Square Enix News Articles
Wednesday8th Sep 2021
Roundup Here's What The Critics Are Saying About Life Is Strange: True Colors
Are you ready for an emotional rollercoaster?
This week is a bit busy, isn't it? Along with Tales of Arise and The Artful Escape, we also have Life is Strange: True Colors gracing our consoles. We didn't manage to get our hands on it just yet, but many other critics have, and as a result, a ton of reviews have
Wednesday1st Sep 2021
News Rise Of The Tomb Raider’s Xbox Exclusivity Was Reportedly 'Worth $100 Million'
Where can we get some of this dollar?
We all know Microsoft is no stranger to throwing around money. From colossus studio acquisitions to bringing quality games to Xbox Game Pass on day one, it’s clear they have a lot in the bank. So it’s not utterly shocking that Rise of the Tomb Raider’s timed exclusivity was allegedly worth $100 million...
Tuesday17th Aug 2021
News Outriders Devs Yet To Earn Royalties, Despite Huge Xbox Game Pass Launch
"We estimate it at between 2 and 3 million units..."
Outriders was a huge hit when it dropped onto Xbox Game Pass earlier this year. It skyrocketed to the top of the most played games chart and became a massive talking point in the Xbox community. It was a big win for Xbox owners, who were able to dive into a AAA third-party title on launch day, but...
News Marvel’s Avengers' Free War For Wakanda Expansion Is Now Available
The king enters
Are you ready to dive back into Marvel's Avengers? A brand new expansion is now available to download for free under the guise of War for Wakanda, introducing the fan-favourite hero Black Panther into the fray. Voiced by the talented Chris Judge - who is perhaps more widely known in PlayStation circles for playing Kratos in God of...
Wednesday11th Aug 2021
News Life Is Strange Remastered Collection Has Been Delayed Until Early 2022
Life is Strange: True Colors is still on schedule
Square Enix has announced that Life is Strange Remastered Collection has been pushed back until early 2022. In a statement on Twitter, it was revealed that due to the ongoing worldwide pandemic, the game is being delayed to "alleviate any additional pressure on the Life is Strange team"...
Thursday29th Jul 2021
News Marvel's Avengers War For Wakanda Expansion Gets An August Release Date
Black Panther joins the roster
After being announced earlier this year, Square Enix has now revealed the huge War for Wakanda expansion for Marvel's Avengers will be launching on August 17. The free expansion brings Black Panther into the roster as a playable character, along with the huge new biome of Wakanda. A whole new story will take place,...
Saturday10th Jul 2021
News Black Widow's MCU Outfit Is Now Available In Marvel's Avengers
She's got some unfinished business...
This week marks the release of Marvel's latest movie Black Widow. To celebrate, the Marvel's Avengers game has released an outfit inspired by Black Widow's look in the MCU. As part of this, the development team is also reviving Black Widow's Red Room Takeover event - you can even earn a new animated nameplate...
Friday25th Jun 2021
News Marvel's Avengers Gets A Roadmap Rejig Ahead Of July's New Content
Somebody needs the Time Stone
It's hard to keep track of what's coming and going in Marvel's Avengers, mainly because they keep changing the bleedin' thing. To be fair, it's understandable given the current global pandemic, and now ahead of July, the roadmap has received another retool as some elements are shifted about. With the huge War for...
Tuesday22nd Jun 2021
PSA Marvel's Avengers' Latest Patch Is Showing Players' IP Addresses
Probably best holding off streaming
A new patch for Marvel's Avengers has dropped with an array of new content, but one thing players weren't betting on was their IP address showing on the screen during the game, which is causing some headaches. At present, reports are increasing, with Forbes writer Paul Tassi experiencing the issue first hand. If...
Saturday19th Jun 2021
News Square Enix: 'Putting Outriders On Xbox Game Pass Worked In Our Favour'
"The number of active users has beaten our expectations"
Square Enix made a big splash earlier this year when it decided to put much-anticipated co-op shooter Outriders on Xbox Game Pass at launch, and the company has been delighted with the results of doing so. Speaking in a recent financial results briefing (transcribed by VGC), Square Enix...
Monday14th Jun 2021
News Life Is Strange Remastered Collection Launches On Xbox This September
But there's no free upgrade
Life is Strange Remastered finally has a release date of September 30 for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. A new trailer also showcases its improvements, which, erm, look fairly minimal. According to the trailer's description, Life is Strange Remastered comes packed with remastered visuals, vastly improved character...
Sunday13th Jun 2021
News Square Enix's Guardians Of The Galaxy Game Launches On Xbox This October
I am excited
Square Enix has announced Eidos Montreal's upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy game will be launching for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S on October 26. The game will be a fully single-player third-person adventure game, putting you in the shoes of Star Lord - but you'll be able to use the abilities of other characters such as Rocket Racoon...
Saturday5th Jun 2021
News Balan Wonderworld Creator Yuji Naka Confirms Departure From Square Enix
"I’m already 55 years old, so I might retire"
Update: Yuji Naka has now confirmed via his personal Twitter account that he has indeed departed Square Enix (as previously believed, it happened back in April), but stated that he can't explain the reason at the time of writing. Here's the full statement as translated by Video Games Chronicle:...
Thursday3rd Jun 2021
Rumour Square Enix's E3 Presentation Could Show Off A Guardians Of The Galaxy Game
I am leak
We have the full E3 schedule and confirmation that Square Enix will be hosting its own presentation on June 13 at 12:15PM PT / 15:15PM ET / 7:15PM UTC / 8:15PM BST. There are said to be plenty of announcements to "make you go ‘ooh' and possibly even ‘ahh'", one being Eidos-Montreal's new game, which is claimed to be Guardians of the...
Thursday27th May 2021
News Dragon Quest 3 Is Getting A Remake In The Style Of Octopath Traveler
It looks lovely
Well this is a welcome surprise. Dragon Quest 3 is getting a HD remake, moving from its original sprite work into something more akin to Octopath Traveler, and it looks absolutely lovely. The news was announced as part of the Dragon Quest 35th Anniversary stream, which gave us a short but sweet gameplay trailer. As it stands, no...
News Square Enix Announces Dragon Quest XII: The Flames Of Fate
Decision-making, darker themes and more...
Square Enix's 35th anniversary Dragon Quest Livestream has just concluded, and the highlight was at the end - with series creator Yuji Horii announcing the next mainline entry in the long-running JRPG series. It's called Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate and is being described by Horii as a much...
Tuesday25th May 2021
News Dragon Quest Creator Hints At 'That Game' Ahead Of Anniversary Stream
"We will announce a lot of things"
Xbox has been welcoming the Dragon Quest series with open arms recently, with both Dragon Quest XI and Dragon Quest Builders 2 not only coming to Xbox, but also Game Pass on day one. With the 35th anniversary stream arriving on May 27, series creator Yuji Horii has hinted towards a pretty big announcement. In a...
Saturday22nd May 2021
News The Marvel's Avengers Black Widow Event Has Arrived
Runs until May 31st
To build up some excitement ahead of the Black Widow movie, Marvel's Avengers will be hosting a special Red Room Takeover event from now until the end of the month. Here's the full rundown, along with a trailer: "Multiple hacked HARM Rooms will be available during this event along with new mission chains. These hacked HARM...
Thursday20th May 2021
News Outriders To 'Expand' After Reaching 3.5 Million Players In Its First Month
"Launching an entirely new game IP is never easy"
After launching day one into Xbox Game Pass, we're not surprised Outriders has become a success, but even we're shocked by some of these stats. Within its first month, the game managed to hit 3.5 million players, leading the team "expanding Outriders in the future." Out of those 3.5 million players,...
Friday7th May 2021
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Will Also Be A Timed Sony Exclusive
We may have to wait a bit longer
If you were hoping, like us, that Final Fantasy VII Remake could be heading to Xbox now that the year long exclusivity deal with Sony is up, then prepare yourself. The upcoming Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, an upcoming extended version of the base game, has now also been confirmed to be exclusive to...
Thursday6th May 2021
News Square Enix, Bandai Namco, SEGA, And More Join E3 2021
Elden Ring!?
E3 is so close we can pretty much taste it. It's exciting to think a fully fledged gaming event is on the horizon, and now the anticipation is even higher as more publishers have confirmed their attendance. In the latest announcement, it was revealed that Square Enix, Bandai Namco, SEGA, XSEED Games/Marvelous USA, Gearbox...
Tuesday4th May 2021
News Dragon Quest Builders 2 Is Now Available With Xbox Game Pass
Get building, everyone!
After the surprise reveal that it would be joining Xbox Game Pass, Dragon Quest Builders 2 has finally arrived and is now available through Xbox Game Pass on consoles, PC and Xbox Cloud Gaming for everyone to enjoy! For those that don't know, the game is set in the Dragon Quest universe, with a bit of a twist. Instead of the...
Tuesday27th Apr 2021
News NieR Replicant's Console Version Reportedly Runs Best On Series X
Load times, resolution, and more are said to excel on Xbox
Despite not having a native next-gen version, NieR Replicant is still drawing power from the beasts that are the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and as a result, is said to be demonstrating some impressive results. In a new comparison video from YouTuber ElAnalistaDeBits, which looks at...
Monday26th Apr 2021
News Marvel's Avengers Accidentally Leaks Its Upcoming MCU Outfits
Avengers assemble!
When Crystal Dynamics outlined the road map for Marvel’s Avengers' upcoming months, it was said that the Marvel Cinematic Universe outfits would be making their way to the game as part of paid DLC. Now, it seems those designs have been revealed a bit prematurely, as an in-game glitch is claimed to have unveiled them. The glitch...
News It's Official, Dragon Quest Builders 2 Is Coming To Xbox And Game Pass
It'll be with us as soon as next week
Update: Microsoft has made it official! Dragon Quest Builders 2 is arriving on Xbox consoles as soon as next Wednesday, May 4th, and it'll be arriving on Xbox Game Pass (including PC and cloud) on the same day. "Also, as an Xbox Play Anywhere title, you can play Dragon Quest Builders 2 on Xbox and PC with...
Thursday22nd Apr 2021
News The Creative Director Of Marvel's Avengers Has Jumped Ship
Says the game is still in "good hands"
It's been a difficult period for Crystal Dynamics since the launch of Marvel's Avengers on multiple platforms last September. While Square Enix is promising to stick with it (even after the game failed to recoup development costs) - not everyone on the team will be continuing on. O
Wednesday21st Apr 2021
News Life Is Strange: True Colors' Opening Scene Showcases The Leap In Visuals
It's looking seriously impressive
Life Is Strange: True Colors is expected to launch on September 10, but in the meantime Square Enix has provided a look at the game's opening scene which demonstrates an extraordinary leap in the series' graphics engine. The scene in question introduces us to Alex Chen, the game's protagonist, who spends the scene...
Tuesday20th Apr 2021
News Square Enix Has Plans To Make An Appearance At E3 2021
"Please keep your eyes peeled"
Along with companies such as Xbox and Ubisoft, it seems Square Enix is now joining the billing for E3 - despite not making an official announcement. As spotted and transcribed by Video Games Chronicle (thanks!), an interview at Japanese publication
Monday19th Apr 2021
Video New NieR Replicant Trailer Highlights Tons Of New Features
More than a new lick of paint
We're so close to NieR Replicant we can almost taste it, but that hasn't stopped Square Enix from dropping new details, the latest of which showcases some of the new content coming to the game. While it could have easily just been a simple remaster of the original game, the team has gone above and beyond to not only...
Wednesday14th Apr 2021
PSA Balan Wonderworld’s Demo Is Being Delisted Today, In Case You’re Curious
Last chance to see what the fuss is about
Balan Wonderworld has come and gone fairly quickly, and hasn’t left a massive impact in its wake. We weren’t big fans of the game, and day one issues revolving around potential epileptic seizures didn’t help. In a strange turn, Square Enix has announced it will be pulling the demo from digital...
