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Temple of Drifting Sands, NieR Gestalt & NieR Replicant (Original Soundtrack)

Composed by Keiichi Okabe, 2010’s NiER from Square Enix is one of the finer examples of the type of quality soundtrack one expects to hear on a Japanese game. Ethereal echoing voices and sonorous vocals help convey the sentiment of wandering through a vast and lonely desert. The ability to paint images in the mind with […]

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Video Games

From Cactuars to Kefka: Final Fantasy – All the Bravest Launch Trailer

Square Enix has released a new, traditional Final Fantasy game for the iOS that features a ‘greatest-hits’ of Final Fantasy characters from all of the numbered entries in the series as well as a different type of active time battle (ATB) system adapted for play on iOS devices. As the video above shows, character ATB gauges […]

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Music
Video Game Music

Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core Original Soundtrack, The Shrouded Village

Composer Takeharu Ishimoto began his career at Square Enix with his work on Legend of Mana in 1999. In addition to Legend of Mana, he has composed for The World Ends with You, Dissidia: Final Fantasy, and Final Fantasy: Type-O. This track recalls Final Fantasy VII’s villages with their mellow, rundown industrial vibe. The violin really […]

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MMO Video Games (Massively Multiplayer Online)
Video Games

Final Fantasy XIV Final Hours Event This Weekend

Before the beleaguered MMO reboots itself as Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, the makers of the game, Square Enix, have planned a  massive in-game event for past and current subscribers to the game, regardless of subscription status. The event precedes the coming of meteor, a violent event meant to symbolize the game’s rebooting from […]

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