Staff Blog: When Darryl Met Yoshinori Kitase

Mon, Aug 23rd, 2010, 8:49am EDT by Darryl

Wow, what a week it's been. I was in Germany last week for GamesCom 2010 and I managed to schedule up an appointment to see The 3rd Birthday - Square Enix's next iteration into the Parasite Eve franchise.

I was extremely surprised when I walked into the room and I saw Yoshinori Kitase sitting there with a smile beaming across his face. For those who don't know who he is, well, shame on you! He's probably one of the most influential people at Square Enix and has worked on pretty much every single big game they've made for over a decade.

I saw Kitase-san last year, at an event for Dissidia: Final Fantasy, but this time it was completely unexpected. However, while I had him all to myself I made sure to ask him plenty of questions. You'll see the fruits of my labour coming out in the next few days...

Continue reading more to find out about my experience with the great man.

Square Enix Reveal GamesCom Line-Up, Similar To E3

Wed, Aug 11th, 2010, 6:37am EDT by Darryl

GamesCom 2010 is next week, and Square Enix have just released the list of games that will be publicly shown at the event. Unsurprisingly, the list is very reminiscent of the one from E3.

There's no mention of Final Fantasy Versus XIII or Final Fantasy Agito XIII, but given the recent news about it being a while off, it's to be expected.

Check the full list of games in the full story.

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Staff Blog: When Darryl Met Yoshinori Kitase

Square Enix Reveal GamesCom Line-Up, Similar To E3