Square Enix, the Tokyo gamemaker behind ultrapopular role-playing games Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, doesn't just want to make Japanese games anymore.
The company, which established a game studio in Los Angeles last year, is at Game Developers Conference here this week recruiting staffers to build games aimed at American audiences. Studio head Fumi Shiraishi says that while Final Fantasy is still quite popular around the world, his company thinks the only way to grow is to create games with local development teams in places outside its native Japan.
Gamereactor sat down with Housemarque (Super Stardust HD, Golf: Tee it Up, Transworld Snowboarding) CEO and co-founder Ilari Kuittinen to talk about the evolution of the company and the state of the industry. Some early details of Housemarque's next projects were discussed - one with Sony as publisher and one that is multi platform (PSN/XBLA).
Seriously, they created a true gem in that title. I don't think any other game (besides Geometry Wars on the 360, of course) has brought me back so many times in an attempt to try to increase my high score. I LOVE IT!
Had some great eye candy too, can't wait to see what else they've been up to.
Gamereactor interviewed associate producer Nick Pavlich about EA's upcoming movie game G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra.
Look at this. The game is going to be released two days before the movie, but takes place after the movie.
The game will be stupid, the trailers are retarded.
Gamereactor were given a presentation of the award winning indie game Cortex Command at GDC.
I wonder how much of Microsoft's big one Square Enix will try to swallow all at once, lol.
I wonder if this investment will pay off,only time will tell.
Let Me Guess, This studio gonna make Xbox360 exclusives,
as we all know that Square Enix Believes that the only way to break into the US market is to make XBox360 games such as Final Fantasy 11 Last Renment, Infinite Discovery and Star Ocean: The Last Hope. Hell, they believe it so much that they decided to alienate their PS3 fanbase and make Final Fantasy 13 multiplatform.
I Have yet to see a Full PS3 game from Sqaure Enix. I hope they realize that most of their fanbase went to PS3 as it shows that all the rpgs on Xbox 360 have been selling like crap. Seriously...When FF13 and FFVS13 comes out and sells on ps3 i hope they change the strategy Cuz they are certainly not keeping true to their words about being multiplatform.