
Capcom has boldly proclaimed “all games will be basically social in future,” doubtless hoping to emulate the resounding success of Square Enix, Gree and DeNA in delivering high quality social gaming to the masses – whether they like it or not.
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Square Enix has cancelled one of its planned Hitman games and replaced it with a mobile game, much to the consternation of those who thought its fascination with social games was only being inflicted on its own classic franchises.
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A cop who repeatedly attempted to blackmail a woman he questioned for “suspicious” behaviour so he could pay off his huge social gaming debt has actually been jailed and fired.
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WWII mecha-musume megahit Kantai Collection (“Battleship Collection,” or KanKore) is finally getting both an anime and handheld release.
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None other than MGS-producer Hideo Kojima himself has been complaining about the mainstream media’s fixation on social gaming at the expense of the next generation, calling it “dangerous” and hinting about the real reason he has to put SNS features in the latest MGS titles…
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Genjuu Shinwa Ardina, Square Enix’s latest magnum opus, continues to cement its new-found reputation for quality amongst gamers – delivering the best in Square Enix quality not to the PS4 but to their browsers…
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Loyal Star Ocean fans are the latest to be given the full Square Enix treatment, as the announcement of the latest and greatest title in the Star Ocean franchise seems to have left much to be desired in their eyes.
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Square Enix’s latest pearls of gaming wisdom to be cast before gaming swine are the pronouncements that there is “no business merit in developing HD games for Japan” and that it will in any case take a long time for an unenticing console like the PS4 to become “widely accepted.”
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Final Fantasy Tactics is the latest Square Enix property to to face up to its brave new future, in the form of the just-released Final Fantasy Tactics S – and even series fans who feared the worst have been surprised at what they got…
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One-shot wonder social gaming publisher GungHo Online’s days of outstripping Nintendo in market cap look to be well and truly over – the company’s value has plunged by over a third in mere days, leaving nobody in any doubt as to the permanence of social gaming’s ascendancy.
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Square Enix’s latest exciting new title has been announced as “Grand Union” – a social card battle game for mobile phones, prompting the usual howls from the few remaining gamers who expect anything more from the company.
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Japanese gamers have been stunned to learn that the market cap of Puzzle & Dragons maker GungHo now exceeds that of Nintendo, prompting both despair and incredulity and perhaps explaining about the Japanese gaming industry’s rapid decline into idolising card and puzzle games for phones.
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