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Update: Final Fantasy VII Remake has been officially announced. Original story: Siliconera has learnt that Square Enix are developing a Final Fantasy VII remake for PlayStation 4. The Final Fantasy VII remake will use a more modern art style for Cloud, similar to his appearance in Dissidia Final Fantasy or Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. It is being created to celebrate the 20th anniversary of

Star Ocean isn’t the only series Square Enix is bringing back. Siliconera has learned from a source at Square Enix that a new Front Mission game is in development. The game is being developed by Square Enix Japan along with former Armored Core producer Toshifumi Nabeshima. Nabeshima moved from FromSoftware where he created Chromehounds for Sega and Armored Core V to Square Enix. While the Front Mi

Ojiro Fumoto is a 22-year-old game developer who lives in Tokyo where he’s currently working on his mobile game Downwell. It’s a platform-shooter about descending a dangerous well armed only with shoes that double up as guns. Recently, Fumoto quit school in order to work on Downwell full-time, which is obviously a huge decision to make, but he has at least been financially backed by publisher Devo

People often think that a 3D fighter is more technically advanced than a 2D fighter. Actually, it could be argued that the opposite is true. 3D fighters are, in effect, more similar to puppetry. A model needs only the application of mathematics in order to dictate movement. 2D fighters require significantly more artistry to work. If you want to make a movement change, you can’t simply assign point

The Xbox 360 summer system update came with a flood of Japanese developed Indie games like Fenak Mura Monogatari (Fenak Village Story), an action-adventure game inspired by The Legend of Zelda. In Fenak Village Story you play a sword wielding hero that explores top down dungeons filled with switch puzzles. Sound familiar? While the style and even the puzzles are reminiscent of the NES classic ther

Three flavors of the Idolm@ster will take stage on the PSP later this month. Since those games are based on the original arcade game Namco Bandai must have something else Idolm@ster in development. How about taking the series to the DS? This is, in all honesty, a wild guess. However, it’s the only thing that neatly fits with three trademarks registered by Namco Bandai on Japan’s trademark database

Cover announced the first Holostars English 3D Live Vtuber Concert that features all 10 performers with the company.