News / 2003 / June / 24

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• Square Enix seniors diss Sony at meeting; blame them for Star Ocean 3 middleware solution; forge alliance with Game Arts
  At this weekend's shareholder's conference, Square Enix revealed that the "poor" sales of Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, which amounted to around 480k copies in Japan, was due to Sony's use of a "middleware" engine, which resulted in the reported bugs that caused the game to crash and meant Squenix had to replace copies. This excuse was accompanied by several announcements, the most important of which appears to be that the company is investing in Game Arts (responsible for titles like Lunar) and plan to co-develop a title sometime in the future. Square Enix also plans to show Dragon Quest VIII shortly. Gamefront
  24 June 2003 by Rahul ↑ -11 ↓ 2 commentss permalink
• New Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles artwork and screens released
  Square Enix continued its remarkable techniques in capturing screens of Gamecube gameplay, as new screens of the Japanese version of the game, along with some character art portraying the main playable characters in their various get-ups and art/renders of the world map were made available today. It appears environmental effects like mist or rain dynamically change around the sphere you and your Bucket are encapsulated in, too. Cool. Gamekult.com
  24 June 2003 by Rahul ↑ 21 ↓ 1 comments permalink
• Devastating blow to Gamecube owners: Acclaim to discontinue support
  Acclaim CEO Rod Cousens was recently quoted: "Why are we to develop games for platforms that do not supply appropriate yields? We still support PS2 and Xbox, but Nintendo? No, not in the foreseeable future." Woe! Anguish! Outrage! Acclaim still has a few GCN titles on track, including Legends Of Wrestling III, Urban Freestyle Soccer, and XGRA, however, Gamecube owners will be wholeheartedly deprived of Alias, NBA JAM 2004, and Gladiator. Games Are Fun
  24 June 2003 by Matt ↑ 26 ↓ 7 commentss permalink