Categories Posted inin Business Final Fantasy XIV promotion goes into overdrive: café, festivals, and two new player-grabbing gambits Posted byby GamesBeat August 1, 2014 3 min It was a big week for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, Square Enix’s massively multiplayer online role-playing game. In the last few days, a... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Role-playing game classic Dragon Quest IV coming to iOS in the U.S. Posted byby Mike Minotti August 1, 2014 1 min The U.S. is getting the iOS version of Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen, based on the 2008 Nintendo DS release. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Bravely Default's 1M copies sold reveals why it has Square Enix reconsidering its Final Fantasy strategy Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 28, 2014 2 min Square Enix is looking at Bravely Default as a roadmap for its future games thanks to the classic-style RPG's success. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business 9 years later, developers weigh in on making games for the PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 generation Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes July 6, 2014 10 min Five developers share their experiences on creating games at the end of the longest-running console generation. Continue Reading 10 min
Categories Posted inin Business Airtight Games shuts its doors one month after Murdered: Soul Suspect's release Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 2, 2014 1 min If confirmed, it's a sad outcome for the Redmond, Wash.-based game studio whose big game, Murdered, was published last month by Square Enix. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business The 10 coolest technologies for gamers at this year’s E3 Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 17, 2014 10 min With virtual reality and eye-tracking, gaming's biggest trade show wasn't disappointing with new tech. Continue Reading 10 min
Categories Posted inin Business Square Enix’s cloud tech will enable games with 17 times the area of Skyrim Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 16, 2014 4 min Project Flare aims to deliver supercomputing capability to every player through the cloud, and it might just revolutionize gaming in the process. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Warriors need love, too: The complex state of marriage in MMOs [update] Posted byby GamesBeat June 11, 2014 5 min Virtual marriages are becoming an important part of our favorite MMORPGs. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business New Final Fantasy game coming to PS4 and Xbox One — but Sony backpedals on Vita version Posted byby Jason Wilson June 10, 2014 1 min Fans were bummed after Monday's big press conferences shut out Japanese role-playing games -- not one appeared onstage. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Murdered: Soul Suspect transcends a silly premise to deliver 'Law & Order' with ghosts (review) Posted byby GamesBeat June 3, 2014 8 min The supernatural detective game quickly establishes itself as a unique and ambitious title that's worth playing if only to see how well it all works. Continue Reading 8 min