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Sony fans will have to wait a little longer to get their hands on Final Fantasy XIV. Square Enix has announced the PS3 version of its MMO has been delayed in order to allow for further development and some planned improvements. This is despite reports that work on Final Fantasy …
Read More »Tomb Raider reboot announced
Square Enix has lifted the lid on Tomb Raider, a reboot of the Lara Croft series. The game will be developed by Crystal Dynamics and features the first adventures of a young and inexperienced Lara. An official blurb reads: ‘After a brutal storm destroys the boat she was travelling on, …
Read More »Kane & Lynch will return
Expect to see more of Square Enix’s violent criminal duo Kane & Lynch. In an interview with Eurogamer, Eidos life president Ian Livingstone stated: We haven’t made any announcements about Kane & Lynch going forward, but we all know that Kane and Lynch are two amazing characters who have a …
Read More »New Tomb Raider revealed next week
Square Enix will officially announce the next full Tomb Raider game next week, according to magazine reports. The title has been previously been teased in Game Informer magazine, and now GamesMaster has said it will publish more information in its next issue out on January 4th, 2011. The news, reported …
Read More »Major FFXIV update released
A major title update for MMO title Final Fantasy XIV has been released that Square Enix hopes will address some of the major criticisms that have been levelled at its titles in its opening weeks. The game has already twice had its free trial period extended as Square Enix tries …
Read More »Black Ops tops Japanese charts
The growing aspirations of Western games in key Japanese markets have received another shot in the arm with confirmation that Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops has claimed the top spot in this week’s Japanese software charts. The PS3 version of the game shifted 129k units this week, driving it …
Read More »Mindjack gets Euro release date
Publisher Square Enix has confirmed that PS3 and Xbox 360 action title Mindjack will be released in Europe on January 21st. The game is being developed by Feelplus, who also had a hand in the likes of Xbox 360 RPG Lost Odyssey, Infinite Undiscovery, Star Ocean: The Last Hope, DS …
Read More »FFXIV free trial extended again
Publisher Square Enix has announced that it to extend the free trial period for MMO Final Fantasy XIV for a second time. It’s the second 30-day extension the firm has offered gamers following the decision to do the same thing this time last month. We are adamant that you should …
Read More »FFXIV woes dog Square Enix
Square Enix has reported disappointing numbers of its second quarter ending September 30th 2010, with operating income plummeting from 13.091bn last year to 5.712bn this time out. Sales were down sharply, too, from 90.561bn in 2009 to just 68.056. The latter number was below expectations, though the former was actually …
Read More »Square Enix cuts sales forecasts
Square Enix has lowered sales forecasts for its six-month fiscal period ending September 30th, 2010. The Final Fantasy and Lara Croft publisher now expects to receive net sales of YEN 68bn (527m), down from YEN 76bn (589m). It predicts a decrease in profit from YEN 2.4bn (18.5m) to YEN 1.7bn …
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