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Square Enix Considering Creating New Studios and Acquiring Existing Ones
Square Enix fans aren’t pleased with machine learning test
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Square Enix’s free ‘AI tech preview’ has a Steam user rating of Very Negative and deserves it
Square Enix turns Dragon Quest creator’s classic visual novel into an odd “AI Tech Preview”
In the summer of 1983, publisher-that-was Enix released a murder mystery visual novel called The Portopia Serial Murder Case. Designed by Dragon Quest’s creator Yuji Horii, it never saw a release outside of Japan – until now. Square Enix are re-releasing the classic on Steam in two days, calling it an “AI tech preview,” and tacking on “natural language processing” technology, in perhaps the oddest port I’ve seen so far.
20 Years Ago, Square And Enix Teamed Up To Create An RPG Powerhouse
The merger between Square and Enix is celebrating its 20-year anniversary today, April 1, 2023. Below, we take a look back at the social and economic conditions surrounding the deal, from the perspective of a Japanese resident.
20 years ago, the Square-Enix merger created a Japanese gaming Goliath amongst a gaming boom
But there was a lot going on in the background overseas observers weren’t aware of.
Square Enix’s Life-Sim Harvestella Gets Big Discount At Amazon
Square Enix’s Harvestella is on sale for Nintendo Switch just $35 at Amazon and Best Buy. This is the lowest price we’ve seen since the game launched for Nintendo Switch and PC last November. (original price $60) right now at Amazon and GameStop. It launched just a few weeks ago on November 4 for Nintendo Switch and PC, making this Harvestella’s lowest price so far.
If you want to play it on PC, you can snag a Steam key from Green Man Gaming for $42. The PC version is fully compatible with Steam Deck, too.
Xbox has an embarrassing Square Enix problem
Xbox, to hear Microsoft tell it, is losing. This has been the crux of its argument to persuade the world’s regulatory bodies to approve its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, something which would bring the likes of Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and perhaps most pointedly King’s suite of mobile games, including Candy Crush, under the Xbox banner. It’s a huge acquisition, which is why it’s garnered so much attention. But Xbox’s argument is clear: we’re just a widdle guy. We need this. Sony is miles ahead.
And so it is in most territories, honestly. It’s not a mischaracterization of the situation. But one element of the Activision Blizzard acquisition that has always baffled me is the optics of what Xbox gains. Which of Xbox’s problems does it solve?
Yeah, Call of Duty is massive, and would be a huge gain. But it’s not like Xbox doesn’t have access to IPs and have games in development that could shake up the shooter world. Warcraft is likewise a huge tentpole, but Microsoft already has both an MMO and an RTS in Elder Scrolls Online and Age of Empires. These don’t fill a gap.