Square Enix is like a member of the family for most gamers. The company has been around forever and is one of the biggest publishers and developers out there. It’s best known for its days as Square, when it made a name for itself creating some of the best RPGs ever, and has since branched out since acquiring Enix, Eidos and Taito to cover multiple genres. If you’ve been playing games for any substantial period of time, then odds are you’ve played at least one Square Enix game.

Which is why we’re looking back at the company in today’s Important Importables. We’re just briefly reviewing the company’s history, then offering up a few classic game suggestions in case you have some spare time and feel like reliving, or perhaps making, some memories.

Square Enix finally showcased the latest game in the Hitman series today. After various leaks and teasers, Hitman: Absolution is now a reality. This announcement was accompanied by a short teaser video that doesn’t show any in-game footage. Go figure.

It’s understandable if your heart suddenly dropped after learning Dues Ex: Human Revolution is being delayed until Square Enix’s next fiscal year. At least Square Enix will be using that time wisely by polishing Deus Ex: Human Revolution for its eventual release. To soften the blow from this sad news, Square Enix and Eidos is giving out PC Steam codes for Deus Ex and Deus Ex: Invisible War. These codes will be given away until Human Revolution comes out.

Kane and Lynch are two characters that can’t catch a break. Their first game wasn’t received especially well, but that didn’t stop Eidos and IO Interactive from releasing Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days in August of this year. To its credit, Dog Days had a very unique shaky cam visual style that was an attention getter. That didn’t help Dog Days from getting mediocre review scores, but Eidos isn’t giving up on the duo yet.

Online co-op was the most desired feature in Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. Unfortunately the game was not released with that functionality. After a long wait, Crystal Dynamics is ready to put out a patch that will finally enable online co-op in the game.

OnLive is kicking off its second sale this weekend. The item up for grabs is Batman: Arkham Asylum. From today (July 24, 2010) until Sunday July 25, 2010 at 4:59pm eastern time, Arkham Asylum will be 50% off its original price. If you never played one of last years best games, now is the perfect time to see what all the fuss was about.

Deus Ex and its sequel, Deus Ex: Invisible War, reinvigorated the cyberpunk genre in video games and got positive reviews for their futuristic conspiracy theory story lines. Now Eidos and Square Enix are releasing the next title in this successful series, Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

The musical score for Deus Ex: Human Revolution will be provided by award-winning composer Michael McCann, who composed music for the TV series Regenesis and also for Splinter Cell: Double Agent.

Square Enix Edios isn’t going to deny North America more Batman: Arkham Asylum goodness. The company has just announced that the Game of the Year Edition, which initially was going to be a European and Australian exclusive, will be released in North America. Just it’ll be released in North America a little bit later.

If you’re in Europe or Australia, then you get access to the Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition a little bit earlier. It comes out at the end of the month, March 26, 2010 to be exact, there. The North American version won’t be out until May 11, 2010…

A video released today (January 25, 2010) shows new vehicles, weapons and a new parachute for Just Cause 2 while demonstrating cool ways to integrate them into combat.

If you dig downloading games and deals, then check out Steam’s 2009-2010 Holiday Sale.

Throughout the sale you can find hundreds of games discounted 25% to 80% and, each day, the site includes select one-day deals that are especially decent.