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  • Square Enix Rep: “Something Different” For Agni’s Philosophy Coming Next Year

    Talking with FF Dream Square Enix worldwide technology director Julien Merceron teased new development for the Luminous Studio tech demo or Agni’s Philosophy as its more commonly known.

    So, around June of next year, there will indeed be something different around Agni’s Philosophy, which will be presented on, perhaps, different platforms than those which have been used before,

    By June I bet he’s talking about E3, I mean it debuted there right? When asked what platforms they have Agni’s Philosophy running on he replied: “I can tell you that it will not run only on PC!”. And I’m pretty sure that means next gen, after all the Luminous Engine is for Square’s next gen games.

    Agnis Philosophy tech demo 533x300 Square Enix Rep: Something Different For Agnis Philosophy Coming Next Year

    Also Sony and Microsoft are expected to reveal their next generation consoles by E3 so it’ll be the perfect time for Square to announce what they have in store.

    We’re still not sure if Square has turned Agni’s Philosophy into a full blown game but guess we’ll know more next year.

  • Former Square President Calls Square Enix Merger a “Complete Failure”

    Former Square president and then Square Enix director Hisashi Suzuki called the Square and Enix merge “complete failure” on Twitter. This comes in days after Square posted losses in their latest earnings, kicking the company while its down.

    He explained that the company’s stock value was higher before the merge and “The merger was a complete failure. There’s no vision for the future.”.

    square enix cloud strife 570x265 Former Square President Calls Square Enix Merger a “Complete Failure”

    Suzuki is currently serving as a Director over at Square Enix. He was president at Square during 2000-2002 and director at Square Enix 2003-2005.

    What do you think of Suzuki’s comments? Do you agree with them? Let us know in the comments below.

  • Pokemon And Dragon Quest Dominate June Japan Software Sales

    Enterbrain has released software sale numbers for the month of June and the Pokemon sequel has completely dominated the charts. Pokemon Black and White 2 were responsible for 34.5% of the software revenue through 28th of May to the 24th of June. This makes this the first time Pokemon has topped the monthly revenue chart since 2010 when the original Black and White released.

    pokemonsales 560x480 Pokemon And Dragon Quest Dominate June Japan Software Sales

    Square Enix came in second with their Dragon Quest Monsters Terry’s Wonderland 3D spinoff game which managed to move 740,000 units. The full top 10 list is below (via Famitsu.com)

    1. Pokemon: 34.5%
    2. Square Enix: 19.1%
    3. Nintendo: 8.7%
    4. Capcom: 7.3%
    5. Atlus: 5.7%
    6. Namco Bandai
    7. Sony Computer Entertainment
    8. Kadokawa Games
    9. Sega
    10. Konami

    Will Pokemon continue to dominate the following weeks? Guess only time will tell.

  • Check Out The Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Launch Trailer

    Square Enix has released the launch trailer for Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance just in time for its release. Check it out below:

    Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance will hit stores in North America for the Nintendo 3D (as shown off in the trailer) on the 31st of July and came out just two days ago in Europe. What did you think of the trailer and the Kingdom Hearts series in general? Let us know in the comments below.

  • Kingdom Hearts 3D, Darksiders 2 And New Super Mario Bros. 2 Rule August NPD

    August NPD sales are in and the industry sales figures don’t look good and retail spending is down for the 9th consecutive month. Total retail spending is down to $515.6 million down 20% year-on-year. Software sales are down 9% to 237.7 million while hardware is down a massive 39% to $150.6 million.

    Winners of the month included THQ’s Darksiders 2 (Xbox360, PS3 and PC) selling 247k units, Nintendo‘s New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS) selling 240k units and Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts 3D (3DS) which sold “well beyond 200,000.”

    List of Top 10 sellers in August is below:

    Darksiders 2 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
    New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS)
    Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream, Drop Distance (3DS)
    NCAA Football 13 (PS3, Xbox 360)
    Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (3DS, DS, PC, PS3, Vita, Wii, Xbox 360)
    Sleeping Dogs (PS3, Xbox 360)
    Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (PS3, Xbox 360)
    Batman: Arkham City (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
    Call of Duty: Black Ops (DS, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
    The Amazing Spider-Man (3DS, DS, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)

    Hopefully sales will improve when giants like Assassin’s Creed 3 and Black Ops 2 hit stores later this year.

  • Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX Announced For PS3

    Square Enix has announced the long awaited (and rumored) Kingdom Hearts HD collection in the form of Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX but its not exactly what we expected.

    Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX (yes that’s how its typed) includes the original Kingdom Hearts 1 in Final Mix form and Kingdom Hearts RE: COM (Chain of Memories) original released for the Game Boy Advance and then remade for the PS2. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 HD ReMIX will also include Kingdom Hearts 358/2 albeit not in playable form, cutscenes from the game will be viewable in the game’s theater mode. Along with the much coveted HD treatment both Kingdom Hearts 1: Final Mix and Kingdom Hearts RE: COM will be getting full trophy support.

    Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX releases next year in Japan and hopefully in other areas too, teaser site can be found here.

    Kingdom Hearts 1.5 ReMIX Screen

    Now my complain with the announcement is that why isn’t Birth By Sleep which as fans of the series might know is the prequel to the first game in this HD collection. It would only make sense as far as the story is concerned since and its weird how they included parts of 358/2 days which came out after Kingdom Hearts 2 but story wise takes place after Chain of Memories which takes place after Kingdom Hearts 1. Hopefully Square is planning more Kingdom Hearts HD collections like Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX for the future (Kingdom hearts HD ReMIX 2.5 anyone?)

    Its been more than a year since Final Fantasy X HD has been announced which Square is taking its sweet time with, with that in mind is taking development of a brand new project smart? Let us know what you think in the comments below.

  • Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance E3 2012 Trailer Released

    Loads of Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance media coming in lately, today Square Enix Europe updated their official website with the game’s E3 2012 trailer. Check it out below:

    Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance is due for a July 20th release in Europe, 31st release in the US and is already available for sale in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS.

  • Tomb Raider Gets A March 5 2013 Release Date Along With New E3 Trailer

    Square Enix has just confirmed that Crystal Dynamic’s highly awaited reboot of the long running Tomb Raider series will hit stores on March 5 2013 via their latest E3 trailer released on GTTV. Its embedded below.

    This is the first time the game has been shown off since its debut at E3 last year. The game was initially due this year in Autumn but was delayed to ensure utmost quality.

    Tomb Raider will also be making an appearance at Microsoft’s conference on the 4th of June.

    The game is expected to arrive on the Xbox 360, PC and PS3.

  • New Kingdom Hearts 3D Screenshots Released By Nintendo UK

    Nintendo UK has been kind enough to release 14 brand new screenshots for Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, check them out below.

    Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance will be arriving in the EU on the 20th of July, US on the 31st of July and is already available in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS.

    You may also want to check out Tetsuya Nomura’s interview with Nintendo President, Satoru Iwata.

  • Official Translation Of Iwata Asks Interview With Nomura Now Up

    Along with 14 brand new English screenshots for Kingdom Hearts 3D Nintendo has also finally released the official translation of the Iwata Asks interview with Tetsuya Nomura we first saw back in April.

    You can check out the full interview on Nintendo UK’s website.