Square Enix

Here are all the announcements from the Square Enix 1st Production Department Premier that took place a couple of hours ago in Japan.

• Kingdom Hearts 3D now has subtitle Dream Drop Distance;
• A paid demo of Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy is available in Japan as of today. Those who will buy it will get Aerith as an extra character in the final version;
• Final Fantasy XIII-2 announced for PS3 and 360!;
• Final Fantasy Agito XIII has been renamed to Final Fantasy Type-0;

The biggest disappointment was that there's still no release date for Final Fantasy Versus XIII, while Final Fantasy XIII-2 will already be released this year.
All the trailers that were shown at the event will be released on 27 January, except Final Fantasy XIII-2, which will be available this Thursday.

Square Enix has adjusted their profit forecast for this fiscal year due to the delayed releases of the PlayStation 3 release of Final Fantasy XIV and the new game in the Dues Ex series.

The company has cut their profit forecast from 12 billion yen($ 142.5 million / € 107.9 million) to 1 billion yen ($ 11.9 million / € 9 million) which is a decrease with more than 90%.

Square Enix has announced their lineup for the E3 2010, which will start next Tuesday.

• The 3rd Birthday (PlayStation Portable)
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC)
• Dungeon Siege III
• Final Fantasy XIV (PlayStation 3 and PC)
• Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light (Nintendo DS)
• Front Mission Evolved (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC)
• Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC)
• Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep (PlayStation Portable)
• Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (Nintendo DS)

Shinji Hashimoto announced earlier that a new Kingdom Hearts game will be revealed at the E3. Well, Kingdom Hearts Re:coded, seems to be it. It's not a new game, it's just a remake of Kingdom Hearts coded, which is only released in Japan on mobile phones. Kind a disappointment...

There were some rumors going on about Final Fantasy XIII getting downloadable content, but a few days ago Square Enix has stated that they currently don't have any plans for DLC.

In an interview with producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Motomu Toriyama by PlayStation.Blog.US said the following:

"Regarding the DLC content, we feel that the final product is 100% enjoyable…it’s the complete package. So we’re not planning any DLC at this time. In regard to the rumored cut content, we feel it was taken out of context. There are a lot of ideas that are brought to the table, and then the team takes the best ideas out of those, and the final product is polished that way. There was content that were “ideas” that didn’t make the final content, but the team isn’t looking to release that as downloadable content."

If the company decides in the future to release DLC, we will let you know.

Source: PlayStation.Blog.Europe