Crisis Core released in North America

There you go, my North American friends. You can finally shut the hype status and play the most anticipated game for PSP.
Crisis Core is out and if you live near San Francisco, the official Crisis Core launch party held by Square Enix at the Sony Metreon Centre will be open between 6PM and 9PM. Be sure to take a visit and tell us how it went!

"The event will be open to the first 200 people, with the first 100 people scoring a limited edition T-shirt. The event will not only mark the launch of the game in the US, but also celebrate the history of FFVII. Attendees will also be able to get their own personalized ShinRa membership card. "


Source: SquareInsider

FFTA2 released in June

Late again, but better late than never...
Anyway, here's great news for you tacticians! Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2 Grimorie of the Rift will be released in North America on June 24, 2008.
As for European release date, no cookie.

Tactics A2 takes place in the world of Ivallice once again. It's not either a sequel or a prequel to the previous Tactics for the handled console Game Boy Advance. This time, it's for the Nintendo DS.

You can check the press release here and the official website of the game here.

Source: Square Insider

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Collector's Edition for Europe

Finnaly. My internet ain't gay anymore. And here's a great report for all my European friends that impatiently waitin' to put their hands on Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII. Or to insert the UMD on their handled consoles.

Now, for all the Final Fantasy collector's, we have the chance to pre-order (and it's only available this way) this title which has been treated as a Collectible Edition that contains a unique cover, and an exclusive artbook entitled The Art of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7.

Please note that this deal is currently only available to players across Europe, and to claim this offer you must pre-order the game at your local retailer!

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII will be releasing across North America on March 25th, 2008. Rumour has it that the game will ship on June 27th across Europe, but we can't confirm this as of yet. Keep posted for the revealed released date.

Source: FFInsider

Front Mission for the NDS

Another title for the handled console Nintendo DS has been set to be releasead on 29th May.
Front Mission 2089: Border of Madness

Square Enix opened the official website and you can check it for yourselves:

www.square-enix.co.jp/fm/fm2089/

Square reigns in Japan

Sure Square owns most of the Japanese players. When Dengeki readers were polled about the best games of 2007 and then asked to rate the best games ever we came to know for sure that Square Enix its the main videogame-creator company on Japan.
Here are the results:


What is the best game you played during 2007?
1. Monster Hunter Freedom 2 (Sony PSP)
2. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (Sony PSP)
3. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo Wii)
4. Dragon Quest IV (Nintendo DS)
5. Super Robot Taisen Original Generations (Sony PlayStation 2)
6. Persona 3 (Sony PlayStation2)
7. Etrian Odyssey (Nintendo DS)
8. Ar Tonelico 2 (Sony PlayStation 2)
9. Fate/stay night [Realta Nua] (Sony PlayStation2)
10. Lost Odyssey (Xbox360)


What is the best game you ever played?
1. Final Fantasy VII (Sony PlayStation)
2. Final Fantasy X (Sony PlayStation 2)
3. Monster Hunter Freedom 2 (Sony PSP)
4. Xenogears (Sony PlayStation)
5. Tales Of The Abyss (Sony PlayStation 2)
6. Dragon Quest III (Super Famicom)
7. Dragon Quest VIII (Sony PlayStation 2)
8. Chrono Trigger (Super NES)
9. Suikoden II (Sony PlayStation)
10. Okami (Sony PlayStation 2)

So much time has passed, but every player can never forget the great and precious RPG that FFVII was.

Source: SquareInsider

More Dissidia characters revelead!

Oww... Sorry everyone for all this absence. School has been killing me, my Internet has been playing homosexual with me and other games are occupying some of my free time to post news about Square, but tests are over, so I'll start posting every news I've missed, and today I'll let you a poster with some new artworks about new characters on the "Smash Bros-ish" Enix game for PSP.

Lots of rumors on this one, but everyone dedicated some of their time to decipher the characters appearing in the background. Some villains are visible and also, some new appearances:

The Cloud of Darkness (FF3) Golbez (FF4) Exdeath (FF5) Kefka (FF6) Jecht (FF10)

This really getting better and better. Soon, we might even get to have Cloud and Tidus as playable characters as well. Just keep in touch with us and we'll keep posted to Square Enix leaks and new information about the game and release dates.

Source: FFInsider