MCV, Ben Parfitt, January 15, 2008:
Square Enix is preparing a renewed push in Western territories this year – and has admitted that it would consider acquiring a European studio.
Speaking exclusively to MCV, the president and CEO of Square's European and US divisions John Yamamoto said the firm was focusing on how to better seduce Western markets when developing new titles.
FuRuy has opened a Twitter account called “Project Alice” teasing a new game announcement on April 25 at 20:30 JST.
New report from Skillsearch found that 22% of those surveyed had been laid off within the past 12 months.
It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
They come out saying quote
"we may work with microsoft, give the work to different studio to make for that console"
WTF
Come on...who wants there games anyways
What noobs
u sure about that..
because they keep saying new titles are coming but they keep delaying titles on the PS3 ....^o) WTF
Biggest mistake Sony made 5 years ago was not to buy Enix before it merged with Squaresoft and became what we know today as SquareEnix. I think in near future of FF games after 13 will all go multi platform because SE will want to milk more money. You can sense that in their statements. Now people will say "what is different than it was during last gen". Well all i have to say, back than they were not all about "we want to do better in western market". Things are changing.
Sony should try to acquire Level 5 before they get to big like SE
Well if Square Enix wants to have a big push in the West then need to make something other than the RPG's they are know for. Unfortunately the West isn't to into RPG's (no idea why ><). Also the 360 is a pretty fearsome force in the West and they don't want to develop for it.
I guess we'll see a lot of handheld titles from them seeing the handhelds are selling the best everywhere and they don't have to be a fps to sell well.
Europeans are into RPG, but the americans don't seem to like it. Btw isn't Level 5 allready bought by Sony? I mean don't they own x% of the company? And I thought Sony owned like 18% of Square. But that was maybe before Squaresoft + Enix.