Square Enix's Army Corps of Hell Trailer Streamed

Sony's PlayStation YouTube channel began streaming a trailer for Square Enix's Army Corps of Hell PlayStation Vita game on Thursday. The video is an English-language version of the game's Tokyo Game Show 2011 trailer and includes gameplay clips of demons' bloody struggles for power.

The demon army game follows the story of the King of Hell who tries to reclaim his throne after being banished. The King of Hell must amass a large goblin army in order to defeat powerful demons who stand in his way and retake the throne.

Developed by Entersphere, Army Corps of Hell utilizes the PlayStation Vita's rear touch pad in a rhythm mini-game that heals the King of Hell's soldiers. The game includes crafting and leveling systems to strengthen troops and develop their abilities. Players can also join forces in a multiplayer mode to defeat larger enemies and earn rare items.

Army Corps of Hell will ship in Japan on December 17 for the retail price of 4,980 yen (about US$65), and it will release in Europe in 2012. More information will follow in the months leading to the game's release.

(ANN)

Square Enix Streams SQ Chips Game Remix Album's Promo

The game publisher Square Enix began streaming a promotional video for its SQ Chips album of remixed game music on Sunday. The album includes remixed tracks from game franchises like Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger, Xenogears, Seiken Densetsu (Legend of Mana), and Brave Fencer. 13 Japanese artists such as DJ OMKT、SEXY-SYNTHESIZER feat.(S_S)、and Deadball P created the tracks for the CD.

The SQ Chips game music remix album shipped in Japan on September 7 for the retail price of 1,890 yen (about US$25). Soul Eater manga artist Atsushi Ohkubo drew the jacket art for SQ Chips. Ustream hosted a live streaming event with music from the CD last Thursday.(ANN)

Yahoo! Japan and Square Enix Launch New Game Project

Website Yahoo! Japan announced on Wednesday that they will collaborating with the game publisher Square Enix to present a new large-scale game. The details of the game will be announced on October 5.

This is not the first for Square Enix and Yahoo! collaborating. Because, since last year Square Enix and Yahoo! Japan have already been collaborating on Sengoku IXA, a browser game themed on the wartorn sengoku era of Japanese history. The two companies report that the game has over 500,000 registered users.

Source: ANN

Final Fantasy, Gundam, and Battlefield win at Future Game Awards

This year's Future Game Awards had the usual mix of Final Fantasys and Monster Hunters. But for the first time, the award was also given to a social game.

Part of CESA's annual awards series that sees announcement at the Tokyo Game Show, the Future Awards are given out based off popularity. Attendees at Tokyo Game Show's first three days cast votes on games that are either announced or put on display at the event. A panel selects the final results based off the voting.

This year, eleven titles were given Future Game Awards:

• Asura's Wrath (Capcom, PS3/360)
• Legend of Heroes Ao no Kiseki (Falcom, PSP)
• Gundam Extreme VS (Namco Bandai, PS3)
• Dragon's Dogma (Capcom, PS3/360)
• Binary Domain (Sega, PS3/360)
• Battlefield 3 (Electronic Arts, PS3/360/PC)
• Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Square Enix, PS3/360)
• Final Fantasy Type-0 (Square Enix, PSP)
• Phantasy Star Online 2 (Sega, PC)
• Monster Hunter G (Capcom, 3DS)
• Dragon's Collection (Konami, mobile)

Dragon's Collection is the social game mentioned above. The game actually received the Future Game Awards "Special Award," which was put in place just this year.

The awards were handed out at a ceremony held at the Makuhari Messe on the 18th.

(andriasang)

Final Fantasy Type-0 RPG's New Cast Members Revealed

On Thursday at Tokyo Game Show, Square Enix announced new cast members for the upcoming PSP game Final Fantasy Type-0. A partial cast list was previously released, but some names have been exchanged, omitted, or added since the initial announcement. Character names for the newly-announced voice actors' roles will be revealed soon.

New cast members include:

• Yousuke Akimoto
• Marina Inoue
• Shotaro Morikubo
• Masahiro Kobayashi
• Aya Hirano
• Marika Matsumoto
• Ryotaro Okiayu
• Ai Nonaka
• Akira Ishida
• Rie Tanaka
• Junichi Suwabe

Previous cast announcements included:

• Yuuki Kaji
• Ami Koshimizu
• Daisuke Ao
• Hiroshi Kamiya
• Ryoko Shiraishi
• Tomokazu Sugita
• Miyuki Sawashiro
• Miyu Irino
• Kenichi Suzumura
• Kana Hanazawa
• Takahiro Sakurai
• Keiji Fujiwara
• Atsuko Tanaka
• Juichiro Moriyama
• Hideo Ishikawa
• Kazuya Nakai
• Masako Ikeda
• Kenji Utsumi
• Shigeru Chiba
• Masako Nozawa
• Megumi Hayashibara
• Nana Mizuki
• Jun Fukuyama
• Yuu Kobayashi
• Hiroki Touchi
• Megumi Toyoguchi
• Aki Toyosaki

The role-playing game directed by Hajime Tabata will ship in Japan on October 27. Announced in January, Square Enix began streaming a five-minute trailer in July. A manga adaptation of the game will launch in the December issue of Square Enix's Shonen Gangan magazine.

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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Slated for January 31 in U.S., February 3 in Europe

Square Enix announced that it will ship its Final Fantasy XIII-2 sequel role-playing game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles on January 31 in the United States. It will then arrive in Europe on February 3. Japan will be the first to receive the game on December 15 along with a limited-edition PlayStation 3 Final Fantasy XIII-2 Lightning Edition Ver.2 bundle.

(ANN)