Square Enix will have a smaller presence at the new, downsized E3 than in previous years, as the publisher made its most significant announcements at a special event held in May.
There will be plenty of games on show however, including the latest instalments in the Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy series, plus The War of the Lions, Front Mission and Heroes of Mana.
GamesIndustry.biz sat down with John Yamamoto, president and CEO of the company's European and North American arms, to find more about his opinion of the new E3, the PlayStation 3 price cut and Square Enix's forward looking strategy.
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
LucasArts gave Jango Fett his own game in 2002, and it pulled Star Wars into a much dirtier, rougher, and more interesting corner of the galaxy.
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
I like the point about faster releases in US and Europe, it alway was a bother to wait ages for the games to release after japan.
sigh final fantasy and mgs ..they always ask the same question..and it dont get no where at all ..they need to stop it.even when they say its exclusive their always on their back...one thing for sure mgs and final fantasy is build from the ground up on the ps3...and there not workin on no 360 version at all right now..