- Piano Squall brings tempest of music
 Various have tried, many have failed. But one, Michael Gluck, has made success out of video game music performance and recently released his album GAME--Game and Animé Music Emotions--to the delight of connoisseurs and convention goers everywhere. Square Haven recently talked to Gluck, who frequently takes on the guise of "Piano Squall", to talk with him about his musical career and his most recent accomplishment. His Story and a Review
- Hitoshi Sakimoto provides exclusive music to the A Night in Fantasia website
 Eminence have unveiled a small yet fresh composition from composer Hitoshi Sakimoto on their website for their upcoming concert A Night in Fantasia. While not epic in nature, it does resemble the feel of Final Fantasy XII and does the job of providing background music well. Check it out
- Eminent Square musicians headed to Australia
 Eminence, as previously advised is holding its next two concerts in the Night in Fantasia series in Sydney and Melbourne. Joining the already superb list of guests consisting of Hitoshi Sakimoto, Yoko Shimomura, Yasunori Mitsuda (Sydney only), Junichi Nakatsuru and Masaru Shiina will be Kow Otani (Shadow of the Colossus, Haibane Renmei) and Shiro Hamaguchi (orchestrator of many modern FF pieces including One-Winged Angel. (Both of the additional guests will be in Sydney only.) Will the Mitsuda be revising his performance of signature Celtic music on the bouzouki? Be in Sydney on the weekend of April 20 or Melbourne on April 27 to find out. Read on
- A Night in Fantasia set to be Nirvana
 Eminence, which has brought us several concerts featuring game music and a home to our very own Nephtis has recently announced an upcoming set of performances which strives to rival their previous engagements in both scope and sheer star power. Curious? Read on. More
- Australia and Singapore game concerts announced
 The Eminence Group will be presenting a concert series entitled "Passion" featuring orchestral arrangements of game music from popular Square Enix titles including Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy XII and Vagrant Story. Special guests Hitoshi Sakimoto and Yasunori Mitsuda are scheduled to attend. Melbourne's Merlyn Theatre will host December 9th, Sydney's Verbrugghen Hall show is scheduled for December 16th, and Singapore's Victoria Concert Hall will round out the tour on December 23rd. More info is available at eminenceonline.com. Eminence
- Ultimate Hits a hit
 Five hundred thousand. That is the number of copies that Square Enix's Ultimate Hits budget series has sold since its inception in September 2005. Since then, it has been a remarkable tool for the company to curb the high prices associated with the sales of used titles and personally pocket the popularity of their classics. To accompany this tremendous success, Square Enix will be releasing no fewer than sixteen more titles into the Ultimate Hits line on July 20, including Valkyrie Profile and Final Fantasy Tactics. Are you listening, Konami? I want my Suikoden II. Full List
- Masato Kato - The M Night Shyamalan of gaming
 Duckroll takes a look at the author of the scripts for the Chrono series and how his style contributed to large parts of the Xenogears story arc. Link
- Yasunori Mitsuda's on track for 2005
According to a special feature released on the Dengeki Online website, everyone's favorite Chrono composer is set to release a Chrono Cross Arranged album sometime in July. Along with the new Chrono Cross album will come a colaberation piece between Mitsuda and Masato Katou (the writer behind the Chrono series) entitled Kirite. The new album will not only contain music, however, as the disc will also be filled with pictures and stories. While this is not it for Yasunori, the games he is involved with have yet to be announced. RPG Fan
- Radical Dreamers translated
 A project over at Sourceforge.net has finally delivered, with the Chrono Trigger 2: Radical Dreamers translation patch 1.0 being completed. Head on over and grab it quick! Sourceforge.net
- Chrono 3 in 2004, says IGN
 Page 4 of IGN's "Upcoming PS2 games of 2003" feature (which we did like, two issues ago, slowpokes!) mentions that we can expect a Chrono Break or Chrono Crisis in 2004. It's totally speculatory but at least it's nice to see a larger site like IGN acknowledge the rumours. IGN PS2
- Ludicrous Chrono Break rumours back for more
"D'apr?s certaines rumeurs, Chrono Break sortirait sur Game Boy Advance et Chrono Trigger 2 sortirait sur GameCube cet ?t? au Japon. A confirmer. Merci ? NecFan pour l'info.", says Newtechnix.
- People apparently buying Chrono Cross
Chrono Cross tops PlayStation sales charts for the week of August 13. Disgruntled hick asks "How long will that daggon thing stay up thar??
- Chrono Cross Ships Today
Chrono Cross has shipped and should be available in most retail stores by tomorrow. More information about Chrono Cross is available from our Chrono Cross coverage.
- Chrono Cross Tops Sales Charts
EBWorld shows that consumers are already drooling for Chrono Cross. Full Article
- Chrono Cross Release Pushed Back
Despite previous accusations, Chrono Cross will arrive in stores on August 15, two weeks the later to recent belief. The word comes officially from SquareSoft headquarters.
- Chrono Cross Promo Goods
Square offers promotional goods to North American gamers who purchase Chrono Cross. Full Article
- Square Expands Millennium Collection
Re-release series now covers nearly all of Square's successful non-Final Fantasy games Full Article
- Chrono Cross Moved Up a Month
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