News / 2003 / May / 07

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• Kingdom Hearts 2 development uncertain?
  While Kingdom Hearts 2 remains a heavily rumoured title for Square Enix, especially with the Deep Dive movie already made, and E3 looming, Tetsuya Nomura (director and character designer for Kingdom Hearts) stated to Dorimaga magazine that development of the title is as yet undecided. On the other hand, however, Squenix president Yoichi Wada confirmed its development to Reuters. And to add to the confusion, Amazon Japan has had Kingdom Hearts 2 on its pre-order list since March 29. Gamefront
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• Star Ocean Online in the works?
  According to a recent issue of Famitsu magazine, though not confirmed by Square Enix, the company has begun development of an online version of Star Ocean. This would make the 5th game in the series which was an Enix franchise before the merger. Star Ocean: Till the End of Time will be featured at E3 and we have coverage of its soundtracks in the album database.
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• Re-release of Final Fantasy XI with price cuts
  June 2003 will see Square Enix releasing a Nice Price version of Final Fantasy XI (without the expansion pack Rise of the Zilart) in Japan for $40. This edition will include the latest patch of the game so users don't have to go through the reported 5 hour download torture involved in the update process. Gamefront
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