We haven’t commented on the whole Square Enix / Eidos saga for a while but suffice it to say that their £84 million bid back in February 2009 is going extremely well. Not only was it backed by the major shareholders such as Time Warner who owns 20%.
With us well into the 2009 we thought we’d spend some time reminding everyone about all the great titles scheduled for the rest of the year. This could possibly be one of the best years for Square Enix fans so read on for a full breakdown of the games to look out for.
Eidos the british games publisher better known for their ownership of the Tomb Raider and Hitman franchises are currently in takeover discussions as they continue to rack up losses and watch their share price slashed by up to 90%.
The Tokyo game show (TGS) is set to run from the 9th-11th October 2008 and with less than a month to go we thought we’d do a quick run down of what to expect and not to expect at the show.
Nothing like having a private invite party for the fans and that’s exactly what Square Enix did on the 2nd and 3rd August 2008. The two day event was filled to the brim with announcements, trailers and playable demos.
Despite being better known for their hack and slash RPG’s such as Final Fantasy, it seems Square Enix has also caught onto the whole casual gamer scene targeting the women and children of Japan.
Square Enix have finally released the Japanese mini site for the up coming game Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. So far not much there except for basic information on the story, characters and some wallpapers to download.
The Japanese games market is always a funny one and as we creep into 2008 we thought we’d track back and take a look at the 2007 top 100 Japanese sales charts. Who were the winners, who were the losers and what do Sqaure Enix need to work on in 2008.
