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Square Enix Considered Rebranding Versus XIII To Final Fantasy XV Early On

Posted by Melody Saturday, April 5 2014

Square Enix’s Tetsuya Nomura has been quite the busy man these past few days. In addition to the Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts III interviews (which can be read here and here, respectively), he shared additional info during an earlier interview...

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Square Enix Asks Composers To Remix The Best Tunes For One Music CD

Posted by Melody Friday, April 4 2014

Square Enix Music has a compilation called Square Enix Composers Best – Black Disc – which will have songs handpicked by Square Enix composers. Nine composers that worked on mostly modern games like Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and Sengoku IXA will...

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Square Enix Are Discussing The Future Of Final Fantasy Right Now

Posted by Melody Thursday, April 3 2014

At a Square Enix presentation this morning, Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda stepped up to the podium to discuss the future of the Final Fantasy series. Final Fantasy has always been the centre of attention, with many varying opinions, Matsuda said,...

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Square Enix Announce Management Changes To Their Studios

Posted by Melody Wednesday, April 2 2014

Square Enix have announced management changes to their studios in North America and Europe. As part of a company-wide restructuring, Crystal Dynamics studio head Darrell Gallagher is now head of all studios in North America and Europe. While Gallagher...

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square enix aaa tomb raider, sleeping dogs, ' hitman absolution for $14

Posted by Melody Tuesday, April 1 2014

What can you say? Square Enix has been heavily discounting their AAA titles, allowing retailers to sell them at bargain bin level prices. Amazon has Steam copies of Tomb Raider, Sleeping Dogs, and Hitman Absolution Professional Edition on sale for the...

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squad shooter helldivers coming to ps4, vita with cross-platform multiplayer

Posted by Melody Monday, March 31 2014

Helldivers, a cooperative squad-based shooter from the developers of Magicka, is coming to PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. Helldivers will feature cross-platform multiplayer across all three systems. We’ll have more to report as details...

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Splinter Cell Blacklist Trailer Demos Play Style Varieties

Posted by Melody Sunday, March 30 2014

Ubisoft has released a trailer for Splinter Cell Blacklist demonstrating three different styles of play: Ghost, Panther and Assault. Each play style is named after how a gamer can approach a situation in Blacklist. Ghost means getting to the end of a...

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Splinter Cell Blacklist Threat Trailer

Posted by Melody Saturday, March 29 2014

'You don't realize it yet, but you are fighting a new kind of war. And you are losing.' Ubisoft has released a new trailer for Splinter Cell Blacklist, this time featuring the faceless terror organization, the Engineers. In Blacklist, the Engineers have...

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Splinter Cell Blacklist The Invisible Trailer

Posted by Melody Friday, March 28 2014

The latest trailer for Splinter Cell Blacklist provides brief glimpses of the game's many play modes. In what is technically a launch/score trailer, the 'The Invisible' gameplay video for Blacklist highlights single player, co-op and the Spies vs. Mercs...

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Splinter Cell Blacklist Sea Fort Co-Op Walkthrough

Posted by Melody Thursday, March 27 2014

Ubisoft has released a video walkthrough of the co-op mission, Sea Fort, in Splinter Cell Blacklist. Splinter Cell community developer Zack Cooper and lead co-op designer Richard Carrillo team up in the first co-op level in what they call 'Grim's Missions.'...