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Square Enix “Will Focus On Social Gaming”

Author: Artefact
Categories: Games, News
Date: May 14, 2013 20:10 JST

Tags: Business, Final Fantasy, Internet, Marketing, Social Games, Square Enix

After having posted the worst losses in its history and sacking its CEO, Square Enix has announced its new focus will be social games.

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Anyien commented on May 17, 2013 21:58
The FF-fans want a FF game. And every single game in FF have 4 things in common. 1) Open World. 2) Several Towns with NPC and stores. 3) Random Encounters. 4) Gripping Story. FFXIII didn't have 3 out of 4... More
Anonymous commented on May 17, 2013 18:55
That's like, your opinion, man.... More

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Square Enix Announces Final Fantasy Tactics S: “Not Again!”

Author: Artefact
Categories: Games, News
Date: Apr 26, 2013 18:36 JST

Tags: Continuations, Final Fantasy, Keitai, RPG, Square Enix, SRPG

Square Enix’s reputation as the EA of the East continues to harden amongst Final Fantasy fans – their latest announcement of a “new Final Fantasy Tactics title” turns out to be a social game for mobile phones…

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Anonymous commented on May 11, 2013 04:35
Spirits Within failed because again they tried to make it WESTERNIZED. It wasn't even FF it just carried the name. Had nothing to do with the video-games at all. Japanese need to stop this shit in... More
Anonymous commented on May 11, 2013 04:34
Don't know what happened to Square Enix but their stories have become shit and re-used. What was once unique and inspirational has now turned into a generic and predictable westernized approach in gaming. Face it Square... More

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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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Square Enix CEO Resigns Over Colossal Losses

Author: Artefact
Categories: Games, News
Date: Mar 27, 2013 02:01 JST

Tags: Business, Endings, Final Fantasy, Marketing, Shonen Gangan, Square Enix

Square Enix CEO Youichi Wada has announced he is finally taking responsibility for the company’s disastrous financial performance by resigning, after the firm posted a 13 billion yen loss in its most recent fiscal quarter.

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Anonymous commented on April 29, 2013 19:17
Most of the team that designed their early SFC games is still with the company, believe it or not.... More
Anonymous commented on April 4, 2013 02:13
For Tomb Raider I don#t know the reason since it's pretty good actually..but Dragon Quest X shows why not every fawking RPG series should be made into an MMO. Srsly I hate this Online Shit... More

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Lightning Returns: “Great Graphics & Questionable Fashion”

Author: Artefact
Categories: Games, News
Date: Mar 3, 2013 05:08 JST

Tags: Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy XIII, Lightning, PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360

Square Enix has been revealing more of its final effort to milk Final Fantasy XIII dry in the form of Lightning Returns, and along with some gorgeous graphics (by ancient PS3 and 360 standards at least), the controversial evolution of Lightning’s ensemble seems to be in full swing.

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Anonymous commented on March 30, 2013 05:04
With any luck square will make enough cash to buy some hearing aids. Then maybe they'll start listing to their customers.... More
Anonymous commented on March 22, 2013 07:33
Stupidest shield I've ever seen in my life. How can it block arrow ?... More

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Final Fantasy X HD Announced: “But It’s For The Vita…”

Author: Artefact
Categories: Games, News
Date: Feb 19, 2013 07:35 JST

Tags: Announcements, Final Fantasy, Ports, PSP, Remakes, RPG, Square Enix, Video Gallery

Square Enix’s glorious policy of recycling as much of the Final Fantasy franchise as possible rather than risking any new games has yet again born fruit – in the form of Final Fantasy X HD, for the PlayStation Vita.

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Anonymous commented on February 28, 2013 10:50
You've never seen how shitty the non-cutscene models for FFX are have you? The textures are late ps1 quality and everything falls apart into a low poly/low res mess.... More
Anonymous commented on February 25, 2013 19:03
And it looks virtually identical to how it looked on the PS2. :P... More

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Square Enix Back in the Red: “Expect Even More Remakes!”

Author: Artefact
Categories: Games, News
Date: Feb 7, 2013 08:49 JST

Tags: Business, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Marketing, Remakes, RPG, Square Enix, Statistics

Square Enix has been making news again – this time for posting a loss of 5.7 billion yen in its most recent financial statement, having posted a profit of 5 billion yen for the same period last year – the loss now being blamed on intense competition in the Japanese video game market and the fact that for some inexplicable reason foreigners refuse to buy its fine titles.

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Anonymous commented on February 15, 2013 09:45
This must be a part of their ingenious plan to loose so much money that the fabric of space time is warped and they become rich.... More
Anonymous commented on February 14, 2013 18:28
since 2000? kingdom hearts 1&2 dragon quest 8 crisis core did good and was popular and somehow FF 12 and 13 are both in their top 5 all time sales games... More

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Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Quite Spectacular

Author: Artefact
Categories: Games, News
Date: Jan 14, 2013 08:49 JST

Tags: 3D CG, Final Fantasy, Image Gallery, MMORPG, PC Gaming, Ports, PS3, Square Enix

Square Enix’s efforts to salvage Final Fantasy XIV with a complete relaunch and PS3 port look to have born some rather luscious fruit, as the latest shots of the alpha/beta edition of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn amply demonstrate.

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Anonymous commented on January 24, 2013 06:46
Guild Wars just got pwned. KEKEKEKEKEKKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEK... More
Anonymous commented on January 20, 2013 01:47
Half-done panty shot of cat girl. Obvious to hide scary panties underneath from QQ West.... More

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Lightning Returns: “But She Looks Like A Joke Now!”

Author: Artefact
Categories: Games, News
Date: Dec 25, 2012 01:52 JST

Tags: Character Design, Fashion, Final Fantasy, Lightning, RPG, Square Enix, Video Gallery

The newly revealed ensemble Lightning will be sporting for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (or what might otherwise be Final Fantasy XIII-3) has quickly become the subject of ridicule amongst Final Fantasy fans, and despair amongst Lightning lovers.

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Anonymous commented on February 23, 2013 07:55
Axl Roses clone!!!!!!... More
Anonymous commented on February 14, 2013 09:19
Why does she have a gundam shield???... More

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Final Fantasy XIV Ends, Realm Reborn Gameplay Revealed

Author: Artefact
Categories: Games, News
Date: Nov 12, 2012 05:04 JST

Tags: Endings, Final Fantasy, MMORPG, Ports, PS3, Square Enix, Video Gallery

Final Fantasy XIV’s ending has seen the ominous in-game events capped off with a snazzy cut scene, whilst anticipation for its rebirth as A Realm Reborn is growing with the release of alpha gameplay footage which is markedly more impressive than the original (though this is admittedly not saying much, else it would not need to be remade in the first place).

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Anonymous commented on January 20, 2013 02:32
I have a feeling people will only play this game because of the Square-Enix/FF title and the game will be horribly limited or content boring.... More
Anonymous commented on November 19, 2012 23:43
I just hope they learned their lesson and lesson well. They can make an MMORPG that's fine but they are designing the game with a party in mind. What Square-Enix should do is make you have a... More

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Square CEO: “Our Merger With Enix Was A Total Failure”

Author: Artefact
Categories: Games, News
Date: Nov 8, 2012 03:10 JST

Tags: Business, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy XIII, Internet, MMORPG, RPG, Square Enix

Founder and former CEO of Square Hisashi Suzuki has damned the company’s merger with Enix as a “total failure,” declaring Square Enix has “no vision for the future” and pointing to its huge losses and a market cap which is now well below the company’s pre-merger valuation as evidence of the disaster.

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Anonymous commented on May 15, 2013 18:07
Got a problem with gays?... More
Anonymous commented on May 15, 2013 00:31
@Lonesnipa. FF9 was made before the merge of Square and Enix The logo you see is probably form the copy you got on the PS Store and caused the confusion...... More

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Final Fantasy XIV Server Shutdown Spectacular

Author: Artefact
Categories: Games, News
Date: Nov 4, 2012 00:30 JST

Tags: Endings, Events, Final Fantasy, Internet, MMORPG, Square Enix

The spectacular end times Final Fantasy XIV’s few remaining players have been treated to as the game comes to an end in preparation for the launch of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn have been attracting almost as much attention as its spectacular launch failure.

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Anonymous commented on November 8, 2012 02:35
WoW is outdated, i'll rather play this, GW2 and Rift than Wow.... More
Anonymous commented on November 7, 2012 12:30
Get a PC for mmos.... More

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