In about 10 hours I'll go on holiday with the local Scouting group for a week. I'll not be updating the website in the meantime and will not respond on emails.

I'll be back on 26 July, next Saturday.

At the Microsoft press conference Square Enix has also announced that The Last Remnant will be released on Xbox 360 worldwide at 20 November 2008. The game will also be released on PC. Yoichi Wada showed the addience a new short trailer of the game.

Star Ocean: The Last Hope will be released on the Xbox 360 at Spring 2009. No new details were announced during the press conference.

Infinite Undiscovery is a Xbox 360 exclusive game and will be released in North America at 2 September, in Europe at 5 September and in Japan at 11 September.

Let's hope Sony also has some interesting news to tell us tomorrow.

Update: A new trailer with ingame footage of Star Ocean: The Last Hope has been released. You can watch it here.

At todays E3 press conference Microsoft and Square Enix proudly presented that Final Fantasy XIII will also be released on the Xbox 360. That's right, no more PlayStation 3 exclusive anymore (only in Japan). Yoichi Wada showed a trailer to the press with new scenes combined with ones we have seen before.

Final Fantasy Versus XIII will remain a PlayStation 3 exclusive however.

Update: The trailer can now be watched on Hell and Heaven Net. You can see it here.

In the latest issue of the Japanese magazine Famitsu 4 new pages with screenshots from Chrono Trigger for the Nintendo DS were revealed. Most of the screenshots are the same as from the Super Nintendo version, but on some you see a small HP/MP bar under the characters. This must be because the Nintendo DS uses 2 screens (stats above, action below) and you can't see both of them at one time.

» Magazine scans: 1 2 3 4

Square Enix has announced their line-up for the coming E3 that will take place from 15 till 17 July in Los Angeles.

Playable games
- Chrono Trigger (Nintendo DS)
- Dragon Quest: Chapters of the Chosen (Nintendo DS)
- Final Fantasy IV (Nintendo DS)
- Infinite Undiscovery (Xbox 360)
- Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes (iPod)

Trailer only
- The Last Remnant (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
- Star Ocean: First Departure (PlayStation Portable)
- Star Ocean: Second Evolution (PlayStation Portable)
- Star Ocean: The Last Hope (Xbox 360)

The big disappointment is that, like last year, Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII are not playable nor viewable on the E3.

Square Enix has updated their official Japanese Chrono Trigger DS website as promised with a teaser about the game. The trailer isn't really special, no new features are revealed (yet).

The first Shonen Jump magazine scan of Chrono Trigger DS has also been surfaced on the internet.

» Official Japanese website
» Magazine scan

Update: The trailer has now been added to HHN. You can watch it here.

There was a rumor that Chrono Trigger was coming to the Nintendo DS, since a Japanese magazine reported about it. Well, Square Enix has confirmed that the game is currently in development and is stated for release in Japan in winter 2008!

Square Enix opened a teaser website about the game, but its only showing a ticking clock. According to the main website of Square Enix more will come on 7 July.

Chrono Trigger was released back in 1995 on the Super Nintendo. According to many fans it was the best RPG of that time. A PlayStation version was also released with anime cutscenes, but the game was never released in Europe.

» Chrono Trigger teaser website

Square Enix has confirmed to VG247 this afternoon that Final Fantasy XIII will appear at E3 this year.

“There’s going to be more things happening for XIII at E3,” said a rep. “That’s all I can say at the moment. And throughout the year there’s more things planned as well, which should shed more light on the release timings.”

The news comes after a story saying FF Versus XIII had been put on hold to assist in the development of FFXIII was proven to be incorrect.

Confirmation the game will show colours at the show will come as great relief both to fans and Sony alike.

Source: VideoGaming247

The day has finally arrived, the release of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII across Europe and other PAL territories on the PlayStation Portable. Crisis Core is the prequel of Final Fantasy VII. You play as Zack, a 2nd Class SOLDIER who really wants to become 1st. On the way you meet familiar faces, like Yuffie, Cloud and of course Sephiroth.

The latest issue of Famitsu Weekly contains an interview with Tetsuya Nomura which surprisingly, actually contains some new information regarding the Fabula Nova Crystallis Compilation. Of course it isn't the nice kind of surprise as it seems Final Fantasy Versus XIII's development has been put on hold. If only I was joking.

According to Nomura, the development of the compilation is having some troubles. Final Fantasy Versus XIII has been put on hold so the team can help with the development of Final Fantasy XIII as it's their number one priority. However the designers and artists will still be concentrating on working on the artwork and visuals for Versus. Final Fantasy Agito XIII is still in the early stages of development and Hajime Tabata, the director is now writing the entire synopsis himself which involves a huge timeline.

You could also see this in a disappointing way as well. Nomura says that although there will be the DKΣ3713 event in August, there will be more information at TGS in October. This implies that we won't be having any information at all until DKΣ3713 so E3 may not feature Final Fantasy XIII. I suppose we're used to waiting.

Source: http://finalfantasyversusxiii.net/

UPDATE: This report is false and Square Enix said to Eurogamer that Final Fantasy Versus XIII is right on schedule and won't go on hold.

Today Square Enix has announced their line-up on a Microsoft RPG event in Japan. The most striking news is that Star Ocean: The Last Hope (previously known as Star Ocean 4) will be released on the Xbox 360 in 2009. When asked if this game will the game will be released on the PlayStation 3 Yoshinori Yamagishi, producer of Square Enix, said, "We cannot announce anything on that. We can say that it will be released first [on the Xbox 360]. Whether we'll release it on the PS3 is undecided. We may release it, we may not."

Square Enix also released some high quality screenshots and the logo of the game.

» Screenshots: 1 2 3 4 5
» Logo

Update: The released trailer is now available for watching. Click here.

It's a bit old news, but it's better than nothing. Square Enix has opened their European Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII website a week ago. On it you can find information about the story and the characters. You can also watch the European trailer, listen to some audio files and download wallpapers.

» Official European website

The game will be released on 20 June, that's only 15 days left from now.

Yesterday Square Enix has announced that they will release the Zenithia Trilogy, which includes Dragon Quest IV, Dragon Quest V and Dragon Quest VI across the United States and Europe for the Nintendo DS. The games will carry subtitles and those will be Chapters of the Chosen, The Hand of the Heavenly Bride and Realms of Reverie. The European version will not carry the number of the game like Square Enix did with Dragon Quest: Journey of the Cursed King.

Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen will be released in the United States on 16 September and in Europe also that month.

While American Wii owners can play the game for a week now, the European Wii owners can now play it too, since the WiiWare service has been launched today. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King is now available for download for 1,500 Wii Points.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King is a city building game where you have to rebuild a kingdom from the ground.

Yoichi Wada, president of Square Enix, said that its considering taking stakes in game developers to combat rising competition from established game publishers. Square Enix is worried due to the recent news about take overs, like Electronic Arts, who wants to take over Take-Two.

"Economies of scale and breadth of scope are getting important. It may be a business alliance or it may be us taking a stake in others, but we need to go beyond traditional Square Enix. We face competition not only from Japanese videogame companies but from game companies worldwide. We also see some new players from outside the videogame industry coming in."

Wada also said he aims to boost the ratio of overseas videogame software sales among its total game software revenues to 80% in three years from about 50% now.

Source: Reuters

Square Enix has announced today that Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII will be released in Europe and other PAL territories on 20 June exclusive for the PlayStation Portable. At first the game was stated for a release this Spring, but it seems Square Enix delayed the game a bit.

On the official website you can order the special edition of the game. More information of the game will follow soon.

» Official European website

One week ago Square Enix has announced that they will release another compilation of Final Fantasy XI that has the latest expansion pack Wings of the Goddess together with the three another expansion packs.The package will be released for PC (Windows) and Xbox 360 in Europe on 23 May and is called Final Fantasy XI 2008 Edition.

Square Enix has announced today that the Nintendo DS version of Final Fantasy IV, that was recently announced for release in North America, will be released in Europe this Summer.

They also announced that Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors will be released in Europe on 9 May exclusively on the Wii. This game is a hack and slash RPG with the use of the Wii controller.

I've added a couple of screenshots of both game to give you an impression.

» Final Fantasy IV: 1 2 3 4 5
» Dragon Quest Swords: 1 2 3 4 5

Hell and Heaven Net Topsites is back online! Since I moved hosts and my current one doesn't have any problems with the script I've decided to put it back online! It still has the same style it used to have before it was taken offline. Since I prefer this topsites above the one at iTopsites, that one will be taken offline shortly and all members will be getting an email about it.

I hope Hell and Heaven Net Topsites will become one of the biggest Final Fantasy & Square Enix like it used to be and that my host doesn't begin to complain about it.

If you have a website that is related to Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Dragon Quest, Grandia, Star Ocean or/and any other game from Square Enix, you're free to join.

» Hell and Heaven Net Topsites

A couple of days ago Square Enix has confirmed that the Nintendo DS version of Final Fantasy IV will be released in North America. The release date will be 22 July 2008.

Originally this game was released on the Super Nintendo back in 1991. After the remake for the PlayStation and the Game Boy Advance this remake brings full 3D graphics, fully-voiced dramatic cutscenes and added content. The retail price will be $39,99 USD.

Square Enix has also put a little teaser on the official website.

» Official Final Fantasy IV website
» Read the full press release