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 ...
The flagging MMORPG from Square Enix may be getting a new lease on life with a whole slew of changes if its developer manages to step up its game in response to player feedback.Final Fantasy XIV producer Naoki Yoshida published a let...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
"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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
Fans of series like Metal Gear Solid and Assassin's Creed already know a lot of the benefits of stealth gameplay. And maybe its pitfalls, too. As you've probably seen in previous videos, there are a number of ways you can play through Deus Ex: Human Revolution... ...
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...
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 ...
If you want to see what the Japanese version of Final Fantasy XIII-2 will be like then watch the E3 trailer. Square Enix Japan re-released the video with Japanese voiceovers.
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 ...
