publisher Square Enix is preparing to relaunch and remake its troubled Final Fantasy MMO. Final Fantasy XIV on PC suffered a challenging launch, receiving a negative reception from critics and fans. Square Enix has yet to even charge a subscription fee for the game. But now the publisher is readying …
Read More »In pictures: Next gen Square Enix engine vs real life
Direct X 11 engine Luminous targets photorealism
Read More »Square announces its first PlayStation Vita title
Final Fantasy and Deus Ex publisher Square Enix has announced its first title for the PlayStation Vita – Army Corps from Hell. The game sees players assuming control of a hundred-strong goblin army and makes heavy use of the machine’s rear touchpad. There’s no release date for the game as …
Read More »Xperia Play nabs Lara Croft exclusive
Sony Ericsson has signed a deal with Square Enix that will see Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light released as an Android exclusive on Xperia Play. The game, which is already available on the Apple App Store, Xbox Live, PSN and PC, will mark its arrival to the Android …
Read More »UK release date for Final Fantasy XIII-2 announced
Square Enix has announced the release dates for PS3 and Xbox 360 RPG Final Fantasy XIII-2 in every key territory. The long-awaited title will arrive in Europe on February 3rd, NowGamer reports. The game will arrive first in Japan on December 15th. It will subsequently be released in America on …
Read More »Deus Ex Human Revolution ships 2m copies
Having topped the UK charts for two weeks now, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC title Deus Ex: Human Revolution, publisher Square Enix has announced that it has now shipped 2m copies of the game. It was first released in the US on August 23rd with a European release on August …
Read More »Square Enix to double Deux Ex studio headcount
Japanese publisher Square Enix wants to position its Canadian studio Eidos Montreal at the very centre of its game development operations, a new report claims. Its subsidiary Eidos Montreal could grow from about 350 staff to nearly 700 if a deal with state officials is agreed, according to local business …
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