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Square Enix Pres Casts Further Doubt On Last Remnant PS3 Release
6:40AM Michael McWhertor | Japanese role-playing game The Last Remnant was originally planned for a release on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. As of today, only two of those releases have happened, with the third, the PS3 version, starting to look unlikely. More »
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The Last Remnant On PC Has A Shaky Launch
11:00AM Luke Plunkett | Pardon the French, but there’s no other way to describe the PC launch of Square Enix’s The Last Remnant. It’s a mess. More »
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Square Enix Invades Steam
1:00AM Brian Crecente | Adding to their ever-expanding list of publishers, Valve today announced a deal with Square Enix to bring their PC games to download service Steam. More »
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Square Enix’s Magic Youthful Character Formula
2:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Square Enix has a formula and has it down pat. That’s not to say all Square Enix RPGs are the same — they’re not. However, they do share similarities in character design. Here’s why. More »
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Square Enix Says Future Unreal Engine Use Will be ‘Case-By-Case’
2:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Instead of using an in-house engine Square Enix used the Unreal Engine for The Last Remnant. This was a first for the company, and how was that? More »
The Last Remnant Gets Windowsed In Spring
8:20AM Michael McWhertor | Square Enix’s “strategically sound, technically flawed” role-playing game The Last Remnant is coming to Games for Windows in the Spring, the company announced today. Expect “features previously not available” on the Xbox 360 version. More »
The Last Remnant Review: Strategically Sound, Technically Flawed
3:00AM Mike Fahey | East meets West as Square Enix releases The Last Remnant, their first attempt at creating a role-playing experience with both Japanese and Western audiences in mind. The game follows the adventure of Rush Sykes, a small-village boy who gets thrust into global intrigue after his sister is kidnapped by a sinister man in a flying golden machine. It features a unique union-based battle system that supports large-scale encounters, a cast of memorable characters, and an antagonist easily as powerful as Square Enix’s more famous villains, if not quite as pretty. The whole thing is powered by Epic’s Unreal Engine 3, marking the first time that Square has reached outside of their own toolbox to develop a title. So how did their first stab at a globe-pleasing RPG pan out? Read on and find out. More »
Square Enix Details Last Remnant DLC For December
12:00AM Mike Fahey | We’ve not seen the last of The Last Remnant, as Square Enix drops the details on not one but four different packs of downloadable content coming to Xbox Live Marketplace in December. More »
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The Last Remnant’s Mildly Enticing Pre-Order Bonus
2:20AM Mike Fahey | Were you planning on picking up the new Square Enix title The Last Remnant next month? No? Well let’s see what we can do to sweeten the deal for you. How’s about we give you a special pre-order bonus? Something to really make you stand up and take notice of this untested property. Perhaps some bonus unlockable content? Square Enix has announced that everybody who pre-orders The Last Remnant from participating retailers will get a special code that unlocks three special battle formations! Yes! I am running to the store right now! While I am sure the three formations – Scatterswarm, Goblet and Catapult – will make a big difference in the gameplay, currently have no real idea what a formation does, so I am pretty much utterly unmoved by this news. Luckily for them, they are Square Enix, and the new screenshots you’ll find after the jump are gorgeous, so it’s all good. More »
