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Kenneth Shepard Sep 12, 2022. 1 minute read
Square Enix Finally Makes Big Blockchain Move After Year of Talking About it
Despite the crypto market crashing and the video game industry showing either a disinterest or outright dislike of NFTs and blockchain bullshit, Square Enix is still getting involved in this nonsense well over a year after the idea was trendy, and about nine months after it first expressed interest in…
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Imran Khan Jul 29, 2022. 3 minute read
The Nier Automata Church Was a Clever, Entertaining Fake
Earlier this week, we reported on a strange church that had seemingly been discovered in Nier: Automata via a Reddit post in the Nier community. At the time, no one really knew what was going on, but no real answer really seemed to make sense. Now it has been revealed that the…
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Andrea Shearon Jul 26, 2022. 2 minute read
Eidos Montreal Exec “Heard Rumors” Sony Interested in Square Enix Deal
Square Enix’s Eidos Montreal sale may have been part of a bigger picture plan for future Sony acquisitions. At least, that’s according to a rumor the Montreal studio founder, Stephane D’Astous, mentions in a new interview. Speaking to Games Industry.biz, D’Astous — who departed Eidos Montreal in 2013 — speculated…
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Imran Khan Jul 26, 2022. 5 minute read
The Curious Case of Nier Automata’s Newly Discovered Church
On July 25, a reddit user that goes by the moniker of sadfutago accidentally blew up the Nier: Automata community. In a post on the subreddit r/nier, sadfutago consigned a thread that was actually an update to several earlier attempts to draw attention to an oddity he discovered in Nier: Automata,…
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Imran Khan Jun 28, 2022. 1 minute read
Nier Automata: End of YoRHa Edition Coming to Switch
Five years after its initial 2017 release, Square Enix is bringing Yoko Taro’s seminal open-world action game Nier: Automata to the Nintendo Switch for the first time. The title was announced today as part of Nintendo’s third-party partner Direct, which focused on titles from Nintendo partners like Capcom and Square…
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Imran Khan Jun 16, 2022. 1 minute read
Fanbyte Staff Guesses the Subtitle For Final Fantasy Remake Part III
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth was announced earlier today, finally revealing the second part of the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy. Well, it wasn’t known to be a trilogy until today, when Yoshinori Kitase on stream revealed that there are three games planned for the Remake story. The first, obviously called Final Fantasy VII…
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Imran Khan Jun 16, 2022. 3 minute read
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Finally Revealed at Anniversary Event
I absolutely loved Final Fantasy VII Remake. That game absolutely had some problems, and I know a lot of people have issues with the liberties it has decided to take on the story, but the game made me realize how big a place in my heart the original 1997 release held.…
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Imran Khan Jun 16, 2022. 1 minute read
Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core Reunion Revealed at Square Enix Livestream
During Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII anniversary stream today, the developer and publisher of all things Final Fantasy revealed that they will be remaking an older Final Fantasy VII-universe title for modern audiences. Crisis Core, which originally released on the PSP in 2007, will be remastered for release later this year on PS5,…
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Imran Khan May 18, 2022. 2 minute read
Babylon’s Fall Developers Adjusting Graphics Based on Feedback
I genuinely do not know what fascination I have with Babylon’s Fall. As a fan of PlatinumGames, to the point where several games in their portfolio are among my favorite titles of all time, perhaps it’s like watching my own beach house slowly succumb to the tide. I think, more than…
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Imran Khan Apr 28, 2022. 3 minute read
Yuji Naka and Square Enix Both Disagree Whose Fault Balan Wonderworld Was
Remember Balan Wonderworld? In a different universe, Square Enix putting out a game of that quality would have stuck in your mind for quite a while, but I can’t blame you if you forgot this one. It’s just one of many stinkers the publisher has put out in the last few…
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Imran Khan Apr 5, 2022. 3 minute read
Radical Dreamers Recontextualizes Chrono Cross
While it was merely a footnote to the Chrono Cross remaster’s announcement and reveal, perhaps its most notable feature is hosting the first official English translation of Radical Dreamers, a 1996 text-adventure that served as a companion piece to the inimitable Chrono Trigger. The game was only available as part of…
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Imran Khan Mar 15, 2022. 4 minute read
Babylon’s Fall is So Messy It’s Almost Cynical
How do bad video games get made? That feels like a simple question but it has a lot of complicated answers. No one sets out to make a bad game, at least outside of the quick-hit troll games that litter digital stores. The rare unanimously derided video game is usually…
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Andrea Shearon Mar 12, 2022. 2 minute read
Square Enix Music Channel Adds Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger, and NieR OSTs to YouTube
Square Enix continues to emotionally devastate us all by making a sizeable chunk of its music library available online through its official YouTube Music channel. I’m delighted, thrilled, over the moon, etc., about most of it, but absolutely crushed I still cannot stream the Einhander OST in any official capacity.…
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Nicholas Grayson Mar 9, 2022. 2 minute read
38 Video Game Name Ideas for the Folks at Square Enix
Square Enix Sony hosted a State of Play today, which was conveniently timed right after eight more women came forward as part of a harassment lawsuit against the company, and also right after they announced that they were stopping sales of all of their games, hardware, and services in Russia in…
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Michael Higham Mar 3, 2022. 5 minute read
Babylon’s Fall Has the Worst Character Creator, Especially for Black and Brown Folks
Character creation systems often leave much to be desired. When given the opportunity to construct an avatar, we sometimes see them as an extension of ourselves, our people, or the kind of person we want to see succeed in a game’s world. For those of us who seek options that…
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Josh Broadwell Jan 4, 2022. 5 minute read
Bringing NEO: The World Ends With You’s Stylish World to Life in the West
Localizing a video game is a monumental task under the best of circumstances, but there’s an additional layer of pressure when working on a sequel with a devoted fanbase that has held out hope for over ten years. This was the situation Square Enix’s English localization team found itself in…
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Andrea Shearon Jan 2, 2022. 3 minute read
Square Enix Publishes New Year’s Letter Committed to Fueling NFT Hell
Square Enix is kicking off 2022 in the most hellish way possible by issuing a New Year’s Letter dedicated to the metaverse, NFTs, blockchain-based games, and people who “play to contribute.” While the publisher struggles with its infrastructure problems exacerbated by some of the same technology they’re lauding, Square Enix…
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Imran Khan Nov 5, 2021. 2 minute read
Company That Made Final Fantasy VII Unironically Excited About NFTs
If there’s one thing that’s consistent across all industries is that there’s no greater goal than squeezing every little bit of profit you can out of a product. NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, have absolutely been a thing video game publishers have been eager to engage in as a way to…
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Imran Khan Nov 4, 2021. 1 minute read
Avengers Will Finally Bring Spider-Man to the Game Over a Year After Announcement
Over a year ago, Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix announced that they will be supplying extra content for the PlayStation versions of Marvel’s Avengers in the form of an entirely additional and unique superhero, Spider-Man. The decision was controversial, but became even more quixotic as the game failed to garner…
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Imran Khan Oct 25, 2021. 3 minute read
Guardians of the Galaxy Teaches the Virtues of Emulation
When Square Enix first revealed Guardians of the Galaxy earlier this year at their E3 show, it was a little disappointing that they actively chose to mimic the style of the popular Marvel Cinematic Universe movies rather than take it in their own direction. The sci-fi/comedic mix seemed to aim to…
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