[You can read reviews for past episodes here: Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4.] Pangs of guilt washed over me in the final moments of Life is Strange 2. I saw the conclusion to this story -- this long, strange, for...

Back before we were able to connect consoles to the internet, if a developer released a broken game, something overrun with bugs or controls that didn't work just right, there was nothing to be done about. That was it. The game printed on t...

IO Interactive has revealed Hitman 2's content plans for the Holiday season. The coming weeks will see the return of disguises, missions, events and even weapons that all feature a dash of Christmas cheer.From today through December 20, the...

As hard as it may be to believe, April 2020 will see the evocative mechanised world of NieR celebrate its tenth birthday. Square Enix has opened a new anniversary website ahead of the date, which has understandably set fans' tongues wagging...

I don't think of the Dragon Quest Heroes series often. I mean I liked the first and second game well enough, even in spite of the former's insane subtitle. Maybe it's the oversaturation of Omega Force games. Either way, it's great that...

Kingdom Hearts III will be one year old in January. Does it feel like it? I mean we've been waiting for a decade or so for Xehanort's tale to end, so what is time, as a concept anyway? Now we find ourselves waiting yet again for the previou...

When the bee stings...I'm allergic! But when the box art is reversible, we're all happy. Square Enix has revealed that when the Final Fantasy VII Remake comes next March (Part One of the remake!) it'll sport two covers. One is the alte...

We're finally approaching the point where we can safely say "the Final Fantasy VII Remake is out this year." Insane, right?! I mean in just 30 days and change it'll be January 1, 2020, and we'll be just several short months away from t...

[Update: Square Enix has reached out to numerous outlets stating that Yoshida-san's statement was not an announcement but an "expression of hope" that FF XIV would one day appear on the PlayStation 5.] During a Final Fantasy XIV fanfest hel...

A year after it first launched in Japan, Dragon Quest Builders 2 is finally getting a PC port. In July, it came to PS4 and Switch in North America and Europe. At the time, CJ gave it a hearty recommendation, but not quite the standing ...

Is it possible to play Kingdom Hearts III with little to no context or history? Yes. I've done it! My first-timer experience was a total fever dream, to the point where I'm having a hard time accepting the fact that the game came out this y...

Final Fantasy XIV is a wild animal. You cannot cage it! Just when you thought that the NieR-heavy Patch 5.1 was the end of it for a bit, here comes a flying ape mount, among other things. Patch 5.11 isn't as massive as a true main...

The ballad of Final Fantasy XIV on Xbox might finally be hitting its crescendo. For years it's been a battle of policy between Sony and Microsoft, with the former refusing to play nice with the latter with cross-play, and Microsoft all...

The hugely popular Japanese mobile title Romancing SaGa Re;universe will be headed west next year, according to publisher Square Enix. A teaser trailer was released for the spin-off release in the legendary Romancing SaGa sub-series, which ...

Square Enix has launched Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition on all platforms, bringing Lara Croft's 2018 escapade, along with all previously-released DLC add-ons, to PC, PS4 and Xbox One in one handy package.Launching in Septembe...

Square Enix appear to be gathering staff to embark on an all-new action IP for "HD consoles," with an ambitious job advert that seems to herald the project as something very unique indeed.According to the advert on the Square Enix Japan Rec...

Square Enix is giving Dragon Quest Builders 2 fence-sitters a chance to play the game for a matter of "hours" with a new Jumbo Demo that's out on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Steam. The demo doesn't just span the introductory Isle of...

"Little to no gameplay" game trailers are a sticky wicket. I understand the argument against them. Hell, Square Enix made sure to use their trademark move of turning off likes/dislikes and comments for the video in question here. But on the...

Final Fantasy XIV has been killing it this year. Naoki "Yoshi-P" Yoshida and his team have delivered the best story in the entire MMO space (and most of the general RPG plane as well), born out of years of buildup. So what does the fir...

Square Enix is in a spooky mood this week, doling out a new screenshot of Final Fantasy VII that's holiday-appropriate. Yep, it's none other than the remade character model for the "ghost" enemy, complete with Cloud running away for ef...

Here it is: a concise, informative, all-around useful gameplay overview for Marvel's Avengers, the loot-centric action-adventure game from Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montréal, and Square Enix. It's about time! The summary video gets i...

Square Enix has announced that it is staffing up for a Kingdom Hearts-related project. The vacancies, advertised on Square Enix' Japanese site, are calling for a UI Designer, Effects Designer, and Technical Artist.As for the project in ques...

I had to do a double-take when I went over to the new Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.1 landing site: is that...NieR Automata? Kind of! Yoko Taro is lending his talents to Final Fantasy XIV to help craft the new 24-person raid, which wa...

Final Fantasy VIII was a masterpiece: a lot of people just didn't know it at the time. Although the school setting, the time traveling and the magic-junction system didn't go over so well with absolutely everyone in 1999, it's incredible to...

Murder marathon Hitman 2 is set to get some free content today, welcoming in the Halloween season with a new Escalation contract, some unlockable rewards, and a creepy new disguise for the man who loves to go bump in the night, Agent 47.Alt...