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Remembering my favorite RPG: Valkyrie Profile
This is a column by Kat Bailey dedicated to the analysis of the once beloved Japanese RPG sub-genre. Tune in every Wednesday for thoughts on white-haired villains, giant robots, Infinity+1 swords, and everything else the wonderful world of JRPGs has to o...
joystiq.com posted by Joystiq Mar 16 2013 01:45 GMT
Sleeping Dogs 'Year of the Snake' DLC cops out today
Sleeping Dogs' Year of the Snake DLC is out today, complete with a brand new trailer to replace the one that leaked back in January. Year of the Snake throws protagonist Wei Shen onto the Hong Kong police force to dismantle the Cult of the Snake. With po...
joystiq.com posted by Joystiq Mar 13 2013 02:15 GMT
New Sleeping Dogs DLC Lets You Be a Ticket-Writing, Ass-Kicking Cop Again
#sleepingdogs The hero of United Front's hit open-world title spent most of the game undercover, acting more as a gangster and stirring up trouble to win the trust of the Hong Kong underworld. Now, Wei Sh...
kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Mar 12 2013 18:00 GMT
Square Enix holding 50% off sale on Xbox Live Marketplace
A plethora of Square Enix games and DLC for the Xbox 360 are currently available on the Xbox Marketplace for 50 percent off. Until the recent ultimate deals, The Xbox Marketplace has generally had laughable "deals." See, we couldn't even use that word wi...
eu.square-enix.com posted by Joystiq Mar 12 2013 14:15 GMT
The Hardcore Horror Flick That Turns Up In Tomb Raider
#tombraider Tomb Raider wears its cinematic aspirations on its grimy, blood-soaked sleeve. In the mode of Uncharted, this is a game that very much wants to be a movie—its 'camera' is a constant compan...
digitaltrends.com posted by Kotaku Mar 12 2013 01:00 GMT
Tomb Raider PC patch addresses hairy Nvidia issues
Tomb Raider received a PC patch this weekend, with fixes for the Nvidia-associated stability issues high on the agenda. The patch notes mention fixes for "some stability and startup issues on machines that have both Intel and Nvidia graphics hardware" an...
joystiq.com posted by Joystiq Mar 11 2013 14:30 GMT
Tomb Raider's PC Version Is Good, Despite A Few Stray Hairs
#tombraider After about seven hours with Tomb Raider, I'm on board with Evan's endorsement. It's a very good game, and a very strong example of the whole "game that's like a movie" thing that Uncharted laid...
kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Mar 09 2013 01:00 GMT
Crystal Dynamics: 1 million playing Tomb Raider two days after launch
One million raiders are already exploring rebooted tombs, developer Crystal Dynamics revealed last night. Global brand director Karl Stewart tweeted that a million people were playing Tomb Raider less than 48 hours after the game's launch on March 5.We'r...
joystiq.com posted by Joystiq Mar 08 2013 13:30 GMT
Square Enix Producer Says It's Time To Say Goodbye to "Social Games"
#socialgames There's nothing wrong with social games, m'kay? Social games are fine. But maybe it's time to ditch that moniker. According to Takehiro Ando, a mobile game producer at Square Enix, recently did...
remoon.blog15.fc2.com posted by Kotaku Mar 07 2013 11:30 GMT
Will You Love Tomb Raider?
Something seems oddly familiar about the new Tomb Raider. We dig into our treasure chest of beloved classic games to find out if Tomb Raider really is for you.
ign.com posted by IGN Mar 06 2013 22:54 GMT
A Quick Fix For Tomb Raider's Crash-Happy PC Version
#tombraider I've been looking forward to playing Tomb Raider on PC for the last week, ever since Evan's review made me think, "Okay, yep, sounds like this is indeed my kinda game." More »
kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Mar 06 2013 19:00 GMT
Nvidia, Crystal Dynamics looking into Tomb Raider PC performance issues
Graphics powerhouse Nvidia is working with developer Crystal Dynamics to address the "major performance and stability issues" occurring with GeForce cards playing Tomb Raider on max settings. A number of users on the Nvidia, Steam, and Tomb Raider forums...
geforce.com posted by Joystiq Mar 06 2013 17:45 GMT
Wot I Think: Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider is out, and I’ve played the single player to the very end. How does Lara fare in this reboot of one of gaming’s most famous series? Here’s wot I think: (more…)
tombraider.com posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Mar 06 2013 17:00 GMT
It's Not the Size of Your Keyblade, But How You Use It
#cosplay In the Kingdom Hearts games, Keyblades are the mysterious weapons wielded by the games' main characters. I've always thought they're pretty cool looking! Guess I'm not alone. More »
kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Mar 06 2013 08:59 GMT
'Thief' graces cover of latest Game Informer
The Thief reboot announced back in 2009 re-emerges from the shadows as the cover of next month's Game Informer magazine. The game is planned for PS4, PC and "other next-gen platforms" in 2014.Game Informer mentions Thief finds series hero Garrett returni...
gameinformer.com posted by Joystiq Mar 05 2013 16:20 GMT
Eye-Spy Thief IV Screenshots
Sound the news-horn! Sound it from the highest mountains! Ready your loins! Thief is back. Unconfirmed leak, yada yada, you know the drill. But, yes, this very much appears to be screenshots of Square-Enix’s rebooted Thief series and OHMIGOD THIS IS RE...
rockpapershotgun.com posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Mar 05 2013 15:45 GMT
Infinite Excitements: Eye-Spy Thief IV Screenshots
Sound the news-horn! Sound it from the highest mountains! Ready your loins! Thief is back. Unconfirmed leak, yada yada, you know the drill. But, yes, this very much appears to be screenshots of Square-Enix’s rebooted Thief series and OHMIGOD THIS IS RE...
rockpapershotgun.com posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Mar 05 2013 15:45 GMT
Metareview: Tomb Raider
There's nothing quite like the word 'reboot' to stir the catcalls of cynicism. Based on the critical acclaim. including that from our own Richard Mitchell. the latest adventure for one of gaming's oldest series is more than just a reboot; it's a rebirth....
metacritic.com posted by Joystiq Mar 05 2013 04:59 GMT
Tomb Raider review: A believer is born
Tomb Raider is important to me. The 1996 original blew my 13-year-old mind, and it showed me what video games could be. It gave me a world ripe for exploration and begged me to suss out all its secrets, something the Crystal Dynamics games have also done...
joystiq.com posted by Joystiq Mar 05 2013 00:30 GMT
Hands-on: Heroes & Generals
Heroes & Generals isn’t a game. It’s two games. At least, that’s what the developers at Reto-Moto are aiming for. In one game you enter a battle as an FPS ‘hero’ while in the other you direct resources and army divisions as a strategy game â...
heroesandgenerals.com posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Mar 01 2013 18:00 GMT
After A Tease Like This, Square Enix Had Sure As Hell Better Release Bravely Default In The West
#bravelydefault Japanese developer/publisher/dream-ruiner Square Enix has become rather infamous for launching teasers and countdown clocks that get fans' hopes wayyy up, only to crush them later. Social ga...
kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Mar 01 2013 15:40 GMT
Cloud from Final Fantasy VII Sure Looks Pretty with Makeup
#finalfantasy Cloud Strife is one good looking video game character. He really is. Dude's got spiky hair, piercing eyes, and nice threads. But what if he wore cosmetics? What would he look like? More » ...
kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Mar 01 2013 10:00 GMT
Tomb Raider's 'The Final Hours' webseries concludes
This is the second, really final part of the last piece of the "Final Hours" Tomb Raider documentary. You can tell because there's footage of empty offices and retrospective piano music.
joystiq.com posted by Joystiq Mar 01 2013 09:00 GMT
Sleeping Dogs 'Wheels of Fury' add-on out now
The latest add-on for Square Enix's open-world action game, Sleeping Dogs, is available now for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. "Wheels of Fury" adds five new missions and a "weaponized supercar" to Wei Shen's quest. Fully equipped, the DZS-90 boasts two roof-mou...
joystiq.com posted by Joystiq Feb 28 2013 05:30 GMT
Thank AMD for the Best Video Game Hair Ever
#tombraider Video game hair, generally speaking, looks awful. It really does. But computer giant AMD is changing all that with some fancy new hair tech. Oh yes, hair tech. More »
doope.jp posted by Kotaku Feb 26 2013 12:30 GMT
Conan loves but loses Tomb Raider
Jimmy Fallon may have got the PS4 demo, but Conan 'Clueless Gamer' O'Brien seems happy enough with trying out Tomb Raider. Conan's commentary is unsurprisingly puerile - the video is probably NSFW - and things come to a head when Lara tries to navigate r...
joystiq.com posted by Joystiq Feb 26 2013 12:00 GMT
Tomb Raider: The Kotaku Review
#tombraider I never wanted to have sex with Lara Croft. And I didn't want to protect her either. In the early Tomb Raider games that I played and loved, the relationship was simple. The lethal, archly snip...
kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Feb 25 2013 15:00 GMT
Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix coming to PS3 in NA, EU this autumn
Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix is headed west in the fall. Square Enix confirmed the PS3 localizations today, much speculated after series voice actor Jesse McCartney revealed he was working on a secret project.The compilation features hi-def re-releases of...
blog.us.playstation.com posted by Joystiq Feb 25 2013 15:00 GMT
The Kingdom Hearts 'Remix' Is Coming To North America This Fall As A PS3 Exclusive
#kingdomhearts For PlayStation 3 only, Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix—yes, that's the full name—will be coming to the U.S. this fall, Square Enix said today. More »
kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Feb 25 2013 14:05 GMT
Is Final Fantasy XIV Coming to the PS4? Somebody Asked That Question.
#finalfantasy Final Fantasy XIV's road to the PS3 has been rough. But now that the game is finally coming to the PlayStation 3, Square Enix's Yoichi Wada was asked whether or not the game is headed to the P...
kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Feb 25 2013 12:40 GMT