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Round Up What Was Announced at the Square Enix Presents Showcase?
All the PS5, PS4 reveals
Square Enix brought back its Presents branding for a digital showcase to coincide with E3 2021, packaging together lots of updates for games that have already hit the market and titles slated for the future. Given the publisher's pedigree, there's always a lot of excitement whenever it takes to the stage. If you didn't...
Talking Point Did You Enjoy the Square Enix Presents Showcase?
What a final fantasy
The online E3 2021 shenanigans continue as Square Enix takes to the digital stage to deliver a very exciting line-up of announcements from both its Japanese and western studios. There's always excitement whenever the publisher brings some goodies to the party, so it's no surprise there was a lot of hype surrounding this...
News Life Is Strange Remastered Collection Feels a 30th September Release Date
Here are some comparisons
Here’s your first look at the Life Is Strange Remastered Collection, which is slated to release on 30th September for PlayStation 4. The trailer – which was showcased during Square Enix Presents livestream earlier today – includes several side-by-sides, showing the improvements that have been made. To be honest, we...
News Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin Is a Souls-Looking Action RPG, Out 2022 on PS5, PS4
"A bold new vision for Final Fantasy"
Well, the leaks were kind of right. Square Enix has announced Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin — a Final Fantasy spinoff title that looks very Dark Souls in terms of gameplay, with a bit more of an anime edge. It's being developed by Nioh studio Team Ninja, and it has a vague 2022 release window for...
News Babylon's Fall Slashes onto PS5 as Well as PS4, But Still No Release Date
More gameplay shown
Action RPG Babylon's Fall got a new trailer during Square Enix's E3 showcase, and it's given us more gameplay footage than ever before. It also confirms that the title's coming to PlayStation 5 as well as PlayStation 4. However, we still don't have a release date. As for our own take on this, it looks a bit... Tame, doesn't it?...
News Life Is Strange: True Colors Outlines Psychic Empathy Powers
Feelin' this
We’ve already seen a fair amount of Life Is Strange: True Colors, but Deck Nine has been keeping protagonist Alex Chen’s powers close to its collective chest. This video outlines in a little more detail how it works: her ability to sense emotion, and how she can use that to make meaningful decisions in the game. It’s not the...
News Marvel's Avengers Fights the War for Wakanda in August, Free for All Players
A wild Black Panther appears
Marvel’s Avengers’ somewhat anticipated Black Panther expansion, War for Wakanda, will finally flash its claws at PlayStation 5 and PS4 in August – and here’s your first taste of what to expect. Like all other expansions for the game, this will be free for everyone to play – and, of course, you’ll be able to...
News Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Save the Universe on PS5, PS4 This October
The rumours were true
After years of rumours, Square Enix and Eidos Montreal have officially announced Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. Coming to both PlayStation 5 and PS4, it's an action adventure game in which you play Peter Quill, aka Star Lord, in a space-spanning adventure with the usual rag-tag team: Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Drax, and...
Live Watch the E3 2021 Square Enix Presents Livestream Right Here
Be there or be Square
With the Xbox juggernaut out of the way, E3 2021 attention turns to Square Enix and its roster of upcoming releases. We know that the likes of Babylon's Fall and Life Is Strange: True Colors will feature heavily during the stream, but all eyes will be on the next project from Eidos Montreal, which is rumoured to be a Guardians...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade PS5 Download Size Is Still Huge
Must be all those new textures
The PlayStation 5 can make use of impressive compression tech to help cut down on file sizes, but Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade hasn't seen much of an improvement over its PS4 predecessor. Last-gen Final Fantasy VII Remake took up a whopping 86GB or so, and Intergrade isn't much better. According to PlayStation...
News Action RPG Babylon's Fall Getting 'Exciting Update' at Square Enix E3 2021 Show
After beta was spotted on Steam
Babylon's Fall will finally be making a return during Square Enix's E3 2021 press conference, the publisher has announced. Developed by Platinum Games, the proposed action RPG caught our attention when it was first revealed all the way back at E3 2018. Since then, updates have been very few and far between — and...
World premiere from Eidos Montreal
The ESA just confirmed that Japanese publisher Square Enix will indeed be hosting some sort of presentation during E3 2021, but now we know exactly what to expect. It'll take the shape of another Square Enix Presents digital showcase on 13th June 2021 at 8:15pm BST / 12:15pm PT, with the headline announcement being...
Hands On NEO: The World Ends With You Brings a Stylish Afterlife to PS4
Put a pin in it
A little-known but well-loved entry in Square Enix's JRPG pantheon, The World Ends With You is a unique experience with gorgeous art from Kingdom Hearts director Tetsuyo Nomura. The game looked at concepts like social media influence and memetic learning way before those things were as pervasive as they are today. Nomura's designs,...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Patch 1.02 Released, Lets You Transfer Save Data to Intergrade on PS5
Carry over all of your progress
If you're looking to carry over your save data from Final Fantasy VII Remake into Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, then you'll want to grab the game's new update. Patch 1.02 adds a simple 'Upload Save Data' option to the main menu. Then, once you have Intergrade, you'll be able to download that data and start...
News Dragon Quest XII Uses Unreal Engine 5, But Still No Platforms Announced
PS5, perhaps?
Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate was officially announced overnight, but the reveal was incredibly light on information. All we got was a very brief teaser trailer (which showed a logo and little else), and a handful of comments from series creator Yuji Horii. One interesting point, however, was only brought up after the Dragon...
News Spinoff RPG Dragon Quest Treasures Announced, Starring Erik from Dragon Quest XI
Like a bandit
Dragon Quest Treasures is a new spinoff RPG starring Erik and his sister Mia — two characters from Dragon Quest XI. Not much information was given on the game, but Square Enix is aiming for a worldwide release on "consoles". The title has a fun look to it in the reveal trailer embedded above, but aside from that, we're going to have...
News Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Is a Gorgeous Reimagining, Gets a Worldwide Release
Coming to "consoles"
Dragon Quest III is being remade for "consoles". Titled Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, this is a gorgeous looking reimagining of the original adventure, which first released in 1988 for the NES. 2D-HD Remake is getting a simultaneous worldwide release — although no dates have been given.
Fire
Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate has been announced, and it certainly sounds interesting. It's been described as "Dragon Quest for adults" by series creator Yuji Horii. It'll apparently have player choices that can change the story, and a "new" combat system. Those familiar with Dragon Quest will know that the mainline games have always had...
Live Dragon Quest 35th Anniversary Showcase Promises Plenty of Announcements
English subtitles, too
Dragon Quest is having its big 35 Anniversary livestream tonight (or this morning, depending on your time zone). The event has been hyped up by publisher Square Enix, the Dragon Quest team, and just about everyone in between. Even Dragon Quest creator Yujii Hori has been in on the hype, promising "plenty" of announcements, as...
News Dragon Quest Creator Hypes Up This Week's Event, Has 'Plenty' to Announce
Plus "that game"
In case you don't already know, there's a 35th anniversary event for Dragon Quest this week — and it's going to be streamed in English as well as Japanese. Square Enix is making a big deal out of it, having already promised important news with regards to the classic RPG series. And now, Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii is bringing...
Rumour Final Fantasy Origin Reveal Set for E3, Working with Team Ninja
Alpha demo this summer
Late last week, it was rumoured that Square Enix has another "major" PlayStation 5 exclusive in the works from the Final Fantasy franchise. That's about as far as that claim went, but now Imran Khan of Fanbyte has shared further details on the project. This spin-off title is said to be called
Rumour Another 'Major' PS5 Exclusive Final Fantasy Game Will Be Announced at E3
Just a Fantasy?
Square Enix has another Final Fantasy game in development exclusively for PlayStation 5, according to a fresh rumour that's already being picked up all over the internet. This is in addition to all of the Final Fantasy projects currently announced, such as Final Fantasy XVI, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, and, we assume, Final...
News Marvel's Avengers' Red Room Takeover Prepares You for Black Widow
Available to play now
After a delay of over a year, Black Widow will finally release in cinemas and on streaming this summer. And maligned superhero brawler Marvel’s Avengers AIMs [Pun intended - Ed] to get you ready for the movie with its Red Room takeover event, which is available to play now until 31st May. “Multiple hacked HARM Rooms will...
News More Outriders Content Planned, 'Poised' to Be Square Enix's Next Big IP
3.5 million unique players in the first month
Square Enix is pitching Outriders as its "next big franchise" as the publisher reveals that more than 3.5 million unique players gave the looter shooter a go during its first month on the market. While the statistic doesn't reflect sales, there seems to be enough confidence in the IP and developer People...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Gets Loads of Glorious PS5 Screenshots, Stunning Key Art
Seventh heaven
Phwoar! Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade certainly looks the part in these new PlayStation 5 screenshots, as well as the gorgeous key art at the top of this article. The PS4 release of Final Fantasy VII Remake obviously looked great to begin with (most of the time, anyway), but Intergrade's set to be a cut above. What's more, a new...
News NEO: The World Ends with You Shares Stylish Opening Movie
Keep on rockin'
It's crazy to think Square Enix took this long to put it out, but a sequel to The World Ends with You will finally arrive come the end of July 2021. 13 years after the fact! And to get you in the mood for this stylish RPG, the Japanese publisher has posted the opening video online that will greet us all after buying the game...
News Scarlet Nexus, Life Is Strange: True Colors Reveal PS5 Controller Features
Full support for DualSense, of course
Sony’s promoting the PlayStation 5 controller hard today. Along with the announcement that two new colours will be joining the platform’s product portfolio, the firm has also invited a half-dozen developers onto the PS Blog in order to talk about how they’re leveraging the hardware. Much of this we already...
News Dragon Quest 35th Anniversary Sets Livestream for 26th May
Available in English for the first time
The Dragon Quest series will celebrate its 35th anniversary with a livestream later this month containing "the latest information about what’s going on—and what’s yet to come—in the world of Dragon Quest". Scheduled for 26th/27th May 2021 (dependant on your time zone), the digital showcase will be...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade's PS5 Yuffie DLC to Be Download Code
Physical copies come incomplete
If you’re planning to pick up a physical copy of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, then you’ll need to redeem a download code to play new DLC add-on, Episode Yuffie, which comes included. That’s according to Australian retailer EB Games at least, which added the following language to the re-release’s...
Small print
Sony loves a good ol’ timed exclusive, and having pumped a chunk of change into Square Enix’s pocket for the original release of Final Fantasy VII Remake, it looks like it’s brought another briefcase to the publisher for PlayStation 5 expansion Intergrade. A new trailer for the title concludes with some small print: “Available on...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Gets Final Trailer, Fort Condor Minigame Revealed
Yuffie's time to shine
Warning: This trailer contains some pretty significant spoilers for Final Fantasy VII Remake. It also shows new boss fights from Episode INTERmission, the expansion starring Yuffie. The "final" trailer for Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade is here, and it's packed with details. We won't go into the nitty gritty here in...
News Final Fantasy VII's CG Cutscenes Look Better than Ever in This Impressive Fan Remaster
Final fantastic
The original Final Fantasy VII was a grand adventure, punctuated by a number of high quality CG cutscenes. At the time, they were a big deal, but like most CG from the 1990s, they haven't aged especially well. There's still an artistic flair to them, but by today's standards they're obviously very limited on a technical level. And...
News Steph Still Likes to LARP in Life Is Strange: True Colors
And you can romance her
Life Is Strange: True Colors is a brand new story with a fresh cast of characters, but one face fans will already be familiar with is Steph. Those of you who played spin-off Life Is Strange: Before the Storm will recall the character from Arcadia Bay, where she spent a lot of time playing tabletop RPGs. This new video fills...
Soul survivor
NieR always deserved a second chance, and you could argue that the very well received NieR Automata was exactly that. The tale of 2B touched the hearts of many a player back in 2017, but for a while, it felt like the original NieR had been left behind and largely forgotten. After all, the NieR that we got here in the West — the one...
News MCU Skins in Marvel's Avengers Leak Online
Understood that reference
Tens of Marvel’s Avengers skins have leaked online – including the game’s hotly anticipated Marvel Cinematic Universe costumes. You may remember that these were previously confirmed to be part of the title’s upcoming Red Room Takeover event, although developer Crystal Dynamics did clarify that you’ll need to...
Round Up NieR Replicant Reviews Love the Yoko Taro Experience
Worthy re-release hits PS4
NieR Replicant hits PlayStation 4 tomorrow, bringing back the first game's original experience with a fresh coat of paint and new content. Following the success of 2017's NieR: Automata, the re-release is getting a lot more attention this time around as players find out what NieR was like before 2B and 9S. Reviews are now...
News Life Is Strange: True Colors Showcases Stunning Performance Capture in Opening Scene
A new adventure for Alex
Life Is Strange: True Colors is clearly showing off with its opening scene, which publisher Square Enix has shared online today. The scene centres on protagonist Alex Chen, who’s chatting with her social worker about her time in foster care and the new life that awaits her in Haven Springs with her brother, Gabe. The...
News Square Enix Joins E3 2021 This Summer
Publisher has "an announcement"
Square Enix will be present at E3 2021 in some capacity, the publisher has confirmed. The all-digital event is set to take place this June, and Square Enix will be joining the likes of Ubisoft, Capcom, and Konami. Speaking to Japanese publication Nikkei (as reported by VGC)
It's NieRly here
NieR Replicant isn't just a barebones remaster. On top of obvious visual upgrades, its combat system has been overhauled to make it more fluid, its dialogue has been rerecorded, and its character models have been reworked. It's all coming together quite nicely, but Square Enix and developer Toylogic haven't stopped there; the...
News Marvel's Avengers' Tachyon Anomaly Brings Heroes of the Same Kind Together
All together now
No longer will you need to fight for the right to play as your favourite Avenger, as the Tachyon Anomaly Event is bringing heroes from different timelines together in Marvel’s Avengers – meaning you can construct a Strike Team consisting solely of the Hulk if you want. Or Thor. Or Iron Man. Like we said, you can go completely...
News Here's 15 Minutes of New NieR Replicant Gameplay
Swords dance
PlayStation Underground has posted a whole 15 minutes of uncut NieR Replicant PS4 gameplay. It shows off an entire dungeon run, complete with a boss battle at the end. If you're wondering how this remaster improves the action-based combat, then this video should give you a good idea. Indeed, battles have a much smoother look to them. A...
News Square Enix Categorically Denies Possible Acquisition Rumours
"We do not consider selling off the company"
Update: Publisher Square Enix has now put out a statement reading: "Bloomberg has reported today that there is interest from several buyers to acquire Square Enix. However, this report is not based on any announcement by SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. We do not consider selling off the company or any part...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Yuffie DLC Officially Titled Episode INTERmission
New gameplay details revealed
Previously referred to as 'Episode Yuffie' following its reveal earlier in the year, Square Enix has confirmed the official name for Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade's DLC — and it's just as dumb as we feared. It's called 'Episode INTERmission', just to make things even more confusing at first glance. For those...
News Free NieR Replicant DLC Will Let You Dress Up as 2B and 9S
Cover your eyes
A free DLC pack for upcoming action RPG NieR Replicant has been leaked on the Microsoft Store (as per usual!). Titled '4 YoRHa', the add-on contains four costumes and four weapons from NieR: Automata. More specifically, it includes a 2B costume for Kaine, and a 9S costume for the main character. Sadly, the store page doesn't shed any...
News Final Fantasy XIV PS5 Open Beta Is Available to Download Now
38GB of MMO action
The day has finally arrived for PlayStation 5 players who wish to jump on the Final Fantasy XIV Online bandwagon. The awesome MMO is offering up a free open beta that absolutely anyone can take part in ahead of its native release on Sony's latest console, allowing you to sample what it has to offer before committing to a...
News NEO: The World Ends With You Revives the Beloved RPG on PS4 in July
Shibuya scramble
NEO: The World Ends With You was first announced at the end of last year, giving fans of the franchise something to look forward to after a very long wait. The original game, a Nintendo DS title released in 2008, became a beloved cult hit, and Square Enix is finally revisiting the series with this fresh take. The follow-up is coming...
News Outriders' First Big Update Aims for Next Week, Fixes Crashes and Matchmaking
Plus balance tweaks
Outriders has enjoyed a largely positive launch on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, but the experience hasn't always been smooth for the new looter shooter. The game currently suffers from a number of issues on Sony's systems, ranging from minor bugs to full-on crashes. Fortunately, Outriders' first big update is set to launch...
News SaGa Frontier Remastered Overview Trailer Covers Story, Characters, and More
An 8 minute explanation
Square Enix has dropped a lengthy eight-minute trailer for SaGa Frontier Remastered. It goes over the game's story, all of its playable characters, and various gameplay mechanics. Basically, if you're not sure what SaGa Frontier actually is, then this thing's well worth a watch. The original SaGa Frontier released for the...
News Outriders' People Can Fly to Post-Mortem PS5, PS4 Server Woes
Try again
Outriders has proven more popular than perhaps we expected, moving over 50 per cent of its physical copies on PlayStation 5 in the UK – and setting some impressive concurrent records on Steam. It would seem, perhaps, that not even Polish developer People Can Fly accounted for this kind of success, as its servers have been up and down...
Review Balan Wonderworld (PS5) - One of the Worst 3D Platformers of the Past Decade
There is no wonder in this world
Gamers have been treated to a 3D platformer renaissance over the past few years. The likes of Yooka-Laylee and A Hat in Time have shown the world that 3D platformers aren’t just a genre of the past, but a formula that can still be iterated upon. Enter Square Enix and legendary game designer Yuji Naka, best known...