gamescom 2012 Line-up
When it comes to Europe there's one gaming show that set's itself apart from the rest. Gamescom is arguably the E3 of Europe and holds the title of biggest games show this side of the pond. As always it's our greatest pleasure to be one of the many high profile publishers and developers in attendance this year. We've got quite the event planned for you, so let's take a look at what you can expect to see.
FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn - You've seen the new trailer; now be the first people to see a gameplay presentation live on the show floor, only at gamescom. Also there will be opportunity for a signing session with games Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida (Friday and Saturday only).
FINAL FANTASY VII for PC - Take a look at the fan favourite in its return to PC.
Hitman: Absolution - Get to grips with the ruthless underworld of Assassination with a playable demo available on the show floor.
Tomb Raider - Have you got what it takes to survive? Take control of Lara Croft her and lead her to safety in playable demos on the show floor.
Sleeping Dogs - Celebrating the imminent launch of this immense Hong Kong action game, attendees will be able to play the role of Wei Shen and dish out their own idea of justice with a Sleeping Dogs demo available on the show floor.
Gameglobe - Build your own games from the comfort of your own browser? Sounds too good to be true, but it's not. See how it's done at the Bigpoint booth, C025-B024, in hall 8.
Quantum Conundrum - If you haven't checked out this crazy-fun physics platformer from the mind of Kim Swift (Portal) then you can get some hands-on time on the show floor.
FINAL FANTASY DIMENSIONS - An entirely new FINAL FANTASY game for mobile platforms, inspired by root's of the series success. What more could you want?
Koozac - The award-winning number puzzler will put your brain in a twist, but you won't want to put this one down.
Motley Blocks - We hope you've got fast fingers because this 3D puzzle game requires a whole new level of attention and coordination.
Qwirkle - Earn points by building rows and columns of tiles that share a common shape or colour in this matching game that requires tactical manoeuvres and well-planned strategy
SolaRola - This physics based platformer sees you help Wiz and Waz, two happy-go-lucky blobs, on their mission to save the galaxy.
Mensa Academy - Put your brain to the ultimate challenge and find out your Mensa Academy score.
For those attending you can find us at booth B051 in hall 7 from the 15th -19th August. We'll of course be covering the events live from the show floor, so if you aren't attending then you won't lose out. Make sure to follow us on twitter (@SQUARE_ENIX_EU) as we'll be giving you plenty of opportunities to ask your questions directly to the developers (Don't forget to use the hashtag #SquareEnixGamescom). You can also email your gamescom questions for any of the games listed above to secommunity@square-enix.com
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Like this message to send it to the top!. A message from a long-time fan of the series and business student. I’ve enjoyed playing many Final Fantasy and Square Enix Games over the years. Chrono Trigger/Cross, FF9,X, 8 (except for disc 4), the list is longer but; the one I enjoyed most notably was Final Fantasy 7. If there were any game worth remaking, other than FF Tactics (maybe Chrono series), it is Final Fantasy 7. One high ranking member of your organization mentioned that remaking FF7 would ruin the company or something like that, and it should not be done until the original was surpassed. If that logic were to be applied logically, no remake of any other game should have been made until a game that surpassed FF7’s quality of experience had been made. With the exception of the PS one remakes of the earlier FF titles, naturally. To look at it from a business standpoint, you have known for a long time that great demand for one specific product exists, a FF7 remake. With PS4 coming out soon and lackluster sales of these following games: Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, Final Fantasy X-2, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (just guessing). A business consulting firm might advise that particular company to capitalize on its greatest asset to recoup some losses. To address the issue of needing to create a title that surpasses Final Fantasy 7 in quality of experience and craft; perhaps through giving FF7 the remake that lives up to expectations, the company will grow its ability to create a game that surpasses it on a modern console. Plus it’s a guaranteed success, millions would be pre-ordered. People who haven’t played video games since FF7 would buy it. Consider the following to explain how this remake would help create the game that would surpass FF7. By analyzing the underlying principles that made FF7 stand out against other FF’s, the company can make a game that isn’t a clone of FF7 nor follows it in a formulaic manner. In a way, it would bring the company back closer to the fundamentals of making a truly great gaming experience, epic in scale and story. A group of strong willed characters, not all existentially whiny ones. Epic missions, games such as motorcycle mini game/ snowboard to break up the pace a bit. Gold saucer, a place to chill exploitable chocobo races for rare loot. ******* villain you want to crush, more reasons to crush him. Backstory for the characters, plot twists that add to the drama and saving the world from destruction. The rest I’m sure you should be able to figure out. I’ll be posting this pretty much everywhere, I want the message to spread.Posted by jondoekno on 19/05/2013 16:29- Like this message to send it to the top!. A message from a long-time fan of the series and business student. I’ve enjoyed playing many Final Fantasy and Square Enix Games over the years. Chrono Trigger/Cross, FF9,X, 8 (except for disc 4), the list is longer but; the one I enjoyed most notably was Final Fantasy 7. If there were any game worth remaking, other than FF Tactics (maybe Chrono series), it is Final Fantasy 7. One high ranking member of your organization mentioned that remaking FF7 would ruin the company or something like that, and it should not be done until the original was surpassed. If that logic were to be applied logically, no remake of any other game should have been made until a game that surpassed FF7’s quality of experience had been made. With the exception of the PS one remakes of the earlier FF titles, naturally. To look at it from a business standpoint, you have known for a long time that great demand for one specific product exists, a FF7 remake. With PS4 coming out soon and lackluster sales of these following games: Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, Final Fantasy X-2, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (just guessing). A business consulting firm might advise that particular company to capitalize on its greatest asset to recoup some losses. To address the issue of needing to create a title that surpasses Final Fantasy 7 in quality of experience and craft; perhaps through giving FF7 the remake that lives up to expectations, the company will grow its ability to create a game that surpasses it on a modern console. Plus it’s a guaranteed success, millions would be pre-ordered. People who haven’t played video games since FF7 would buy it. Consider the following to explain how this remake would help create the game that would surpass FF7. By analyzing the underlying principles that made FF7 stand out against other FF’s, the company can make a game that isn’t a clone of FF7 nor follows it in a formulaic manner. In a way, it would bring the company back closer to the fundamentals of making a truly great gaming experience, epic in scale and story. A group of strong willed characters, not all existentially whiny ones. Epic missions, games such as motorcycle mini game/ snowboard to break up the pace a bit. Gold saucer, a place to chill exploitable chocobo races for rare loot. ******* villain you want to crush, more reasons to crush him. Backstory for the characters, plot twists that add to the drama and saving the world from destruction. The rest I’m sure you should be able to figure out. I’ll be posting this pretty much everywhere, I want the message to spread.Posted by jondoekno on 19/05/2013 16:27
- Concerning a Steam release: According to this rumor, yes. http://gs.inside-games.jp/news/394/39479.html Also, the user David managed to find out the following: "I just did some quick searching, and FFVII and FFVIII have game hubs on Steam. You just cannot access them. Also the last update on FFVII's CDR page was 2013-05-15 09:13:50 " MERCHANDISE -TFF Keychains (Zack, Cloud) https://twitter.com/hidemi_mad_dog/status/335557376784625664/photo/1 LUMINOUS ENGINE -3D Dot Game Heroes Developer Provided Tech For Square Enix’s Luminous Engine http://www.siliconera.com/2013/05/17/3d-dot-game-heroes-developer-provided-tech-for-square-enixs-luminous-engine/Posted by Grimoire on 19/05/2013 06:41
I hope FFVIII PC makes it here and on an accessible platform such as Steam (I'm outside of Europe's G5).Posted by HYNE on 18/05/2013 11:47- FINAL FANTASY VIII -Final Fantasy VIII Is Coming To PC With High Resolution Graphics http://www.siliconera.com/2013/05/17/final-fantasy-viii-is-coming-to-pc-with-high-resolution-graphics/ FINAL FANTASY XIV -Final Fantasy XIV Adds Even More Character Customization Features http://www.siliconera.com/2013/05/17/final-fantasy-xiv-adds-even-more-character-customization-features/Posted by Grimoire on 17/05/2013 18:38
- Wow, I can't wait to play this on Vita! This looks incrediblePosted by SBernard4 on 17/05/2013 15:53
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i don´t think your the person that should be criticize him considering SEE has never done a **** thing for their european playstation fans just ignoring when they ask for classics and not releasing them.
and SE hasen´t releast anything good in a good time and all games for gamescom were recycled old games.
My main point was to say that it's too easy to be narrow-minded. I know that people want Versus (heck I want it too!) but saying it was "Old recycled games" is just completely untrue. We showed a completely new game mode for Hitman at Gamescom (for the first time). Attendees actually got to play Tomb Raider (for the first time). We showed off XIV gameplay live! (for the first time in the world!). We gave hands on with FINAL FANTASY DIMENSIONS (for the first time in Europe). Just because there weren't "new" titles doesn't mean it wasn't a good event for the people who were actually were there. So many events are held in North America that it's nice to show them in person to European fans. For the people I spoke to on the show floor they were very grateful of the opportunity and I was so happy to be part of their exciting time in Cologne. It's too easy for us as individuals to think about what we want, when the truth is that there are lots of different types of gamers who are excited about lots of different games. Sorry if that comes across quite harsh, we want to give gamers what they want, but sometimes you've got to look at the bigger picture.
If you're talking about the games we provide on PSN, this has absolutely nothing to this blog post. We tend to discuss general matters in the "Square Enix Weekly Recaps"
SLEEPING DOGS looks a very interesting story
unlucky: friday is darksiders2 release ;(
I hope this year some "professionals" are organizing the SE-box two years before it was just one terrible failure...
speaking of failures the person responsible for the "update" of the SE-Blog here wont be there to by any chance?
some of you guys coming too?
mfg
Olli
i wasn't expecting FFv13 at GC anyways, just saying it should, anyhow it only 2 weeks tomorrow for GC for now going offline got some things to do.
New games will be announced by Sony I believe, but new game announcements for Gamescom are much less than E3 and TGS. Anyone who thought Versus XIII would make an appearance at Gamescom has set their expectation bar too high. If anything gets known about Square-Enix's own developped games they more often than not premiere in Japan. Sure, it'd be a nice surprise if it DOES show up, but I do not expect it. In addition to that, those 'ever growing rumours' got confirmed to be nothing but a rumour.
Quantum Conundrum is'nt a new game release no more it out on EU psn store it was out about 2 weeks ago. going to try the trail later today.
don't uselessly like puzzle games. :D
At TGS we will no doubt get a repeart performance with some titbits of new infor of new releases.
saying it is a missed opportunity. :|
I think you're just trying to find things to fire critisism at. Gamescom is the biggest gaming event in Europe and it lies between E3 & TGS. The past has learned that usually TGS is where Square-Enix announces the big stuff, and a lot of other companies use the E3 for it. There's but a few companies in comparison to the many announcements of E3 & TGS that save announcements for Gamescom.
I think this is a solid line-up for Gamescom.
who said i didn't like FF14 it a crime I'm a FF fan, i didn't want allt all things announce that be stupid some things do hold big for Big events TGS is 1 of many. ^_^d
can you imagine if sony just recycle stuff from E3 = very boring. :|
Not everyone can go to E3, San Diego Comic Con, PAX etc. This is the biggest gaming event in Europe and allows many people to get hands-on games for the first time. Secondly, we understand that there are a number of games that people want to see but unfortunately we aren't ready to share them yet. While it's a shame it'd be a mistake to say we're not showing anything new. A live presentation of FINAL FANTASY XIV gameplay? That's a big deal. It might not be the game you're looking for but for a lot of people that's really huge.
Let's see...could you by any chance look into if the bugs and graphics issues of FFVII for PC have been cleaned up for the new release (like the open mouth bug and Vincent's messed up model in the scene following Aerith's death)? Thank you in advance!