August 26th, 2008 by Squareman
After plenty of media coverage and the decision of one very responsible guild, Square Enix has finally noticed that their 18-hour long boss battles were just a bit too much for the players of Final Fantasy XI Online. We recently covered how one guild decided that instead of pushing through the battle and attempting to defeat the boss, they would actually bow out rather than let their members become physically ill.
The game developers have created a patch that will decrease the difficulty level of the specific boss in question, Pandemonium Warden, and two other end game bosses known as Absolute Virtue and Jailer of Love. This patch unfortunately won’t be hitting the game until late September.
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August 25th, 2008 by Squareman
We’re coming closer to the release date of Square Enix’s Infinite Undiscovery and not much has made it’s way out there for those not following the concept closely to pick up on. The game itself follows the story of a world where the moon is believed to be the throne of a God. Civilization has only prospered due to the ability to harvest the energy from it. So in this world, it’s only natural that the destiny of man is tied directly to that moon.
In an attempt to take more from the moon then they have already so graciously received, a group of men known as the Order of Chains and lead by an individual known only as the Dreadknight have actually chained the moon to the Earth and have rained down fear and terror across the world.
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August 21st, 2008 by Squareman
With the press building behind the Japanese release of Nanashi no Game, it’s not surprising to see that ti’s become very difficult to find it in Japan. Unfortunately, the reasoning behind this isn’t that the game has become so popular that it’s selling out everywhere, it would appear that these stores just aren’t getting enough stock to sell.
Nanashi no Game is a horror/suspense game for the Nintendo DS that gives players exactly seven days to complete the game before they die. That is, the character they’re portraying of course. The title has received a lot of interesting press and has already had it’s soundtrack released over iTunes in Japan, so it’s a wonder that it hasn’t even made it’s way onto the Media Create top 50 sales chart.
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August 20th, 2008 by Squareman
When we think about Square Enix, most of the time we’re just focusing on the big named RPG’s like Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger. But one thing that we do forget is that they’re involved in many different games that get released and developed by them.
The European release of Space Invaders: Get Even for the WiiWare is actually going to be released by Square Enix Ltd. Here’s the press release below:
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August 19th, 2008 by Squareman
The decision to move Final Fantasy Agito XIII over to the PSP was about all the information that was given at last months Square Enix party. But recently, Famitsu has had a chance to report on some additional information about Final Fantasy Agito XIII and of course the information surrounding the Final Fantasy XIII demo on the Final Fantasy: Advent Children Complete Blu-ray disc.
Originally thought that the platform was just switched from mobile to PSP, an interview with Tetsuyo Nomura and Hajime Tabata of Square Enix revealed that it was intended to meet the PSP from the start. The announcement simply sets the stage for the PSP version to come out before the mobile version.
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