About a year ago Activision canceled the release of True Crime: Hong Kong because the company felt the game would not bring in the buckets of money Activision has come to expect from the titles it publishes. The fate of True Crime: Hong Kong remained in limbo until Square Enix purchased the rights from Activision more »

Xbox 360 owners will be pleased to know that Square Enix has decided to honor them this week with a sale. Certain downloads are reduced until February 14, 2012. These aren’t huge discounts, as the most you’ll save is about 50%, but at least you’re getting a handful of games, DLC packs and avatar items more »

Square Enix attended the 2012 Taipei Game Show and was a bit more open about discussing its latest Final Fantasy X project. While there were rumors that it was actually a remake, perhaps even using the Final Fantasy XIII engine, they were all false. FFX is just a plain old HD remaster. This means it more »

In Final Fantasy XIII-2, the only two constant human party members are Serah Farron, Lightning’s sister, and the mysterious newcomer Noel. The third party member slot is most often filled by one of the many recruited monsters Serah and Noel have collected. That’s going to change next week. Square Enix has just announced the Lightning more »

The Summer 2012 arcade release of Gunslinger Stratos is getting close, which means more details about the game’s abilities and development process are trickling out. Square Enix and Byking just revealed a pretty interesting tidbit today, in fact. It turns out this arcade shooter was made using the Orochi Engine developed by Silicon Studio. It more »

The Kingdom Hearts cash-in continues. Did you know it’s almost been 10 years since Kingdom Hearts was released on the PS2 on March 28, 2002? Square Enix did, and Square Enix isn’t a company that’s about to let an opportunity like that pass it by. Especially since Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance for the 3DS more »

Today is a very good day. Good Old Games, that delightful internet retailer of old PC games that have been updated to work on new laptops and computers, has made a fantastic deal. It is now in cahoots with Square Enix! This means old Windows games from Square, Enix and Eidos will be added to more »

The Kane and Lynch franchise is one that can’t be dismissed. Even though the first two games weren’t big critical successes, Square Enix sees something special in the two anti-heroes that compels the studio to keep trying. Potential evidence of Square Enix’s confidence in Kane and Lynch comes in the form of a recently filed more »

Scarygirl might be one of those games you may not have heard about until recently. It’s based on a graphic novel by Nathan Jurevicius and stars a girl with a tentacle for an arm. This little girl was abandoned and taken in by a giant octopus named Blister. Blister cared for Scarygirl until she started more »

Prepare yourself, as the march of limited edition 3DS units is about to begin. The DS was known for all of its assorted incarnations in Japan, since many major game releases also had custom, limited edition bundles released alongside them. It seems the 3DS will see a similar situation. The first custom 3DS units included more »