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Downloadable Final Fantasy titles coming to Wii

Posted by Zidane007nl on 25 March 2009, 23:05 - 0 comments

Square Enix announced today at the Game Developers Conference that they will release Final Fantasy IV: The After Years and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord for WiiWare and that the classic Final Fantasy games will be released on the Virtual Console.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years is the sequel to Final Fantasy IV, which was released on mobile phone in 2008 and has already been downloaded over 3 million times.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord is the sequel to FinalFantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Kingwhich was released for the WiiWare in 2008.

After many remakes on other consoles, the classic Final Fantasy games can soon also be played on the Wii Virtual Console. Only the Japanese release has been announced, which will take place in May 2009.

Square Enix is taking over Eidos

Posted by Zidane007nl on 13 February 2009, 13:39 - 0 comments

Square Enix has offered 84.3 million pounds ($120 million USD / €93.5 million EUR) to acquire Eidos. The offer has been accepted by the board, but not yet by the stockholders.

Eidos is responsible for the Tomb Raider series, which has been successfull in the part. Only the sales of the last game of the series, Tomb Raider: Underworld, were much worser than expected.

If you're wondering what Eidos has to do with Square: in the past they released the PC version of Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VIII.

The takeover fits in a recently released strategy to aim more to the West.

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Square Enix wants to takeover Eidos

Posted by Zidane007nl on 4 December 2008, 23:19 - 0 comments

It looks like Square Enix wants to get stronger in the Western market. They have make a bid at Eidos, the company famous for its Lara Croft franchise.

Square Enix is not the only company who wants to get a hold of Eidos. Warner Bros already owns 20% of the company and Electronic Arts and Ubisoft are also interested in SCi, the current owner of Eidos.

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Square Enix is building new studio in America

Posted by Zidane007nl on 18 November 2008, 14:02 - 0 comments

Square Enix is currently building a new studio in Los Angelos (El Segundo) where they want to develop an action-oriented game. According to their careers section they are searching for a Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer, Product Manager, Associate Product Manager, Quality Assurance Tester and a Quality Assurance Translator. The Senior Software Engineer has to have experience with the Xbox 360 especially, so properly the game will be developed for that console.

Square Enix announces line-up Tokyo Game Show

Posted by Zidane007nl on 9 September 2008, 10:39 - 0 comments

Square Enix has announced their line-up for this years Tokyo Game Show.

Playable
- Dissidia: Final Fantasy (PlayStation Portable)
- Final Fantasy IV: The After (Mobile)
- Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales 2 (Nintendo DS)
- Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon DS+ (Nintendo DS)
- Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (Nintendo DS)
- Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (PlayStation Portable)
- The Last Remnant (Xbox 360)
- Pingu's Wonderful Carnival (Nintendo DS)
- Snoopy DS: Let's Go Meet Snoopy and His Friends (Nintendo DS)
- Song Summonor: The Unsung Heroes (iPod)
- Star Ocean: The Last Hope (Xbox 360)
- Valkyrie Profile: The Accused One (Nintendo DS)

Trailer only
- Chrono Trigger (Nintendo DS)
- Dragon Quest IX (Nintendo DS)
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete (Blu-ray)
- Final Fantasy XI (PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox 360)
- Final Fantasy XIII (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
- Final Fantasy Versus XIII (PlayStation 3)
- Final Fantasy Agito XIII (PlayStation Portable)
- Kingdom Hearts coded (Mobile)
- The 3rd Birthday (PlayStation Portable)

The Tokyo Game Show will be held from 9th till 12th October. Let's hope some interesting new titles will be announced.

11/09 Update: Good news! The Last Remnant and Star Ocean: The Last Hope will also be playable on the Tokyo Game Show. I have updated the list.

Tecmo rejects offer Square Enix

Posted by Zidane007nl on 5 September 2008, 00:04 - 0 comments

Previous week Square Enix has offered to buy Tecmo, the creators of the Dead or Alive series and Ninja Gaiden. It would be a friendly takeover to strengthen themselves against larger overseas companies. However today Tecmo has declined the offer. Reason they gave is that they want to merge with Koei instead to boost the coporate value.

More Square Enix on Microsoft press conference

Posted by Zidane007nl on 15 July 2008, 00:14 - 0 comments

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.

Square Enix announces E3 line-up

Posted by Zidane007nl on 11 July 2008, 17:35 - 0 comments

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.

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

Crisis Core released in Europe!

Posted by Zidane007nl on 20 June 2008, 15:34 - 0 comments

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.

My Life as a King now available

Posted by Zidane007nl on 21 May 2008, 00:00 - 0 comments

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.

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