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A few weeks ago, screenshots of Final Fantasy XIV’s beta version were released showing a significant improvement in visuals over the alpha version. Today, Square Enix released a video showing that same transition in motion. The biggest difference is definitely the lighting system. It...

Role-playing games are generally a single-player experience. Some titles, like the Tales series, incorporate local multiplayer additions to further the experience. Other titles, such as Final Fantasy, feature no multiplayer features. According to Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada, that may change...

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...

Final Fantasy XIV producer Hiromichi Tanaka has said that Square Enix currently has “no plans” for an Xbox 360 version of his game, although he did admit that the company is “still in talks with Microsoft”. Speaking in an E3 interview with RPG Site, Tanaka said the company is only working...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1uXnp_1tpA&feature=player_embedded Mario Sports Mix marks the third time Square Enix have worked on a game starring Nintendo’s mascot. The first, of course, was Super Mario RPG. The second was Mario Hoops 3-on-3, a basketball game starring Mario and Final...

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...

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...

Forget the plain white and pink shirts of past Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker download outfits. The latest set of camouflage data has faces. Those are (from left to right) AUB-RIKU, AUB-NINO and AUB-HOSHI. Fans of manga Arakawa Under the Bridge will recognize the faces on the shirts as...

Square Enix has finally given an official site to The 3rd Birthday. Well, not quite. The newly opened site for the PSP Parasite Eve sequel is in a teaser state at present. Visit the site for some sweet Aya Brea (that's the main character) artwork, but not much more. The site lists...

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

Call of Duty Black Ops is one of the major titles at this year's E3. The game even managed to make headlines as far from Los Angeles as you can get thanks to Square Enix. The RPG giant, who serves as the domestic publisher on the Call of Duty games, formerly announced Black Ops for...

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...

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...

Square Enix's latest Xbox Live Arcade title looks like a 2D fan's dream game. Moon Driver is a side scrolling action game featuring sharp visuals, giant bosses and cooperative multiplayer online play. The game takes place hundreds of years in the future following the "final judgment." You...

Sony Computer Entertainment and Square Enix came up with a release date for Threads of Fate (known as Dewprism in Japan). Japan and importers with Japanese PlayStation Network accounts can purchase the platformer RPG on June 23. Threads of Fate follows two characters. Rue, a dull boy that...

Nintendo is starting to ramp up marketing for Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies. If you weren’t aware, the Nintendo DS game approaches stores on July 11. They just sent over this new English trailer, which is spiced up with gorgeous animated scenes. Nintendo wisely gave a nod...

Square Enix has revealed that it’s to partner with Obsidian Entertainment to bring Dungeon Seige 3 to the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. Dungeon Seige 3 is to combine the best features of the franchise in its first appearance on the HD consoles, bringing a new cooperative mode and allowing four...

Shinji Hashimoto, Twitter addict and producer of Front Mission Evolved, is teasing another collaboration with Hideo Kojima. “A new collaboration with Hideo Kojima has been decided. Information and details on a later date,” Hashimoto wrote. The old collaboration was announced by Konami...

A new third-person shooter named NANO has been detailed today – although it hasn’t actually been announced. The details are said to have come from a recent online survey sent in by a Destructoid reader. The game’s set in the year 2044, where Hugo Glass – a wealthy man who uses his money to...

Square’s got a video on display at the Staples Center in LA, and it shows what is called Nerkas. AGB took a video of where E3 is to be held, and captured the Square video on display. What the heck is it? We have no idea. It shows some folks that are armed, some not, and some with strange...