Square Enix plans to oust outsourcers as it reviews the company’s development process ‘from scratch’

Square Enix plans to overhaul its approach to making games, as it seeks to improve individual game quality and increase its overall profit margins. As reported by Bloomberg Japan, the move was announced by Square Enix’s president Takashi Kiryu, at a financial results briefing for analysts held yesterday. Speaking at the conference call, Kiryu reportedly…

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Japan: Nintendo Dream most wanted charts

The latest Nintendo most wanted video games charts are now in from Nintendo Dream readers. This month’s edition sees New Pokemon Snap as the most wanted Nintendo Switch game with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 coming in close at No.2. Here’s this month’s most wanted games: New Pokémon Snap (Switch) –…

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Guide: Best Zelda Games Of All Time

Where does Ocarina of Time rank 25 years on? 21st November 2023 marks the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s debut on N64. In honour of the occasion, we’re republishing our reader-ranked list of every Zelda game. Does Ocarina still hold up? Oh yes, but you can find out how it…

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The Thaumaturge, an RPG from the studio that’s also working on The Witcher remake, is delayed because February is just too crowded

The Thaumaturge, an isometric RPG about occultists summoning spirit beings in 1905 Warsaw, has been delayed into March—not because it needs more development time, but because February is just too damn crowded already. Fool’s Theory, the studio making The Thaumaturge, has some fairly deep RPG roots. It’s headed up by former Witcher 2 and 3…

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