Larger, deeper, and loaded with thrills, Persona 4 delivers an all-new story set in the Japanese countryside. A mysterious chain of deaths remains unanswered and only you and your team of gifted supernatural sleuths can uncover the truth.

SCi/Eidos' takeover talks that it declared were "over" in early 2008 are back on track with EA, Ubisoft, and Warner Bros. (who already owns 20% of SCi) in the running, but according to UK trade mag MCV, a new player has emerged. A few months ago, Square Enix tried to acquire Tecmo but was rejected in favor of KOEI, while more recently it not only signed Gas Powered Games' Supreme Commander 2, but has also set up a new development studio in California, making its Western expansion plans quite clear.

Hot on the heels of last week's surprising announcement that it had signed Gas Powered Games' Supreme Commander 2, Square Enix revealed today that it is expanding its Californian administrative office with a brand-new development team. SE is looking for product manager, associate product manager, 3D artist, QA tester, and Q&A translator at the new office for what it describes as "an action-oriented original IP game" and judging from the requirements it is planned for the Xbox 360 and Wii.

Square Enix updated its Q1 2009 lineup revealing that in addition to the previously announced Star Ocean: Second Evolution (PSP) and Star Ocean: The Last Hope (X360), both the remade classic, Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (NDS), and Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume (NDS) will be primed and ready.

Bio-sensors manufacturer NeuroSky announced that it will unveil a brainwave-controlled video game at the Tokyo Game Show 2008, based on a new game concept being jointly developed with Square Enix.

Last week Square Enix made a surprise, but friendly, offer to acquire Tecmo, offering the Ninja Gaiden publisher a 30% premium, a bid that would expire Sept. 4, without further attempts in case of rejection. With that deadline now expired, Tecmo issued a statement that it is indeed not going to accept Square Enix's friendly takeover bid, but is instead talking to KOEI about merging the two companies.

Square Enix has expressed interest in acquiring troubled developer Tecmo, whose president resigned last week amid legal issues with former Team Ninja producer Tomonobu Itagaki. Square Enix is planning a friendly takeover and has made the Tecmo board of directors an offer to purchase a controlling interest at a 30% premium. Tecmo has until Sept. 4 to accept or reject the offer, after which it will be withdraw with no further action.

Check out the following new screens and trailers from Square Enix's E3 2008 lineup:

• 'Chrono Trigger' (NDS) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Dragon Quest: The Chapters of the Chosen' (NDS) - Screens
• 'Final Fantasy IV' (NDS) - New Screens
• 'Star Ocean First Departure' (PSP) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Star Ocean: The Last Hope' (X360) - Facts, Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'The Last Remnant' (PS3/X360/PC) - New Screens & Trailer
• 'Final Fantasy XIII' (PS3/X360) - New Screens & Trailer
• 'Infinite Undiscovery' (X360) - New Screens & Trailer

Square Enix announced its extensive line-up for the E3 Media & Business Summit today, confirming an impressive array of games ranging from re-mastered classics to brand-new IP’s such as Infinite Undiscovery, The Last Remnant, Star Ocean, Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy IV, and mane more...

With EA going after Take-Two, and the recent merger between Vivendi and Activision, Japanese developer Square Enix revealed it is considering taking stakes in game developers to combat rising competition from established game publishers and other entertainment companies. To fund any investment it has an additional 290 million shares, worth $9.20 billion, at its disposal. Square Enix will announce its financial results shortly, which analysts expect to exceed expectations by as much as 50%.

It all started when the ESA sent out invites to the press for its E3 Media & Business Summit 2008, revealing an exhibitors list that lacked quite a few names. So far, Activision Blizzard is not attending (nor renewing its ESA membership), as well as NCSoft, Foundation 9, and Her Interactive. In the meantime, a few others who were not on the initial participants list have confirmed their participation (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Bethesda), while id Software is still uncertain. Today, we can confirm that Atlus will not be present, but Codemasters, D3 Publisher, Majesco, Rebellion, Southpeak and Square Enix will be present.

Square Enix has filed a federal lawsuit in the Central District of California against alleged infringers of Square Enix's intellectual property, a result of cooperation with the US Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Patrol, whose agents seized a crate of counterfeit replica swords.

Square Enix revealed its first four offerings for 2008, with entries that will launch fans into a fast-paced, action-packed new year, Dragon Quest Swords (Wii), The World Ends With You (NDS), Crisis Core: FF VII (PSP), and FF Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (NDS).

Square Enix announced its Tokyo Game Show lineup, where it will show off a multitude of titles in playable form, such as FF Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (NDS), FF IV (NDS), FF Tactics A2: The Sealed Grimoire (NDS), Crisis Core: FF VII (PSP), Dragon Quest IV (NDS), Chocobo's Dungeon: Toki-wasure no Meikyuu (Wii). New footage for non-playable titles such as, FF XI: Wings of the Goddess (multi), Dissidia: FF (PSP), FF XIII (PS3), FF Versus XIII (PS3), The Last Remnant (Xbox 360, PS3), and Dragon Quest IX : Protectors of the Sky (NDS).

Square Enix officially announced that Fan Festival 2007, the celebration that commemorates Final Fantasy XI fans around the world, will be taking place Nov. 15–17, at the Hilton Hotel in Anaheim, Calif., and will give attendees the first chance to play FFXI: Wings of Goddess.

Square Enix has released screens for the following upcoming titles:

• 'Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker' (NDS) - Features & Screens
• 'Final Fantasy II' (PSP) - Features & Screens
• 'Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings' (NDS) - Features & Screens
• 'Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates' (NDS) - Features & Screens
• 'Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions' (PSP) - Features & Screens
• 'Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess' (PS2/X360/PC) - Features & Screens
• 'Front Mission' (NDS) - Features & Screens
• 'Heroes of Mana' (NDS) - Features & Screens
• 'The Last Remnant' (PS3/X360) - Features & Screens
• 'Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors' (Wii) - Features & Screens

Square Enix announced a diverse lineup for the E3 Media & Business Summit that contains the latest entries from its celebrated Dragon Quest, and Final Fantasy franchises, as well as Front Mission, the origin of the renowned mech strategy saga, playable for the first time in English.

At its Party 2007, Square Enix announced various new products revealing The Last Remnant, a new next-gen multiplatform RPG title, to additional details such as the Japanese release dates for the Wii and NDS entries in the FF Crystal Chronicles series. Here is a roundup of all the information released last week ...

In Final Fantasy XI, players embark on numerous adventures through vast environments in Vana'diel: a persistent world with over a hundred areas to explore. Square Enix has terminated over 5,000 accounts held by players involved in the usage of 3rd party tools or cheats, or engaged in RMT (Real Money Trading) activities.

Square Enix announced a licensing agreement with Epic Games that enables Square Enix to introduce Epic's Unreal Engine 3 into its next-generation development process.

In Final Fantasy XI, players embark on numerous adventures through vast environments in Vana'diel: a persistent world with over a hundred areas to explore, including mountains, forests, glaciers, deserts, oceans, rivers, castles, and dungeons. Square Enix has terminated over 7,450 accounts held by players involved in the usage of 3rd party tools or cheats, or engaged in RMT (Real Money Trading) activities.

In Final Fantasy XI, players embark on numerous adventures through vast environments in Vana'diel: a persistent world with over a hundred areas to explore, including mountains, forests, glaciers, deserts, oceans, rivers, castles, and dungeons. Square Enix has terminated over 11,500 accounts held by players involved in the usage of 3rd party tools or cheats, or engaged in RMT (Real Money Trading) activities.

PopCap Games today announced a partnership with Square Enix that brings PopCap's popular casual computer and Web games, Bejeweled 2, Chuzzle, Insaniquarium and Heavy Weapon, to the Japanese market via its new casual games download service.

Based on the results of an investigation, over 2,000 PlayOnline accounts have been either suspended or terminated on Jul. 21, 2006 for the malicious and intentional use of these third-party tools. Square-Enix reminds players that the use of any third-party tools will not only destroy the in-game balance, but will also encourage RMT (Real Money Trade) activities, and will therefore continued to be banned.

Square Enix revealed its summer lineup, a roster that includes an assortment of new and exciting titles for a wide variety of platforms: Dirge of Cerberus – Final Fantasy VII and Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria exclusively on the PlayStation 2, and Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth for the PSP and Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime for the Nintendo DS.