The publisher of Final Fantasy continues to expand into the field of blockchain. The Japanese company has announced that it will become one of the 21 validators in the Oasys blockchain network.

Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal and Square Enix Montréal studios have officially become part of the Swedish holding. Embracer Group has also taken over the rights to a number of major franchises, including Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Thief and Legacy of Kain.

Mention of it was found in the database of the Canadian trademark registration authority.

On August 4, Square Enix released a smartphone role—playing action based on the manga “Steel Alchemist” – Fullmetal Alchemist Mobile. Japanese gamers (and only they can play for now) warmly welcomed the title. According to the GameLook portal, the game took second place in downloads in the local App Store and is still on it.

Square Enix announced this during the presentation of the quarterly report to investors, analyst David Gibson says on Twitter. What exactly the company meant is not explained.

Square Enix investors were satisfied with the financial report of the Japanese publisher, although the company reported a drop in revenue.

Square Enix sold Western studios for a relatively small $300 million, because Sony was interested in buying its Tokyo division. Stephane D’Astous, founder and former CEO of Eidos Montreal, said this in an interview GamesIndustry.biz .

Japanese Square Enix intends to celebrate the 25th birthday of Final Fantasy VII in an unusual way. She will release collectible figures with built-in NFT. To do this, she entered into a partnership with Enjin.

Square Enix has shared new figures about Final Fantasy X. The Japanese publisher reported that digital sales and physical shipments of the entire series have crossed the milestone of 20.8 million copies — it took 21 years.

Square Enix has introduced the Live Interactive Works Game Development Crew (LIW GDC), a community for game bloggers and streamers who want to test new projects of the Japanese publisher and comment on them.

The Japanese company Square Enix held a shareholders’ meeting at which it shared its plans for the future. Among other things, she mentioned that she was going to create NFTs that would be written into the plots of the games.

Square Enix continues to be interested in cloud games. She invested in the Blacknut service, saying that thanks to this deal she will be able to accelerate her further growth.

In early May, Square Enix announced that it would sell Embracer Group to Crystal Dynamics studios, Eidos Montreal, Square Enix Montreal and several franchises for $300 million. The company recently clarified that it is not going to spend the funds from the transaction on NFT and blockchain, although it will now pay more attention to these areas.

Синдзи Хасимото (Shinji Hashimoto) решил выйти на пенсию. Вчера он объявил, что больше не будет работать в Square Enix и теперь станет поддерживать ее только как фанат игр.

This was announced by the developers on the official Twitter account of the game. How sales were distributed across platforms is not specified.

This is almost half of the Japanese company’s gaming revenue, according to a report by Square Enix for the last fiscal year. In total, the publisher earned $ 2.17 billion from the games (6% more compared to 2020).

Last March, Square Enix released the action-platformer Balan Wonderworld, which immediately received devastating reviews from critics and gamers. After the failure, its creator Yuji Naka left the company. Today he posted a thread on Twitter, where he talked about his relationship with the publisher.

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy was released today. Despite the initial skepticism, the game exceeded the expectations of many critics. Some even call it “the new standard for comic book video games.” However, there were some negative aspects. Most of all complain about the abundance of bugs and too simple fighting.

The gaming industry in the UK is experiencing a new upswing: large companies and publishers are buying British studios, as well as opening new branches in London and across the country. This year, Square Enix, EA and Activision Blizzard were among such companies.