I know many of you dream of becoming game developers. Obviously, its so cool to make video games, because video games are fun! For those willing to get a taste of the action, and maybe brush up on your game testing skills, Square Enix is signing up Beta Testers for its upcoming Final Fantasy XIV: A Real Reborn (Final Fantasy ... Read More »
Square Enix President and CEO Yoichi Wada will be stepping down from his position, according to a recent statement from the company. The resignation comes following a negative balance sheet forecast, namely, predicting an “extraordinary loss” for the company this financial year. The consolidated results report show that the executives at Square Enix pinned their FY 2012-13 profits to 3.5 ... Read More »
At the end of one of my many sessions playing Tomb Raider, I thought it would be rather witty of me to conjure up a tweet that read “That awkward moment when you realise you’ve explored more tombs in Uncharted than Tomb Raider”. To which I received a firm virtual tap on the shoulder (in the form of an IM ... Read More »
Its that news piece that will light up your day, as it certainly did for us. Spotted on the NeoGAF forums, Square Enix has filed for a new Deus Ex trademark, called ‘Deus Ex: Human Defiance’. This could mean a lot of things, but activating our speculation augmentation tells us this could possibly be a brand new Deus Ex game, ... Read More »
Square Enix, the publisher of Tomb Raider, to be released on March 5th, for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3, today revealed the PC exclusive features along with the System Requirements. The PC version of Tomb Raider has been developed in tandem between Crystal Dynamics and long-time partner Nixxes; a collaboration that has spanned over a dozen PC titles and ... Read More »
We have been providing extensive coverage on the upcoming Tomb Raider. Recently, we also interviewed Ian Livingstone, one of the creaters of the franchise, We’re back with more, this time a video, just published by Square Enix on the Tomb Raider YouTube channel yesterday. This video shows a lot of unseen footage of the game, including scavenging for loot, weapons ... Read More »
Crystal Dynamics released a video walkthrough of the highly-anticipated upcoming Tomb Raider, for the Monastery Escape level. This video walkthrough demonstrates Lara’s combat skills and strategy choices, and how she uses her Survival Instincts to navigate to points of interest on the island. No longer does Lara have the affirmative control on the situation we’d expect her to. She is ... Read More »
There are few companies in the video game industry who have fallen from grace in their fans’ eyes as much as Square Enix have. In a mere decade, they have gone from the company that had legions of faithful fans to the company who have legions of disillusioned fans. Square Enix have become living examples of what is wrong with ... Read More »
Hitman: Absolution, having rejuvenated the Hitman franchise (sales of Hitman: Contracts and Blood Money spiked after the release of Absolution), has grown the base of Hitman fans by moving on to the current generation of gamers. Square Enix has responded well by announcing Hitman: HD Trilogy, slated to release on January 28th, which is basically the old Hitman games – ... Read More »
At the VGA awards 2012, Sqaure Enix showed a teaser trailer of their upcoming Tomb Raider game, the latest of the long running franchise. You can check out the video below to see what the fuss is all about. We dissect what we make of this video. First and foremost, lets get it out of the way that Tomb Raider ... Read More »
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