Tag: Square Enix
Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. is a Japanese video game developer, publisher, and distribution company. The original Square Enix was formed as the result of a merger between Square and Enix in April of 2003. The company owns Taito Corporation and Eidos Interactive, which has been absorbed into Square Enix Europe. Square Enix now publishes all of Eidos’s intellectual property and runs Eidos’s development studios.
Bravely Default series on Nintendo 3DS loses online features June 30th
With the Nintendo eShop for 3DS and Wii U now retired it won’t be too surprising to see more announcements like this going forward. Square Enix provided an update on May 10th about the online features in the Bravely Default titles on 3DS (Bravely Default and Bravely Second: End Layer). In this case the games
Guardians of the Galaxy ‘Digital Deluxe’ delisting February 21st, Square Enix member services patched out soon
Further fallout from the acquisition of Eidos Montreal from Square Enix by the Embracer Group will result in the delisting of one edition of the studio’s 2021 release, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, on Tuesday, February 21st. All versions of the game will also have the Square Enix Members services patched out making some unlockable
Marvel’s Avengers to be delisted September 30th
After just three years on the market, Marvel’s Avengers from Crystal Dynamics will see the end of content updates, support, and will be removed from sale later this year. The announcement was made on January 20th detailing the game’s final 2.8 update which will set the stage for the game’s end. After two-and-a-half years and
Babylon’s Fall removed from sale after only six months, shutting down February 2023
Square Enix and the PlatinumGames team behind Babylon’s Fall announced this morning that the game would be removed from sale starting today and that online servers would be shut down in just over five months on February 27th, 2023. The game launched just six months ago on March 3rd to below average reception, seeing a dwindling
Fantasy Earth Zero shuts down in Japan on September 28
Square Enix announced on June 13th that Fantasy Earth Zero, the long-running Japan exclusive “action-oriented online war game”, will shut down on September 28th. The franchise has been through a few iterations since launching in 2006, including a brief appearance in North America between 2010 and 2011, but the free-to-play Fantasy Earth Zero has remained
Final Fantasy XIV returns to sale on January 25th
Roughly one month after Final Fantasy XIV was removed from sale with heavy server loads causing login and stability issues, producer/director Naoki Yoshida has shared plans for the game’s return. The post from January 13th includes details on new and upgraded data centers to better accommodate players worldwide and concludes by confirming that sales of