Interactive Distractions: "Every once in a while a game defines a genre. It gets released into the public and becomes an instant classic, to which very few games(including sequels) can live up to. In 2000, PC gamers were introduced to one of these games called Deus Ex. Deus Ex was both critically and commercially acclaimed and some people even today consider it one of, if not the best PC games ever made. In 2003, developer Ion Storm tried to recapture that praise and released Deus Ex: Invisible War for both consoles and the PC but to no avail. The game was critically a disaster and, even worse, Deus Ex fanatics to this day don’t like to admit the game even exists. Fast forward to the present and almost a decade later, we have Eidos Montreal taking their stab at the beloved franchise by creating a prequel to the original game. To say they had some weight on their shoulders would be an understatement as this game could put the nail in the Deus Ex coffin or possibly reboot the franchis...
Square Enix announced its financial results for the first nine months of the fiscal year, related to the period between April and December 2025.
3D Investment Partners, a major shareholder of Square Enix, issued a 112-page presentation criticizing the company's 'sluggish' revenue and profit margins.
If your response to a 112 page presentation from a profit-maximizing investment fund about the need for corporate restructuring (i.e. layoffs), integrating non-gaming (i.e. sell merch or build a theme park) and other corporate initiatives, is that it's about "go woke, go broke", then it's because you've lost the ability to think in any terms. Awful way to live your life. Private equity is destroying the games industry while you obsess that Square made a cringe game everyone thinks is cringe in 2023. Time to move on.
Waaah waaah our profits aren't big enough! I mean, they're still growing and all, but we want it faster and NOW! Waaaah!
MP1st managed to get our hands on Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined months before it releases, and here's our hands-on preview!
