What to expect from Square Enix at E3 2015: Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, and more
Here's what you can expect to see (and not see) from Square Enix at this year's E3.
Hitman: Sniper lets you assassinate for high scores in a mobile sniper sandbox
Just like Hitman: Go, Hitman: Sniper will go for a premium price of $5, steering clear of the current free-to-play norm in the $30 billion mobile gaming market. It is available today on the App Store and Google Play.
We finally get a Dragon Quest — even if it’s a Dynasty Warriors spin-off
Next year is the 30th anniversary for Square Enix’s Dragon Quest role-playing game franchise, and the company is celebrating by releasing one of the few spin-offs in the series, Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below, coming to PS4 later this October.
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD comes to PC via Steam
The upgraded port of a PlayStation Portable game came to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in March, and is now moving to PC as Square Enix and other publishers continue to find success with ports on the platform.
Legendary composer Nobuo Uematsu releases new track for Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward
Nobuo Uematsu is forever linked with the Final Fantasy franchise. He created numerous, iconic tracks for the role-playing series, and now we get to hear his main theme for Heavensward, the first expansion for the massively multiplayer role-playing game Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
Final Fantasy XV demo 2.0 coming in June with combat and camera improvements
Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae is getting a big update.
Square Enix blinks first in its game of E3 chicken with Nintendo
Square Enix will now hold its event an hour later than it originally planned.
Square Enix takes another top franchise to mobile with Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ
Square Enix announced this week that it plans to release a new game in its Kingdom Hearts role-playing franchise on mobile devices later this year in Japan, with a vision for an overseas release. Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ (pronounced “qui”) will be a free-to-play title for iOS and Android devices, with paid items and elements.
Dragon Quest VIII is coming to 3DS (at least in Japan)
Still, it’s likely we’ll see the 3DS version in other territories. Square Enix has been pretty good making sure every territory gets these Dragon Quest re-releases. Dragon Quest VIII itself just saw a port to mobile that came out worldwide. Nintendo DS remakes of Dragon Quest IV, V, and VI also all came out in our territory.