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Composer Takeharu Ishimoto, best known for his work on The World Ends with You and Dissidia Final Fantasy, announced on Twitter that he will be leaving Square Enix at the end of this year. 長年在籍したSQUARE ENIXを年内で退職する事になりました。円満退社です。来年からはフリーランスで仕事する予定です。来年1/11発売のDISSIDIA Final Fantasy NTもよろしくお願い申し上げます。ありがとうございました！ #DFF_NT #DFF_A pic.twitter.com/4cinFrykqx — 石元丈晴 Takeharu Ishimoto (@ishimoto_music) December 28, 2017 His statement reads (as translated by Siliconera): "I've decided to resign from Square Enix, where[...]

Its only 15 seconds long, but Universal Studios Japan want to hype you up about the new ride they have coming featuring Final Fantasy.

RPG and fighter fans excited for the upcoming release of Square Enix's Dissidia Final Fantasy NT will want to check out the game's pre-order bonuses and collectors edition if they haven't already secured their copy of the game.   Players can pre-order the Steelbook Brawler Edition from participating retailers for just $60 USD[...]

Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood's second major content patch is coming sometime in late January, but the first details have already emerged on the game's official site.

And, in a recent interview with IGN, Chrono Trigger director Takashi Tokita revealed that seems fans will get to experience the cancelled game thanks to Final Fantasy Dimensions II. Credit// Square Enix "There was actually a time when I planned a new title called Chrono Break," Tokita told IGN via email[...]

Credit//Square Enix In an attempt to increase your Switch library, Dragon Quest Builders from Square Enix will launch for Nintendo's newest console on February 9, 2018. This charming game offers a new experience in the Dragon Quest series, allowing players to reconstruct towns using gathered building materials, fight monsters in real-time battles and meet memorable characters throughout a sprawling RPG[...]

credit//Square Enix Dissidia Final Fantasy NT is indeed getting an open beta next month in North America and Europe, so you all can rest easy knowing you'll get a chance to play around in the game before the full launch at the end of the month. Square Enix announced on Twitter the beta will run from January 12 to January 21[...]

Square Enix has detailed the open beta for Dissidia Final Fantasy NT announced for Japan this past weekend at Jump Festa 2018. Credit// Square Enix Before you scream at me that the beta will only be accessible in Japan, based on the open beta schedules for Japan, it seems likely the worldwide version of the game will also see new[...]

Credit// Square Enix Eidos Montreal are perhaps best known as the developer of the Deus Ex series, and according to a recent statement the studio plans to increase focus on online experiences in their future games. In a post on the studio's official website, Eidos Montreal head David Anfossi said the developer will emphasize online play in its future projects. "At[...]

As if having a Final Fantasy game where all of your greatest heroes and some of their foes were all battling each other wasn't enough, Square Enix has decided to sweeten the pot for people curious about Dissidia Final Fantasy NT by providing you a story trailer! There's a lot to take in here as you're[...]

Credit// Square Enix Final Fantasy XV's third character based DLC, Episode Ignis is live today and gives players a chance to see the Trial of Leviathan from a completely different point of view This episode features a brand-new storyline told from the perspective of Ignis as he fights to protect Noctis during the trial[...]

With only a week to go before the release of Life is Strange: Before the Storm Episode 3 – Hell is Empty, Deck Nine has released the full launch schedule.

Usually, we in the games press/reviewers/writers/journalists/people-who-play-games-for-a-living core usually get a couple dozen emails a day asking us to

It's been announced that the episodic series is coming to iOS on Thursday by Square Enix The app is $2.99 which includes the first episode Episodes 2 and 3 will also be available on Thursday but you will have to buy them in-app There is no information on when we can expect 4 and 5 yet. If[...]

This morning, Square Enix released a brand new video showing off all the characters that will be in Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, the Final Fantasy battle game they've created with Koei Tecmo The game won't be out for another month and a half, but the company is doing everything they can to hype you on it[...]

Square Enix has released a new trailer for the "Episode Ignis" DLC that shows off Ignis' combat skills as well as his ability to prepare a quick cup of coffee int he middle of battle All with some thrilling music to make his skills even more impressive Enjoy this quick look at the DLC will[...]

credit// Square Enix Collective Moonlighter is one of the many games to be housed under the Square Enix Collective label, but it is being lovingly published by 11 bit studios and was developed by DIgital Sun Games The game is about, well, a shopkeeper who dreams of being a hero and ends up moonlighting as one. It's an[...]

Maybe you're wondering why there wasn't any Tomb Raider game goodness during tonight's The Games Awards trailer palooza.  Maybe you weren't wondering, but in case you were, there's a reason for Lara Croft's absence. Earlier today, the official Tomb Raider (for the games, not the new film) twitter account posted an image stating what's up: A message[...]

We reported a few days ago that Life is Strange: Before the Storm's final episode was on the way just before Christmas. There was a teaser trailer that

It's been announced by Square Enix (via IGN) that the final episode is going to make a very late entry into 2017, and launch December 20 That is just under that Christmas wire It should get you nice and snug into the holiday mood too; the title of the episode is 'Hell is Empty' which[...]

Credit// Square Enix Because a lot of the world is still ravaged by the after-effects of the barrage of hurricanes that hit this year, both Square Enix and GlobalGiving have decided to combined their considerable forces to host the Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary: A Legacy of Art charity auction to bolster hurricane relief efforts From now[...]

I think overall, they became a great combination together." And indeed they did. As for the future, Taro seemed enthusiastic about working with PlatinumGames as well as publisher Square Enix He waxed pretty poetic about both, and it is always good to hear that the studios and publishers who make such oddball, but somehow universally loved games are[...]

Credit// Square Enix Not only has Final Fantasy VII's Cloud Strife joined Mobius Final Fantasy in its latest update, we are in fact getting our first opportunity to play as the Cloud from the remake Yes, they are very distinctly different Clouds according to Square Enix, and I'm willing to go along with that[...]

Final Fantasy XV really does continue to chug away. While the game came out just shy of a year ago, it's clear that the initial release was just the

This seemed like an uncertain death knell for the series, and many worried that the franchise as it had been seen in its previous forms might have been over. Well, worry no longer, as it seems the Square Enix still have plans for the franchise Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, CEO Yosuke Matsuda says that the rumours about the franchise's break[...]

After reports emerged earlier this year that Square Enix put the Deus Ex series on hiatus following the lukewarm reception of Mankind Divided, many fans took the news to mean the series was effectively dead However Square Enix CEO Yosuke Matsuda disagrees. "We have never said anything about discontinuing that title but for some reason that's the rumor out on[...]

Square Enix and Koei Tecmo put out this latest trailer showing the Final Fantasy XV leading character in action as he teleports around the level and puts the beat down on whoever stands in his path News also came out this week that a new stage would be added tot he game from Final Fantasy[...]

But before Square Enix releases the RPG back onto modern audiences, we get a special 4K trailer that makes the game look absolutely gorgeous Enjoy!  Star Ocean: The Last Hope is being released tomorrow, November 28th, with a full HD remaster eight years after the original release But before Square Enix releases the RPG back[...]

Now that we've finally figured out just who owns the rights to the Hitman franchise, you have to wonder why Square Enix let developer IO Interactive take the rights with them While it's great news for IO Interactive and Hitman fans, it doesn't really make sense in terms of sheer capitalism. Credit// Square Enix Despite dwindling numbers of players[...]

The standard edition is retailing for $19.99 USD on the Blizzard store right now. Credit// Square Enix And if you want my personal advice, well — anyone who owns a PS4 or a gaming PC ought to play Final Fantasy XIV because it is my personal game addiction You can pick them up the complete edition of the[...]