As the story goes, Kingdom Hearts literally began as an elevator pitch: a chance encounter between a Disney executive and a Square game producer in an elevator led to the creation of one of gaming’s more interesting inventions. A cross-pollination…
Retro-Graded Games: 20 Years of Final Fantasy VII
Can you believe it’s been 20 years since we first boarded the train to the Shinra Mako reactor? Back in 1997, we could have never expected a simple adventure about a band of heroes stopping a malevolent force would become…
One Year Later: “Life is Strange”
Life is Strange is an episodic series of video game tales created by Dontnod Entertainment and published by Square Enix. The first episode, “Chrysalis” was originally released on January 30th 2015. However, it wouldn’t be until October 20th that the…
Videogame Review: Hitman Go for iOS
Game: Hitman Go Developer: Square Enix Montreal Release date: April 17th, 2014 Platform: iOS (Coming soon to Android) Hitman Go is a fantastic puzzle game based on the Hitman videogame series. It’s a departure from the traditional action-stealth, first and…
E3 2013 Nintendo: Pikmin, Luigi, Bayonetta 2, 3rd Party Games
Nintendo has shown off a lot of games today. We got our first glimpse of the new Super Smash Brothers and it’s new characters (some more exciting than others), and Several new trailers and announcements for their first party titles…
E3 2012: Agni’s Philosophy
Leave it to Square Enix to be one of the first developers to show off what the next generation of gaming will look like. They released a tech demo showing off gameplay that is completely rendered in REAL TIME. It’s…