The following titles have been deemed "Ultimate Hits" by Square Enix and are set for re-release in Japan with a lower price tag.

    *  Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP)
    * Final Fantasy (PSP)
    * Final Fantasy II (PSP)
    * Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (PSP/UMD)
    * Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion War (PSP)
    * Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System (PS2)

These games will be re-released on July 30 with the price of 2940 yen, about $26. If you've been thinking of picking up one of these titles in Japanese, this is great news, though the editions won't have the value of the original release perhaps someday.

This is especially good news for people thinking about IZJS, which has been holding in the $30 range on Ebay and $64 big ones on playasia.com The new release won't likely include the Square Enix 25th anniversary DVD. Still if you've been wanting to try this game, we can expect the price to go lower than we've seen in the past couple of years.

Original Source: http://www.psxextreme.com/psp-news/1673.html
dated 6/12/09



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Square Enix Japan has launched a new countdown website. When entering the website already shows a nicely drown picture of a dragon and slowly the picture gets filled up with a knight sitting on the dragon. Each day we get to see more pieces of the picture until the countdown reaches Zero, at which point I'll expect to see a trailer of this upcoming game.

I've yet to hear an official announcement, but its rumoured to be the fourth game in the Final Fantasy Legend series.

www.square-enix.co.jp/0706

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Square Enix has officially been sued by Esther Leong from San Fransisco. He is the plaintiff of a class-action lawsuit that has been filed against Square Enix of America for "unfair business practices, false advertising and unjust enrichment" around their popular MMORPG Final Fantasy XI. Allegedly, the company has deceived players about penalties and fees involving the payments during the sign-up for the game. The plaintiffs are being represented by Ronald Makarem and Michael Kim and are asking for five million dollars in settlement. Square Enix has made no reply as of yet.

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That's right the E3 is still going on. And Square-Enix just finished there Q&A about there upcoming game Final Fantasy XIV. This Q&A gives some answers to a few question, but because its still in an early stage of development there still being vague about the battle system.

You can find the full Q&E as a comment to this topic.

For those who rather have a short summary.
- FFXIV wont have any connection with FFXI, so no you can't transfer your characters from FFXI.
- FFXI will still be supported in fact Square still have some major updates scheduled fro FFXI.
- FFXIV will be world wide released in English, Japanese, German, and French for both the PC and the PS3.
- FFXIV will feature similar races to FFXI. This to make it easier for FFXI players to create a similar character.
- FFXIV will require a monthly fee to play, the exact amount is still unknown.

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Well the line-ups didn't look all that promising as Square was only going to bring out old news. Sure showing a piece of the Japanese FFXIII demo in English was nice, but not really something we hadn't already seen. And most trailers and release dates of the line-ups where already known by us, but then Square came with some interesting news.

First of all, FFVII will be out on the PSN for $9.99. The game will require a free space of 1.3 GB and can be played on both your PS3 and PSP. Now don't a I see much of a point on the PS3 besides for those who don't have a original copy of FFVII or lost it, but being able to play it anywhere on your PSP for a small fee of $9.99 sure sounds nice. It should be available on the both the American and European PSN within a few days.

And just when I thought that nobody could bring better news than Camelot with Golden Sun 3 Square did the unexpected. I doubt many of you saw it coming, but Square launched a trailer of FFXIV for the first time to the public. Yea that's right and no it isn't a typo you really read FFXIV.

FFXIV is going to be Square-Enix next MMO, taking the player to the land of Eorzea. The game will be produced by Hiromichi Tanaka and Directed by Nobuaki Komoto both known for there work on FFXI. The Art work will be done by Akihiko Yoshida who is known for its work on Vagrant Story and FFXII. And fans of the music awaited a great surprise as Nobuo Uematsu (who now works as a freelancer) returned to work on FFXIV.

FFXIV is currently set to be worldwide released on both the PS3 and the PC somewhere 2010. Knowing Square we have yet to see if they keep there word, but at least the wait will guaranteed be less than the wait for FFXIII.

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