The Square Enix rep played through the demo twice. The first go, he was stealthy and patient and hid the bodies of any NPCs he had killed. The second time around things got a bit more violent. To show us just how many options you have in tackling missions, he rescued a cop that was being interrogated by criminals and used a fire axe to take out three thugs. This doesn’t sound all that gruesome in text, but seeing is indeed believing.
Where is Kingdom Hearts III? Where the heck is Versus XIII? And why haven’t we seen a Final Fantasy VII remake? Those were three (of many) questions I asked nearly every Square representative that was present during our CES 2012 briefing and, for specific reasons, they’d like to remain anonymous. But we walked away with some info. Some answers you may like. Others you most definitely will not.
A back-handed (yet loving!) tribute to the defining Game of Squaresoft’s Summer of Adventure.
What’s better than Deus Ex: Human Revolution? How about a free Deus Ex: Human Revolution that you can play from several Web-connected devices?
“Oh man, this letter from Mickey is so important I think I’ll wait a decade to respond.”
The Square name used to be associated with quality, but in recent years, the company has released a slew of less than stellar video games. Tim Torres explains Square’s fall from grace in a thoughtful discussion.
The best RPG ever made (or the best game ever made depending on who you ask) finally lands on Wii’s Virtual Console this Monday, May 16.
Square’s underrated dungeon-crawler appears on the PlayStation Network. Play it. Learn it. Love it.
Square’s god-killing, giant robot-piloting RPG, Xenogears, debuts on the PlayStation Network.
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