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Final list of speakers announced for MIGS, with only four days remaining for earlybird discount

Square Enix president Yoichi Wada believes Nintendoâ??s follow up is closer than believed

Square Enix boss pessimistic of the impact of Natal and Sony's motion controller

Montreal Games Summit to also see Media Moleculeâ??s Paul Holden attend

As Square Enix expands its presence in the west with the 84.3 million acquisition of Eidos, global president Yoichi Wada has criticised Japan’s development culture for being too inwardly-focused. In the last five to 10 years, the Japanese games industry has become a closed environment, with no new people coming …

Squareâ??s Yoichi Wada calls for an end to Japanâ??s â??closed environmentâ??, adds that Square Enix may acquire more western groups

Talking to Reuters , Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has once again pledged to grow his company globally – but this time added that he expects to buy stakes in game developers in the next year. Wada confirmed he is already in talks with a number of parties. "Economies of …

Speaking at a gathering for Japan’s Computer Entertainment Supplier body, Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has predicted that the Japanese games market will enjoy a third consecutive year of growth and reach an all new high in 2008. Bloomberg reports that revenue for the period should exceed YEN 700 billion, …

Yoichi Wada, the CEO of Japanese games giant Square Enix, has claimed that Microsoft is the only current platform holder who remains dedicated to selling in the games market, that the Wii is being bought as a toy and that Sony is unsure about what its machine really is. In …