July 2012

Here you can find news items that were posted on Hell and Heaven Net in the past.

Final Fantasy III

Final Fantasy III, which recently was announced to receive a PSP version and was released for Android, will now also get a release on Ouya. Ouya is a new gaming console for your TV based on Android and will make it possible to everybody to create a game. The kickstarter for this console has become a great success.

Ouya

Final Fantasy III will be optimalized for the console and will feature a demo for the first tme.

Square Enix

Square Enix has announced their line-up for this years gamescom taking place from 15 till 19 August in Cologne (Germany). This four-day-event is like the E3 in Los Angeles, only larger and is the world's largest games event.

 

  • Final Fantasy VII (PC)
  • Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (PC)
  • Final Fantasy Dimensions (iOS)
  • Gameglobe (Browser)
  • Hitman: Absolution (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC)
  • Koozac (iOS, Android)
  • Mensa Academy(iOS, Android)
  • Motley Blocks (iOS, Android)
  • Quantum Conundrum (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
  • Qwirkle (iOS, Android)
  • Sleeping Dogs (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC)
  • SolaRola(iOS, Android)
  • Tomb Raider (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC)

Notice that the majority of the games are mobile games and that the 3 Final Fantasy titles are from Square Enix.

gamescom

Final Fantasy XIV

Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy XIV Version 2.0 has been dubbed as Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Version 2.0 was announced last October and is a rebuild of the original MMORPG after it was received very bad and Square Enix decided to change the team developing the game.

Naoki Yoshida, Producer/Director: Since announcing our plans for the future of the title last October, we have been working tirelessly to include all of the elements that we have promised in FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn, which we announced today. This new title not only becomes a symbol of a completely new FINAL FANTASY XIV, but also marks the beginning of a new stage as the latest title in the FINAL FANTASY series. I hope you’re looking forward to it!

With this announcement the new website has been launced and a new CG trailer has been released.

Final Fantasy XV

Yoichi Wada, head of Square Enix, has denied the rumors of Final Fantasy Versus XIII been canceled on Twitter. He said that this rumor is a hoax and that he just has returned from a staff meeting about the progress of the game and that fans will be surprised how the game is shaping up; he specifically mentioned the city setting.

Hopefully new information will be revealed at the Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary event taking place on 1 September where the future of the Fabula Nova Crystallis project will be revealed.

Final Fantasy VII

Square Enix has finally announced that Final Fantasy VII will get a downloadable version for PC that can be acquired from the Square Enix Store. This version will feature 36 achievements, a character booster and cloud saves.

The PC version of Final Fantasy VII was ported and released back in 1998 by Eidos Entertainment and it seems this new version has been tweaked to run on modern PC's.

Square Enix has launced the official website and released a trailer (which can be viewed below). The release date will be announced soon.

Square Enix

While recently the PSP version of Final Fantasy III was announced, Square Enix has released Final Fantasy III for Android devices. This version is a port from the iOS version (which was ported from the Nintendo DS version).

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The Android version requires Android 2.2 at least and can be bought on the Google Play Store for €12.99 / £10.99 / $15.99.