Industry legend and long-time Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu has announced that he will be taking an indefinite break from work, citing health issues. While he did not go into further details, Uematsu stated that stress and fatigue has made it...
Square Enix today announced that they are forming a “strategic alliance” with the Chinese investment holding conglomerate Tencent. The alliance will result in the establishment of a joint-venture company and the co-development of AAA titles based on both new and existing...
We’re just days away from E3 2018, the biggest video game event of the year. Expect lots of fancy buzzwords, earth-shattering game reveals, millennial “influencers”, awkward presentations and plenty of bad memes. To help you navigate this mess, we’ve cobbled...
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Every Tokyo Game Show has its own official artwork, and 2018 is no different. This year’s theme is eSports, which is one of the hottest gaming trends in Japan today, and the official show slogan is “the curtain rises for...
READ MORE Tokyo Game Show Unveils Its eSports Inspired Visual Theme For 2018
Pokémon creator and Game Freak founder Satoshi Tajiri is getting his own biographical manga. The book features a colorful artstyle and tells the story of Tajiri’s life, his childhood, and the making of Pokémon Red & Green. There’s also some...
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Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness (aka SO5) wasn’t particularly well received by fans or critics, but that doesn’t mean franchise is dead on consoles. At the recent Star Ocean Fes 2018 festival in Japan, Square Enix producer Shuichi Kobayashi commented on the future of...
READ MORE Square Enix Producer: Star Ocean 6 “Not That Simple To Make”
During a live Final Fantasy XIV broadcast this week, Yasumi Matsuno and his former team members (now working on the MMORPG) shared some off-screen photos of a cancelled Final Fantasy Tactics sequel. Nova Crystallis reports that the sequel was planned...
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A quick round-up of the latest in video game industry drama. Nintendo has decided to not attend this year’s Games Convention held in Leipzig, Germany. Apparently, nothing is to be gained by participating in the convention this year. No doubt...
READ MORE Industry Soap-Opera: Nintendo Ditches Leipzig, ID Leaves ESA
For those of you familiar with Jack Thompson this is going to be good news. For those of you that have not heard of Jack Thompson, this is going to be great news. Jack Thompson has been throwing allegations against...
READ MORE Jack Thompson Closer To Being Less Of A Thorn In Our Side
According to recent Enterbrain reports, the Nintendo Wii has finally surpassed 6 million sold in Japan. The console launched there in November 2006, meaning it has taken 18 months for it to reach this milestone. In comparison, the Wii has reportedly...
READ MORE Nintendo Wii Hits 6 Million Mark In Japan, 25 Million Worldwide
Sony Computer Entertainment President Kazuo Hirai blames the PS3’s launch difficulties on a lack of understanding in the industry. On the PlayStation Day (which took place recently), Hirai admitted that the PlayStation 3’s first year was difficult, and now he says the...
Despite failing to buyout Take-Two before mega-blockbuster Grand Theft Auto 4 was released, EA is still determined to assimilate the company. EA took out a loan; a big one. 1 billion U.S. dollars. They will have until August 9th of next year...
Wednesday, the Video Games Ratings Enforcement Act was introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives by Jim Matheson (D-Utah) and Lee Terry (R-Neb). We’ve seen this before. Basically, its purpose is to stop minors from buying and renting games rated...
Let’s set the record straight first. Kaz Hirai never says that Sony is or isn’t in very early development cycles of the next Playstation. Microsoft already confirmed the next Xbox, but Kaz thinks it’s best to focus on the current...
Hiroyuki Itwatsuki who was the mastermind behind the music for the Xbox Live Arcade Title, Omega Five, was recently interviewed by Siliconera about his role in the music production. Omega Five is a throw-back horizontal shooter with a Retro mode that reverts it’s slick graphics...
Roy Taylor, who works at NVIDIA, recently told Eurogamer about the ever apparent problem with the PC game market and how he believes that people pirating the game are sucking the very life out of the industry itself. But he’s not going...
Take-Two has filed a suit against the Chicago Transit Authority and it’s advertising agency, Titan Outdoor LLC, after a local reporter makes a connection between a rash of local violence to the release of Grand Theft Auto IV. The video feed, found...
Lord of the Rings Online developer Turbine receives a fresh and greatly appreciated cash injection, as the MMO creator has been given another $USD 40 million through fund-raising. This means the company has managed to raise an impressive $USD 88 million...