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How a Cracked Square Could Spark a Payments Renaissance
Monday, 22/04/2024 | 16:00 GMT by Pedro Ferreira A look into the QR Code Renaissance. Forget sleek metal cards and futuristic biometric scanners. The future of frictionless payments might lie not in shiny new tech, but in a technology that's been around for decades – the humble QR code. Those seemingly random black and white
‘Deus Ex Go’ and other Square Enix mobile games are shutting down
Within less than a couple of months, you'll no longer be able to access Deus Ex Go, the turn-based puzzle game entry in the cyberpunk-dystopian franchise. Deus Ex Go was developed by Square Enix Montreal, which was acquired by Swedish game company Embracer Group back in May. While Embracer rebranded the studio to Onoma in
Square Enix President: Japanese Developers Shouldn’t Try to Imitate Western Games
by William D'Angelo , posted 5 hours ago / 789 ViewsThe president of Square Enix Yosuke Matsuda in an interview with Yahoo! Japan says it is important Square Enix games sell well worldwide, however, it would be the wrong decision for its games to attempt to imitate western games. "Nowadays, the games market is globalized,"…
Square Enix have delayed Forspoken’s launch by four months
If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Open-world adventure now expected in October Square Enix this week announced a four-and-a-bit-month delay for Forspoken, the open-world action-adventure game about a New Yorker pulled into a fantasy world. Previously due on the 24th of…
Square Enix Outlines Next 10 Years of Final Fantasy XIV
by William D'Angelo , posted 1 day ago / 971 ViewsSquare Enix and Final Fantasy XIV producer and director Naoki Yoshida has outlined the next 10 years of the MMORPG during a live stream. There are plans for more advancements as a solo and multiplayer RPG experience and the game’s first graphical update that includes…
Square Enix’s Triangle Strategy Has Been Given a Rating
Square Enix Is Set to Release the Game on Switch in March 2022 Square Enix has been working hard in getting Triangle Strategy out and ready for the upcoming months. It shows, not just in the demos and the trailers, but in the ratings. Ratings are one of the last steps when it comes to…
As anyone who read our 2021 recap column might remember, last year the games industry had the decency to wait a few days before going completely off the rails. We had no such respite in 2022, as Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda released A New Year's Letter from the President on January 1 Japan time,…
Square Enix NFTs: President Pushes for Metaverse Integration
As time goes on, the metaverse seems poised to dominate the digital space. In recent months, we’ve seen several ‘big name’ developers sniffing the crypto-ridden air, tempted by the potential offered by NFTs and the metaverse in general. Now, in a communique written to address the year ahead, Square Enix’s president has shown intense interest…
Square Enix Scares Fans With NFT-Based 2022 New Year’s Resolutions
Final Fantasy Square Well, we couldn’t get more than a few hours without another major company tossing a lit match into the crypto/blockchain/NFT tinderbox, and this time it’s (throws dart) Square Enix! Square Enix President Yosuke Matsuda has issued a New Year’s Letter that does not focus on any particular games in its catalog, nor…
Square Enix backtracks on cosmetics-only pledge for Avengers microtransactions
Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have added game-enhancing microtransactions to Marvel's Avengers title, following previous comments that the game would only include paid boosts for cosmetic items. The game was added to Xbox Game Pass last week, and now offers the option to purchase 'consumables' with real money, which include XP boosts and other ways…