Yuji Naka has officially announced that he has left Square Enix. He is best known for co-creating Sonic The Hedgehog, Nights Into Dreams, and most recently, Balan Wonderworld. In a tweet he posted earlier today, he said: “I resigned from Square Enix at the end of April. While I cannot share the reason righ

The Entertainment Software Association has announced that Bandai Namco Entertainment, Binge.com, Devious Eye Entertainment, Freedom Games, Gearbox Software, Sega, Square Enix, Turtle Beach, Verizon, and XSEED Games will join E3 2021. In the press release, Entertainment Software Association president and CEO Stanley

Square Enix just announced a ton of games in its portfolio for 2021 and beyond. Let's take a look at what they've announced, shall we? Outriders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLtfaZwl__g We get some new Outriders tidbits, like new locations and maps such as a giant forest with monsters and an ice area with loa

Square Enix has announced the debut of “Square Enix Presents,” a series of live stream presentations in which the company will announce new games, updates, and news throughout the year. The first show will be next week's Square Enix Presents Spring 2021, which will take place at 1am GMT+8 on Friday

Square Enix and People Can Fly will be releasing an Outriders demo next week on 26th February, 1am GMT+8 Malaysia/Singapore/Philippines time. The best part? It's looking pretty packed. The sci-fi co-op shooter demo will feature the game's prologue and opening chapter. Gear from the demo will be early game variants.

Nier Automata's other protagonist, A2, will be joining 2B and 9S as the latest Play Arts Kai action figure from Square Enix, anger issues and all. You can pre-order the game's hothead android in both Standard and DX editions right now; they ship in July 2021. The Standard version costs US$160 and includes the base f

Square Enix has filed trademarks for the following titles and terms in Japan, Europe, Canada, Australia, and the USA: "Ever Crisis" "First Soldier" The Shinra Electric Power Company logo These trademarks were made public today. If you've been keeping tabs on Final Fantasy games, you know darn well that th

PlayStation might be securing new kinds of exclusivity clauses with their closest partners if the recent PS5 trailer is of any indication. According to the company's new and upcoming games trailer, Square Enix action RPG Project Athia will be a PS5 exclusive like Final Fantasy XVI. The former will be an exclusive fo

Square Enix has launched a new countdown website that's related to The World Ends With You. It teases an imminent announcement which will drop in less than seven days, on 24 November 2020. What is it? It's not related to the previously-announced The World Ends With You anime because that has its own official websit

To say that Marvel's Avengers the game is a huge disappointment is putting it lightly. It wasn't a good multiplayer superhero brawler game. Guess Square Enix got hit hard by negative public reception. Based on their recent second quarter 2021 financial report, the company reported a US$63 million loss over the last

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which began in early 2020, has disrupted the entire world, including the games industry. Events like E3 2020 and TGS 2020 were cancelled, not to mention all esports events that have been affected. Games have been delayed and postponed. It hasn't exactly been all roses and peaches but

Platform(s): PS4, PC, Xbox OneGenre: Square Enix and Marvel-branded loot-based online action game I'm not sure what the allure is with games like Destiny. Because of that 2014 online shooter filled with power levels, loot, and "live services" jargon crafted up by the Activision marketing folks, many other companies

Square Enix has announced its lineup of games and live-stream schedule for the upcoming Tokyo Game Show 2020 (TGS 2020) Online, which will run from 24 to 27 September 2020 later this month. Babylon's Fall from Platinum Games is a clear highlight, considering that we last saw a trailer and details regarding the g

We've talked in detail about Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics' latest entry in the "live service" action RPG title Marvel's Avengers which features a ton of great fighting, lovely Marvel team-ups, the usual colour-tiered loot hoarding, and the worst kind of exclusives. In case you have a PC and aren't turned off at th

Square Enix has announced the launch of Balan Company, a new action game brand that brings together talented action game developers, visual and music creators from both inside and outside of the company. According to Square Enix, the “Company” in Balan Company refers to the creative staff, in the style of

Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics will be delivering a beta of upcoming action game Marvel's Avengers for us to "deep dive" into (via IGN). Here are the dates when you can both pre-order the game and play the beta, be it the pre-order version or the open beta. The beta will feature a bit of everything: campaign content

Earlier today, developer People Can Fly and publisher Square Enix hosted a live stream presentation for their upcoming third-person shooter RPG Outriders. In the broadcast, they detailed the game's campaign structure, another of the four playable classes called the Pyromancer, and its music. Outriders Campaign Structur

The name Ryota Suzuki may be familiar to those who played the heck out of Capcom's Dragon's Dogma. Turns out he switched camps to the house that made Final Fantasy.  Square Enix is currently recruiting for folks to help battle director Suzuki out with their upcoming action game. The recent recruitment PR page updat

Final Fantasy ain't staying final, as Square Enix is still at it for the next few years. The company is allegedly going to announce a sixteenth mothership game and a new IP in the upcoming Summer Game Fest online gaming event (via NeoGAF). The former will be called, no surprise, Final Fantasy XVI. Final Fantasy XVI w

Even with the world going mad outside, there's still a shred of hope to get us through such dire times. One of which is the release of Final Fantasy VII Remake, a really awesome action RPG title that blends in the old and new. It seems that the wait was worth it, as a ton of people bought it. Square Enix announced on