Lara Croft is dead. This time, she was ripped apart by wolves. Death has also come in a variety of other forms: boulders, bear traps, spikes to the throat–each over-the-top execution a display of vulnerability. These shocking moments are heavy-handed with their message, but it comes across loud and clear: …
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A battle of patience The typical Japanese role-playing game runs on a predictable cycle. Step one: Run around fields while world-threatening events unfold. Step two: Watch as the screen fizzles into a battle scenario. Step three: Tap buttons while your rag-tag team of heroes stares awkwardly at assailants until an …
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The Japanese games industry had the final word in video games for years, but this console generation has seen its publishers’ and developers’ global relevance fade. EDGE translated a 4Gamer interview with Square Enix technical director Yoshihisa Hashimoto about how Square plans to keep producing relevant and riveting triple-A games …
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A wave of groans followed theinitial discovery (opens in new tab)of Square Enix’s plans torerelease Final Fantasy VII (opens in new tab)on the PC, but today those should be subsided a little bit. Square Enix confirmed to Kotaku today that the title will not use microtransactions despite earlier indications to …
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The Hitman: Absolution Sniper Challenge DLC is a Chicago rooftop sniping mission that allows you to unlock items for use in the full game when it releases this November. To get the special upgrades you’ll need to beat the scores set for each item. To get the scores needed you‘ll …
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Meet Benjamin Travis, Powers Boothe, and Shannyn Sossamon – three of the fictional and living people set to lend their talents (and/or cadavers) to Hitman: Absolution. So who’s getting paid and who’s on the target list? Put your sleuthing skills to work in the first of Square Enix’s profile videos. …
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Sora, Riku, and their Disney comrades will return to western shores this summer, says Square Enix. Today, the studio revealed that the next chapter in its Disney-fied adventure, Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance for 3DS, will be ready for North American fans on July 31. Let’s celebrate with the …
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After months of rumors and leaks that all but confirmed the existence of a new Hitman game, IO Interactive and Square Enix made it official today with an annoyingly brief and enigmatic teaser trailer for the game. And just as we guessed (opens in new tab), it’s titled Hitman: Absolution. …
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