Tactical RPGs used to be an esoteric and underrepresented genre that mainly existed in the 16-bit past. Not so now, thanks in large part to Square Enix, which these days loves nothing more than placing low-to-mid-budget bets on every niche and crevice enjoyed by its fandom and represented in its back catalogue. The publisher published ...
picture: Square Enix Earlier this week the marketing team behind it The upcoming action game from Square Enix The prophesied posted a tweet with a few sell points and a short gameplay video. It should have been a perfectly normal and forgotten exercise in video game promotion, but dear readers, I’m here to tell you ...
Square Enix has confirmed this evening that their intriguing strategy RPG The Diofield Chronicles is getting a demo and it will be available for everyone to play on the Nintendo Switch eShop and other platforms tomorrow. A number of journalists have played the demo already and there are plenty of hands-on impressions available to read ...
The PlayStation Store team has jumped the gun and have published a listing for the long-rumoured Tactics Ogre: Reborn, which is sure to be announced by Square Enix very soon. The game first popped up in the extensive Nvidia leak and is legitimate as the page also has artwork from the game available (since removed). It ...
Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Earlier this year in March, Square Enix announced a new “deeply strategic RPG” called The DioField Chronicle – created by a team of “veteran” strategy developers at Lancarse Ltd. It’s set within a world of honor and political intrigue, requiring players to direct units through multiple combat encounters using ...
Gaming News Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Marvel… Square Enix’s complicated relationship with its western studios Published on 05/08/2022 at 10:25 am On Monday, May 2nd, we learned that Square Enix was selling its western studios, including Eidos, Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal, to Swedish group Embracer. On this occasion, the JV editorial team invites you ...
Things don’t look good for Square Enix. Following the blockbuster news earlier this week that the Japanese publisher is transferring a suite of 50+ IPs to Embracer Group, it was revealed that it will keep three of its non-Japanese IPs for the foreseeable time; Just Cause , Life is Strange and The Pioneers. Despite some ...
We are close, very close to seeing Final Fantasy XVI again two years after its presentation. The Square Enix flagship franchise faces its final stretch, as producer Naoki Yoshida confessed last week. Now, the person in charge has revealed new details to us. During the presentation of the event that will unite NieR Re[in]carnation with ...
forgotten When we first saw the game (formerly known as Project Athia) back in June 2020, players were immediately divided. Some thought it looked great; just like we saw a playable version of the Agni’s Philosophy tech demo from developer Luminous Productions a few years ago. Others thought it looked like a cynical cashing in ...
Now, from the buzz of the release Final Fantasy XIV: Terminator Having settled down, players of the free trial can once again check out the critically acclaimed MMORPG It’s time to start looking ahead to what’s next for Warriors of Light and Scion of the Seventh Dawn. During a recent Live Letter broadcast, producer and ...
