e3 conference

Whilst waiting between appointments at E3 2010 [RPGSite] bumped into Shinji Hashimoto, a high-ranking Producer of games at Square Enix Japan and grabbed him for an impromptu interview. In recent years he's produced a variety of titles including The World Ends with You, The Kingdom Hearts...

Square Enix, publisher of Call of Duty: Black Ops in Japan, has been quietly working on their own third person shooter called Mindjack. What separates this game from the plethora of third person shooters on the market is “mind hacking”. Similar to The 3rd Birthday, players jump from one mind...

When the first Kingdom Hearts game came out, Pixar was animation studio with a Disney contract. Now Disney owns Pixar. So, how about some Pixar characters or worlds in Kingdom Hearts, Nomura-san? “I am aware of the fan requests for Pixar characters,” said Tetsuya Nomura, Director of the...

Looks like the guys at Gophn managed to get exclusive video footage of the Final Fantasy XIV hands-on gameplay demo that Square Enix allowed those with appointments to experience during E3 last week. The two videos are basically what I went through in my Final Fantasy XIV preview, minus the...

Final Fantasy XIV software development boss Hiromichi Tanaka has said that his studio may consider using PlayStation Move in the game. Speaking to the PlayStation Blog regarding Sony’s latest device, Tanaka said: “Unfortunately, we haven’t had chance to try it [PlayStation Move] out yet...

A Square Enix representative at E3 2010 has told RPG Site that Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep is so massive that if it had been called Kingdom Hearts III fans wouldn't have been any the wiser. Speaking to us during our hands-on demo of the game before we headed in to interview some of the...

After Hajime Tabata talked about The 3rd Birthday, I [Siliconera] came up to see how the game looks on a PSP screen and Tabata handed it to me. This isn’t a full hands-on because I only spent about a minute with the game, but I actually got to play a tiny bit of The 3rd Birthday. The level...

The 3rd Birthday is quite different from the original Parasite Eve. Aya Brea, the heroine with evolved mitochondria, is still the lead character and the game is set in New York. Future New York. 2012, to be specific. The 3rd Birthday, however, is not a role playing game. Square Enix made a...

Following in the footsteps of Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II, Square Enix’s second most famous RPG franchise, Secret of Mana, is now joining its stablemates on the iPhone. No details were announced regarding the game, though it will be available at some point in 2010. That narrows it...

We've been waiting almost two years for official gameplay footage of The 3rd Birthday. That footage arrived today during Sony's E3 press conference. But Square Enix went beyond just a trailer. It also opened up the game's development staff to interviews. Here's a bit of what director...

Hey, don’t forget about the PSP! That has some great games coming to it, too! Here’s one you’ve been waiting for a long time. Source: Siliconera

Sony released a new trailer for Final Fantasy XIV at its press conference today. This is the first new video we’ve seen in a while, and it look pretty good. We can’t wait to see more. Source: FFXIVCORE

quare Enix has releveaed that they will be bringing Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of Lions to the iPhone and iPod Touch. The official release date is scheduled for September 15, 2010.In 2007, FINAL FANTASY TACTICS: The War of the Lions delivered a 1997 PlayStation® fan-favorite to a new...

Square Enix has unveiled a new action online shooter titled Mindjack, which is being developed by acclaimed Japanese developer feelplus. Throughout the game, players assume the role of a Mind Hacker hacking into and controlling the minds of enemies to turn the tide of battle. There is a...

After hitting the Japanese and European PlayStation Networks, Final Fantasy IX is finally coming to the US PlayStation Store next Tuesday, June 15th. It’ll go for $9.99. June 15th is also the day of Sony’s E3 press conference. If you can recall, Final Fantasy VII came out on PlayStation...

Famitsu’s table of contents did not let us down. Space Invaders: Infinity Gene is indeed coming PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade. Square Enix officially announced Space Invaders: Infinity Gene for consoles. Look for it later this year or, if you’re going to E3, later this week. A...

A new video, titled “FINAL FANTASY XIV MISSION IMPOSSIBLE,” has been released on Final Fantasy XIV’s official YouTube channel. In it, a pair of interlopers makes their way into a secret area to preview the character customization screen that has been prepared for the beta, scheduled to be...

That E3 line up Square Enix sent us earlier today wasn’t complete. Necromachina, a cooperative side scroller with futuristic ninja and giant bosses, is also going to be at the show. Necromachina was shown in this week’s issue of Famitsu under the name Moon Diver. Feelplus, the makers of...

Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light US Trailer has been released. :monster:

While Final Fantasy Versus XIII won’t make a grand re-appearance at E3 (hey, don’t look so shocked), Square Enix plans to show off Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light and Final Fantasy XIV in their booth. Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Dungeon Siege 3, oh here’s the whole list. The 3rd...