Money June 13, 2018 How the stock market reacted to E3 We are looking into what happened to the shares of Nintendo, Ubisoft, Sony, Square Enix, Microsoft and Electronic Arts after their presentations at E3.
Industry June 6, 2018 Square Enix has created a team to develop games for Switch Japanese developer and publisher Square Enix has assembled a new division that will create titles for the Nintendo Switch console. This was told by Square Enix game producer Tomoya Asano to the Game Informer publication.
Games March 30, 2018 Hitman Sniper has become the most popular game of the franchise. The title has been downloaded more than 10 million times The audience of the Hitman Sniper mobile shooter has reached 10 million people. According to this indicator, the title can be considered the most popular game in the famous “killer” franchise.
Industry March 27, 2018 The creator of Final Fantasy XV will head a new studio at Square Enix Japanese developer and publisher Square Enix announced the opening of the Luminos Production studio. The head of the new division was appointed the project manager of the role-playing game Final Fantasy XV Hajime Tabata (Hajime Tabata).
Industry March 2, 2018 Square Enix’s board of directors includes the leads of Final Fantasy and NieR Square Enix announced a personnel reorganization of the board of directors. The new board includes developers who participated in the creation of a number of flagship tiles of the company.
Industry February 5, 2018 The head of Square Enix promised new “game services” without loot boxes Square Enix will implement the “game-service” model in new single-player titles, said the company’s CEO Yosuke Matsuda. He clarified that he does not mean loot boxes and microtransactions.
Industry January 23, 2018 The creator of Sonic the hedgehog joined Square Enix Game designer and one of the creators of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise Yuji Naka has moved to Square Enix. Naka announced this on his Twitter.
Games November 22, 2017 The head of Square Enix explained the parting with the Hitman franchise In May of this year, the Danish studio IO Interactive left Square Enix and took with it the flagship Hitman franchise. The president of Square Enix, Yosuke Matsuda, admitted that he left Hitman to the creators because he loves this game too much.
Games October 19, 2017 The mobile strategy for Final Fantasy XV has been downloaded 20 million times The mobile strategy of Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire by MZ studio and Square Enix has crossed the milestone of 20 million downloads.
Money September 22, 2017 Square Enix intends to earn $900 million on a gaming mobile The Japanese company Square Enix has announced plans to gain about ¥100 billion ($900 million) from sales of games for mobile platforms.
Games September 22, 2017 Digital and retail sales of Nier: Automata exceeded 2 million copies The combined sales of digital and physical copies of the action with role-playing elements of Nier: Automata exceeded 2 million copies in six months since the release.
Games September 18, 2017 Square Enix has sold 6.5 million copies of Final Fantasy XV in 10 months The Japanese role-playing game Final Fantasy XV by Square Enix has sold 6.5 million copies in the 10 months since the release of the title at the end of November last year.
Platforms July 20, 2017 Yahoo Japan has launched a cloud gaming service with HTML5 Yahoo Japan has launched the Game Plus game portal for mobile platforms and PC. It supports HTML5 games and cloud streaming of games.
Games June 27, 2017 Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius has been downloaded 23 million times in a year The mobile role-playing game Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius by Square Enix has gained 23 million downloads by the first anniversary of the project.
Games June 27, 2017 The author’s mobile game NieR: Automata topped the Japanese chart A new role-playing game by Japanese game designer Yoko Taro (Yoko Taro) SINoALICE topped the rating of cash applications of the Japanese App Store.
Money June 21, 2017 Io-Interactive will get all the profits from Hitman The Danish studio Io-Interactive will now be the sole beneficiary of the latest part of the Hitman stealth action.
Industry June 16, 2017 Io-Interactive will continue working on Hitman as an independent studio Danish studio Io-Interactive (IOI) has announced independence and continued work on the flagship Hitman series.
Industry June 2, 2017 The authors of Bulletstorm announced a partnership with Square Enix Studio People Can Fly and Square Enix announced a joint work on a certain AAA-class game for consoles and PC.
Development May 29, 2017 The Final Fantasy VII Remake project will be headed by the author Mobius Final Fantasy Square Enix has moved the development of the Final Fantasy VII remake inside the company under the leadership of Naoki Hamaguchi, who previously created the Mobius Final Fantasy mobile role-playing game.
Development May 26, 2017 Square Enix “urgently” recruits developers for the remake of Final Fantasy VII The Japanese company Square Enix announced the urgent recruitment of employees to the Final Fantasy VII Remake development team.