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Square Enix's E3 line-up, again no Versus XIII

Posted by Zidane007nl on 7 May 2012, 21:11 - 0 comments

Square Enix has announced their E3 line-up for this year. Note that five of the seven games are developed by western studios.

  • Heroes of Ruin (Nintendo DS)
  • Hitman: Absolution (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC)
  • Kingdom Hearts 3D Dream Drop Distance (Nintendo 3DS)
  • Quantum Conundrum (PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, PC)
  • Sleeping Dogs (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC)
  • Theatrhythm Final Fantasy (Nintendo 3DS)
  • Tomb Raider (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC)

Great 'absentee' this year is (again) Final Fantasy Versus XIII which was announced on the E3 back in 2006. Also no Final Fantasy Type-0, which was released last October in Japan.

Source: 
VG247
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New Kingdom Hearts title announced very soon

Posted by Zidane007nl on 1 May 2012, 21:00 - 2 comments

Tetsuya Nomura, director of Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, has announced in an interview with Kingdom Hearts 3D Ultimania, that was released in Japan today, that a new title in the Kingdom Hearts franchise will be announced in the near future.

Nomura also said that neither Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep 2 and the Final Mix version for Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance are currently planned.

Source: 
FF-Reunion
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Kingdom Hearts 3D European release date!

Posted by Zidane007nl on 21 April 2012, 14:27 - 0 comments

After the rumors of an European release date Square Enix has now confirmed on their Twitter account (@SQUARE_ENIX_EU) that Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance will be released on 20 July.

Square Enix's European Twitter account

So Europe will get the game first which is a kinda rare occasion.

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NA and European release dates for three 3DS titles

Posted by Zidane007nl on 5 April 2012, 22:59 - 0 comments

Square Enix has announced today the North American release dates for three Nintendo 3DS games: Heroes of Ruin, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Driop Distance.

Heroes of Ruin, which is developed by n-Space is an action RPG and will be released in North America on 26 June 2012.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, which is a rithymn game developed by indieszero will be released a week after that, on 3 July 2012 in North America and 6 July 2012 in Europe.

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Driop Distance, which is the seventh game in the Kingdom Hearts series and developed by Square Enix's 1st Production Department will be released in North America on 31 July 2012 and in Europe on 3 August 2012.

According to Square Enix European release dates will be announced very soon.

Update: The European release dates are known and processed in the news item.

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Square Enix opens teaser site for new secret title

Posted by Zidane007nl on 23 March 2012, 22:06 - 0 comments

Square Enix has opened a mysterious teaser website for a new secret title that they will announce in 153 hours from now (Friday 30 March).

New Secret Title

On the teaser website you can see a trailer with artwork of the new game and Masaki Hirooka and Yusuke Naora are credited as the illustrators. Also some keywords (like crystal and summons) are showed.

Edit: Seems to be hours and not days.

Update: The game is called Crystal Conquest and will be a real-time battle strategy browser game for Yahoo! Games in Japan.

Source: 
Andriasang.com
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Final Fantasy sale on European PSN

Posted by Zidane007nl on 25 January 2012, 21:18 - 0 comments

To celebrate the upcoming release of Final Fantasy XIII-2 next week Square Enix has temporary reduced the price of Final Fantasy titles that are available in the European PlayStation Store.

Final Fantasy sale

  • Dissidia: Final Fantasy (Was £14.99/€24.99 – Now £9.99/€11.99)
  • Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy – Prologus (Was £2.39/€2.99 – Now £1.19/€1.49)
  • Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy (Was £27.99/€34.99 – Now £13.99/€17.99)
  • Final Fantasy (Was £7.99/€9.99 – Now £3.99/€4.99)
  • Final Fantasy II (Was £7.99/€9.99 – Now £3.99/€4.99)
  • Final Fantasy IV: Complete Collection (Was £27.99/€34.99 – Now £13.99/€17.99)
  • Final Fantasy V (Was £7.99/€9.99 – Now £3.99/€4.99)
  • Final Fantasy VI (Was £7.99/€9.99 – Now £3.99/€4.99)
  • Final Fantasy VII (Was £7.99/€9.99 – Now £3.99/€4.99)
  • Final Fantasy VIII (Was £7.99/€9.99 – Now £3.99/€4.99)
  • Final Fantasy IX (Was £7.99/€9.99 – Now £3.99/€4.99)
  • Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions (£7.99/€9.99 – Now £3.99/€4.99)

PlayStation Plus members will receive an extra 10% off and starting 8 February Final Fantasy V will be available for free for PlayStation Plus members.

Source: 
PlayStation.Blog.Europe
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Nomura talks about Final Fantasy X HD and Versus XIII

Posted by Zidane007nl on 18 January 2012, 20:49 - 0 comments

Famitsu managed to score an interview with Tetsuya Nomura to ask about the process of a couple of games that are currently in development: Final Fantasy X HD, Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Kingdom Hearts 3D and Theatrhythm Final Fantasy.

About Final Fantasy X HD Nomura didn't had much to say about, only that the development on the game has started.

He was more open about Final Fantasy Versus XIII, saying the following:

  • Nomura recently did the latest check of the game. The visual expression capability has improved from the trailer that was released last year.
  • The game has a mix of real time and Visual Works pre-rendered CG. The ratio is 7 real time to 3 pre rendered.
  • The scene where Noctus and Stella meet for the first time has been made into a pre-rendered scene. This is because it's an example of an area where adding player control would not have a big effect.
  • Square Enix won't be holding an event ala last year's January press conference this year. However, Nomura said that he'd like to make some sort Versus related announcement/showing this year, although he can't say when or where.
  • The next time we see Versus XIII, we will get a look at it being controlled on actual hardware.

Regarding Kingdom Hearts 3D he said that the ending of the game is unconventional to the series and that the original idea was not approved. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy will be getting a second demo.

20/01 Update: Famitsu has mentioned that Square Enix's 1st Production Department is going to develop Final Fantasy X HD.

Source: 
Andriasang.com
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Square Enix Members hacked

Posted by Zidane007nl on 14 December 2011, 22:35 - 0 comments

Square Enix has announced that unknown parties has gained unauthorized access to a server related to Square Enix Members and therefore they have taken down the service in Japan and North America. Europe is not affected by the hack.

They said that it might take a few days to look into the matter and fix the security holes.

You can read the full statement below.

We have reason to believe that unknown parties may have gained unauthorized access to a particular Square Enix server related to the free SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS service offered in North America and Japan. In response, Square Enix, Inc. has temporarily suspended operation of the SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS service starting at 10PM (PST) on December 12, 2011.

We are assessing the full extent of this potential breach to determine what data, if any, was compromised and will provide more details as soon as possible. While some personal information may have been accessed, we can confirm that there is no possibility of any credit card information leak from this incident, since the server in question stores no credit card information. We estimate that the suspension will continue for a few days until we complete our investigation and counter-measures. We will update you as we learn more.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused by the temporary suspension of the SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS service. We take data security extremely seriously and we regret any inconvenience this may have caused our customers and fans. We appreciate your patience and support at this time.

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Unreal Engine Action RPG in early development

Posted by Zidane007nl on 4 December 2011, 23:35 - 0 comments

Under the lead of producer Ryutaro Ichimura, Square Enix is developing a new (unique) action RPG which will be using the Unreal Engine 3. The only thing we know is that the game will not be a new Final Fantasy or Kingdom Hearts game and that they are currently looking for staff members.

Here's a scan from the latest Famitsu magazine showing some artwork from the game.


Famitsu Scan

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Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy V and VI to American PSN!

Posted by Zidane007nl on 4 November 2011, 11:29 - 0 comments

On the American PlayStation Blog Square Enix has announced the release dates of Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VI on the American PlayStation Network.

The first game that will be released on PSN is Chrono Cross on 8 November. The sequel to Chrono Trigger was released back in 2000 and won lots of awards, like Game of the Year from GameSpot.

The second game will be Final Fantasy V on 22 November that was never released in America till Final Fantasy Anthology was released.

That makes Final Fantasy VI the last game and one of the big ones which will be released on 6 December.

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