Xenogears

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Xenogears Lives On In This Awesome Painting

9:30PM October 28, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Artist Jake Murray pays tribute to classic RPG series Xenogears in the best way possible: with heroic fan art of star Elly Van Houten. More »


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Xenogears Studio Making A Wii U Game

8:00PM June 24, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Monolith Soft, known for the Xenogears games, is working on a new title for the Wii U and currently taking applications for the game. What could it be? [Monolith Soft]


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One Man Stopped Square-Enix From Letting Gamers Kill Yahweh

9:20AM April 23, 2011 | Drew Cohen

The attempt to include overt references to Judeo-Christian figures in the classic role-playing game Xenogears caused a few translators to quit – they feared a violent backlash – and prompted a change in the name of the game’s final boss, according to one of the people who brought the game to America. More »


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Xenogears, A PlayStation Great, Becomes A PSone Classic

12:30PM February 22, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Well, we can’t say we didn’t see it coming, but the arrival of PlayStation role-playing game classic Xenogears as a downloadable PSone Classic is still welcome news. The official PlayStation.blog heralds the release of Square Enix’s turn-based RPG on the North American PlayStation Store tomorrow.


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ESRB Lists Xenogears, Three Other PS1 Classics

1:30PM December 30, 2010 | Owen Good

Four classic titles from Squaresoft (now Square Enix) have been rated by the ESRB for release on the PSP and PS3, indicating an imminent release to the North American PlayStation Store. More »


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Final Fantasy VII Writer Sees End Of The Nintendo Era

2:00AM June 1, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

Since the release of the Game Boy, Nintendo has ruled portable gaming. That era is over, says Masato Kato, the writer of FFVII, Xenogears and Chrono Trigger. But why? More »


In Real Life

Humans + Gears: Xenogears ReMixed

6:20AM October 20, 2009 | Mike Fahey

The world’s most powerful collection of video game music remixes has delivered yet another outstanding free fan-made tribute album, as OverClocked ReMix releases Humans + Gears: Xenogears ReMixed. More »


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Square Enix Classics Start Hitting Japanese PSN

1:40PM June 25, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

If you need to get your “man, the Japanese PSN is so much better” rants out of your system first, do it, then get back to us. All better? Right, on we go! Square-Enix has committed to re-releasing many of their classic titles over the PlayStation Network, starting today, with two Square games (Xenogears and Einhander) and two Enix games (Rakugaki Showtime and Astronoka). They’re all available for ¥600 ($AU 5.75). According to this week’s issue of Dengeki PlayStation, they’re planning on releasing twelve games in total, so you’ve got plenty more chances to whine about the absence of your game of choice.

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