News / 2007 / February / 21

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• Patrick Stewart lends Britishness to Final Fantasy XII
  *Update* As reported by kotaku, Patrick Stewart has been hired to record voice overs for the Final Fantasy XII advertisements to appear in Australia and the UK. The lauded Yorkshire-born Shakespearian actor is most widely known as bald and virile Starfleet officer Jean-Luc Picard, and paraplegic and virile Professor Xavier of the X-Men. David Dyett, European Marketing Director of Square Enix Ltd. comments, "As our first and only choice, we're thrilled that Patrick Stewart has provided the voiceover for the Final Fantasy XII television campaign in the UK and Australia." Watch the UK trailer
  21 Feb 2007 by Jeriaska ↑ -2 ↓ discuss permalink
• Wada talks next-gen; vomits remakes
  In a recent interview with the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Yoichi Wada, acting president of Square Enix Co., discussed the company’s next-gen strategy, which appears to be geared more towards milking the past than creating the future. What could possibly be in store? Read More
  21 Feb 2007 by Ziyad ↑ -11 ↓ 2 commentss permalink