Square Enix

Square Enix announces new Eidos-Sherbrooke studio

The newly created R&D studio will be remote, with premises not due to open until early 2021

Lack of big releases sees Square Enix sales drop to $2.4bn

But profits and operating income still show increases thanks to Final Fantasy XIV and Dragon Quest X expansions

Final Fantasy VII Remake ships 3.5m in three days

Square Enix says digital sales for PS4 exclusive launched earlier this month have been "exceptional"

Final Fantasy XIV Online delays next patch due to COVID-19

Director Naoki Yoshida says team is testing new remote work tools to help resume normal development times

Final Fantasy 7 Remake: Critical Consensus

Critics praise this impressive but bloated reimagining of the iconic RPG

Final Fantasy VII Remake shipping early amid COVID-19 disruption

Square Enix reveals European and Australian players may receive the game sooner than April 10 launch

Square Enix and Ubisoft staff now working at home

Final Fantasy publisher implements remote working across all offices, Assassin's Creed firm does so in all affected areas

Square Enix warns of Final Fantasy VII Remake shipping delays

Worldwide release still set for April 10, but publisher says it's "increasingly likely" that copies may be delayed in delivery

Capcom developers, Square Enix bow out of PAX East

Square Enix specifically cites concerns around novel coronavirus

Mobius Final Fantasy shutting down after five years

Japanese version of the game has already ended; global service to conclude in June 2020

Final Fantasy XIV Online passes 18m players

MMORPG hits latest milestone following Shadowbringers expansion

Dragon Quest Walk downloaded 5m times in its first week

Square Enix location-based mobile AR game has proved popular on its debut in Japan

Square Enix kicks off financial year with Q1 sales of $501m

Sales up 19%, income rises 86% - driven in part by Final Fantasy XIV and remasters

Square Enix launches charity fundraising campaign for first responders

Publisher will match donations made to Gary Sinise Foundation up to $50,000

Square Enix "Ethics Department" advised changes on Final Fantasy VII character

UPDATE: Alterations to Tifa's character model centred around wardrobe, not breast size, and were guided by internal ethics group

Square Enix subscription service would focus on classic titles

CEO Yosuke Matsuda: "We don't know what form it might take, but we want to leverage our catalog"

Square Enix eyes its own subscription service

Company currently understanding the model via working with Xbox Game Pass

FFVII and Avengers bookend Square Enix's hour of announcements, commercials

Multiple retro remasters also announced, and a new title from Square Enix Collective

Square Enix to publish Dying Light 2

Warner Bros. published the first game in Techland's open-world zombie franchise

Studio Istolia closes down

Square Enix assigning staff elsewhere in company as Project Prelude Rune is cancelled