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"While the rest of the other video game publishers at the NYCC brought video games for fans to check out, Square-Enix brought lots and lots of toys. No playable demos. No trailers. Just toys."

"Final Fantasy publisher Square Enix saw its share price fall to its lowest in five years after it announced it needs to postpone its earnings announcement."

There's a lot more to Advent Children Complete than just the FFXIII demo. FFVII Advent Children has been completely reedited for the Complete version and actually contains over 30 minutes of new footage

If you've been looking forward to Final Fantasy XIII's release in 2009, it appears that you'll have to wait a bit longer...

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"We have confirmed concerts all around the world, including many concerts in the USA and for the first time ever in Asia! Our first concert of 2009 will take place at the..."

"A short interview with the developers who attended VanaFest conducted by Famitsu."

You might have heard that things are no longer all gloom and doom for the Xbox 360 here in Japan. And fresh off strategically positioning their booth right next to Microsoft's at the Tokyo Game Show, it seems that Square Enix is inclined to agree.

And you thought that the character roster for Dissidia was over? Ha! Not by a long shot, if you consider the non-main characters! The hero and villain rosters may be complete for those coming from FF to FFX. Today, the question of whether we'll be seeing other icons from other FF games is answered.

Tokyo-headquartered developer and publisher Square Enix is building a new studio in Los Angeles (El Segundo) that is working on an action-oriented game based for an original IP.

Producers and development teams at Final Fantasy XIII publisher/developer Square Enix "don't have a particular favourite platform", the director on upcoming RPG The Last Remnant has revealed.

"Successful online video game players and Internet surfers in China have found ways to make real money from virtual assets. Now China’s taxman wants a piece of the action." See also, [http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/11/04/china-taxing-virtual-profits/ Virtually Blind Article]

"If you've never felt the irresistible urge to pretend you're a Final Fantasy character, you might find it ironic that people pick up cosplaying - dressing up as a videogame or anime character - out of a desire to fit in. But that's how it began for Jean."

S-E was undoubtedly one of the titans at this year’s TGS ‘08, but the biggest draw at their booth wasn’t even a game. Instead, rabid fans lined up outside of the convention up to an hour before opening in order to snag tickets for a series of trailers shown inside of S-E’s “Private Megatheater.”

Is it finally game over for Florida lawyer and violent video game opponent Jack Thompson? Judgment has been entered in the case that started last year and came to a head when Judge Dava Tunis recommended permanent disbarment for the bombastic, showboating law man.

"Gamers don't like cross-platform play, despite how much they say they want it on Internet forums, the senior game designer on PS3 and PC MMO The Agency has said."

"Game site Edge Online has a round-up on the game views of the presidential candidates. While certainly there are bigger issues at hand during this elections, Edge's write-up is, at the very least, sums up what the candidates have said (or not said) about video games." (kotaku.com)