Koichi Sugiyama's first new symphonic suite since 2005. The first half of the Dragon Quest score has a good chance of winning over even series non-followers with its accessible melodies and thematic focus. In a nice opening touch, Sugiyama adds quite a dramatic original intro to the standard overture march ...
Transhumanism is definitely the core theme throughout the Deus Ex series. What makes this theme so powerful is that it permeates almost every part of life – science, philosophy, art, religion, and politics. On the surface, transhumanism deals with the use of technology to push humanity beyond our physical and ...
Last week's surprisingly drastic price drop for Nintendo's 3DS will hurt the company in the short term, but the marketshare it will create will benefit the company in the long term, president Satoru Iwata told investors following the price cut. Accordi...
Squareenix France has revealed 3 Final Fantasy 13-2's composer: "Today we are announcing at Japan Expo (last month) composers of Final Fantasy XIII-2. Masashi Hamauzu and Mitsuto Suzuki return to compose the sequel from Final Fantasy XIII, and Naoshi Mizuta, who’s known for Final Fantasy: The 4 ...
Thomas Böcker (born October 8, 1977) is an award winning German producer notable for his innovative works on numerous orchestral concerts, game scores, and album releases. He is most known for his work on the annual Symphonic Game Music Concerts initiated in 2003, historical for being ...
Just last week, Square Enix announced that the long-awaited iOS port of Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions was submitted to Apple, which no doubt meant that the game would be out soon. Today on Facebook, they confirmed that release is in fact this week. ...
The status of a North American release for Final Fantasy Type-0 is still unclear. Over in Japan, not only will gamers be getting it on October 27, they'll also have a collector's edition to consider purchasing. Two versions of the soundtrack will be released on October 12.
The soundtrack is being composed by film and television composer Sacha Alexander Puttnam. While his game credits are sparse (Tiger Woods ‘Golf’ and Adventure Ecology), he has worked on several films, documentaries, and television shows, and has a long history as a recording artist.
Soji Meguro attained more wide acclaim for his pop-imbued soundtracks for Persona 3 and Persona 4. More recent Shin Megami Tensei works include Devil Summoner 2: [Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon]. Both directorial and arranger duties for the PSP remake of the first Persona, new tracks for the PSP port ...
"Yoko Shimomura .. I had a lot of inquires about the the Kingdom Hearts soundtrack from our users. But though I wanted to reveal it personally, there wasn't anything I could do anything about it. It was an extremely pleasant surprise when I received the news from ...
Revealed in this week's Jump, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy is a "Theater Rhythm Action" game. The game has field scenes set in dungeons and towns, and battle scenes that resemble the side-view battles of older Final Fantasy games. However, everything is played ...
When playing "Nier", this years new action adventures game from Square ,you cannot mistake haunting soundtrack that almost sounds french in origin. You would be right in this assessment. Working with the famed composer Keiichi Okabe to create "a futuristic version of the French lyrics" is the artist ...
Just recently, Breath of Fire IV hit the PlayStation Network, giving the store another classic RPG from the genre’s golden days. But being the human I am, my reaction to getting something cool was to immediately think about what I wanted next. That brings us to this list of top ...
After Activision canceled True Crime: Hong Kong for quality reasons, many assumed that that was it for the game, and the series. But if you were excited about the game, then an unlikely hero has stepped forward: Square Enix has bought the rights to the game – but not the ...
G-Mode has confirmed that its CEO Takeshi Miyaji has passed away today. Miyaji, who was 45 years old, served as the principal creator of Grandia while at Gamearts. His role at the studio will be taken over by Ryu Okoriyama. G-Mode has not share...
Working with Uematsu-san's music was certainly a delightful experience. ...in fact, that really is putting it mildly. Out of all the video game music I have ever played, it was his music that moved me the ...
In just a few hours, Square Enix will release a demo for Final Fantasy Type-0 on Japan’s PlayStation Store. Before you download it make sure you have PSP firmware 6.39 or higher and 339MB of free space on a memory stick.
Final Fantasy XI (ファイナルファンタジーXI), is a MMORPG developed and published by Square (later Square Enix) as part of the Final Fantasy series.It was released in Japan on Sony’s PlayStation 2 on May 16, 2002, and was released for Microsoft’s Windows-based personal computers in November 2002.The PC version was released in North America on October 28, 2003, and the PlayStation 2 version on March 23, 2004. In Europe, only the Windows version was released, on September 17, 2004.
An Xbox 360 version was released worldwide in April 2006 for all regions, as the system’s first MMORPG and the first cross-platform MMORPG. All versions require a monthly subscription to the game and the Xbox 360 version does not require an Xbox Live Gold account to play.
The world of Vana’diel is a crossroads of magic, swords, and technology. It is also a battlefield where those who believe in light face monsters that thrive in darkness.The struggle centers on the control of crystals sacred stones that are the fundamental source of all creation.The monsters showed no mercy as they laid waste to beautiful towns, ravaged the land, and polluted the streams and rivers of Vana’diel. But the people united to seize victory from the jaws of the beastmen,
earning themselves temporary respite from a life-and-death struggle.
Twenty years have passed since the people’s great victory. But now, even as the memories of battle have begun to fade,
a new evil grows inside Vana’diel…
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