Our latest coverage of Square Enix.
Japanese Card Game/MOBA hybrid Lord of Vermilion Arena is making a comeback. The game was shut down last year in its home market of Japan before ever making it to the West. It seems now that the game was not abandoned, instead developer Square Enix has taken the time to completely remake the game. The new Lord of Vermillion Arena [...]
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Square Enix reported strong quarterly earnings yesterday and attributed the quarter's success to the strong performance of Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood and the continued success of their mobile games (Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, Kindom Hearts Union X, etc). Square Enix reported net sales of 1.165B USD during the last 6 months ended September, 2017 vs $938M for the 6 months [...]
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Yesterday, we learned that Final Fantasy XV would be coming to PC in early 2018. Today we got another announcement from Square Enix regarding the Final Fantasy XV franchise Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition was revealed in a ~2 minute trailer that shows some of the starting areas of FFXV, but with a totally different art style. Optimized for mobile, [...]
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Square Enix reported quarterly earnings today and reported a big bump in MMO revenue thanks to the successful launch of Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood. MMO revenue jumped from $53.3M to $84M in the April to June quarter: More impressively though is the continued strength of Square Enix's mobile games. Smart device and browser game revenue was $214M in the quarter [...]
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A Financial Look at Square Enix (Revenue, Profits, Size, Stock, & More) - MMOs.comWatch this video on YouTube A Financial Look at Square Enix By Omer A financial look at Square Enix - the iconic Japanese video game developer and publisher best known for the Final Fantasy franchise. I discuss the company's revenues, profits, balance sheet, stock price, and more. [...]
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Square Enix released its earnings report for "the nine-month period ended December 31, 2016" yesterday and it has some interesting tidbits. Square Enix is a massive company and not all of their ventures apply to the world of MMOs, so we're going to focus on one specific part that is directly related to the world of MMOs. In the area [...]
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Final Fantasy The Awakening is a mobile ARPG set in Orience where the actions and choices of a player shape the story. Recruit different characters, outfit them with weapon and armor loadouts, and jump into real-time combat. [singlepic id=62298 w=428 h=240 float=center] Publisher: Square Enix Type: Mobile ARPG Release Date: December 14, 2016 (China) Shut Down: May 2020 Pros: +Dynamic [...]
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Star Ocean: Anamnesis is a free-to-play mobile RPG with action based combat. Collect character from across the Star Ocean series and create unique teams to take on new & exciting challenges! [singlepic id=63159 w=428 h=240 float=center] Publisher: Square Enix Playerbase: High Type: Mobile RPG Release Date: July 10, 2018 (NA) Shut Down: November 2019 Pros: +Real-time 3D combat. +Features characters [...]
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Guardian Codex was a free-to-play mobile RPG where players are thrown into a war between the Empire and the Resistance. Discover and recruit ancient Guardians to fight in turn-based combat, complete quests to advance the story, and tackle bosses either solo or with other players. [singlepic id=62835 w=428 h=240 float=center] Publisher: Square Enix Type: Mobile RPG Release Date: November 3, [...]
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Flame VS Blaze (Flame X Blaze in Japan) is a mobile MOBA where players face off in 3v3 battles as one of over 9 different characters. Choose various strategical approaches to victory, such as assaulting enemy territory directly or gaining monster allies to strengthen defenses. [singlepic id=59130 w=428 h=240 float=left] Publisher: Square Enix Type: Mobile MOBA Release Date: Unannounced Pros: [...]
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