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Square Enix: “We’re Going To Scrap All The Rubbish!”

Author: Artefact
Categories: Games, News
Date: Apr 3, 2013 23:28 JST

Tags: Announcements, Business, Eidos, Final Fantasy, Marketing, RPG, Square Enix

After finally sacking its CEO for all the vast losses he caused, Square Enix’s new boss is promising “radical” change – starting by scrapping a lot of as yet unspecified projects and concentrating the company’s resources on what may very possibly turn out to be making social games for the Chinese and Koreans.

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Yamato commented on April 12, 2013 02:55
actually, some of the Dragon Quest games are connected. The first three games all take place in the same world and revolve around the legendary hero Loto (a role which the player themselves take on... More
Anonymous commented on April 11, 2013 06:58
Of course it wasn't. Even before Cross was released, the director said "This is NOT Chrono Trigger 2."... More

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Deus Ex Movie Due – “Will They Ever Learn?”

Author: Artefact
Categories: Games, News
Date: Jul 11, 2012 07:14 JST

Tags: Adaptations, Announcements, Eidos, Hollywood, Movies, Square Enix

Deus Ex is the latest videogame franchise to fall victim to a Hollywood movie adaptation, with Square Enix and CBS Films announcing it will be adapted into a film.

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Anonymous commented on August 7, 2012 08:20
I don't give a rat's ass what the make a movie from, it's just that the film adaptations of games are often massive, steaming piles of psyche scarring shit. THAT'S why people get pissed.... More
Anonymous commented on July 19, 2012 06:42
Someone better alert the Waaaaaaaaaahmbulence, for fuck sake people, it's a fucking game. So what if they make it into a movie, it just makes you fuckers look like hipsters when you say shit like... More

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Square Enix: Final Fantasy XIII “Last of its Type”

Author: Artefact
Categories: News
Date: Jan 8, 2010 10:33 JST

Tags: Eidos, Final Fantasy, Interviews, PS3, RPG, Square Enix

In what may be a tacit admission that the Final Fantasy series has become too staid even for Square Enix, CEO Yoichi Wada has said he thinks the company needs to move on from the established Final Fantasy formula.

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Anonymous commented on March 16, 2011 02:26
Oh well it's about time, New franchises plz? no more sad ppl.... More
Anonymous commented on June 7, 2010 11:29
I hope Wada is a Jew!... More

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Square Enix: “Final Fantasy May Be Developed In The West”

Author: Artefact
Categories: Games, News
Date: Jan 6, 2010 23:36 JST

Tags: Eidos, Final Fantasy, PS3, RPG, Square Enix

Square Enix President Yoichi Wada has suggested there is a chance that the blockbuster Final Fantasy series, to many the quintessential JRPG, might be developed outside Japan.

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Anonymous commented on June 5, 2010 18:45
Final Fantasy in Bethesda style sounds nice.... More
tyciol commented on April 7, 2010 19:26
That is the cutest chubby chibi I ever saw... More

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Square Enix Buys Tomb Raider

Author: Artefact
Categories: Games, News
Date: Apr 24, 2009 07:03 JST

Tags: Business, Eidos, Oppai, PC Gaming, PS3, Square Enix, Tomb Raider, UK, Xbox 360

Square Enix recently hastily completed its purchase of UK game publisher Eidos, best known for its early oppai physics experiment Tomb Raider and its cosplay simulator Hitman, spending some £85 million on the company.

The Eidos group filed losses of £100 million in 2008 (due, they say, to restructuring), and as the below graphs show, has experienced plummeting or stagnant sales of its top franchises in recent years, leading some to wonder whether this deal was well advised?

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Anonymous commented on December 23, 2010 20:00
Only liked TR:1 .... only if I could get a freaking... Remake of all the games within a single game all with current gen graphics, will I even think about spending another dime on this franchise. Its not... More
Anonymous commented on October 26, 2010 00:23
i bought it from ps3 store, and lara croft its awesome, probably the most fun game in the series.... More

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