Remember when Wada said he wanted simultaneous worldwide releases for their games? Well, this might be a spin-off solution to that. In a meeting with some stockholders, Square Enix's Yoichi Wada revealed that offering Final Fantasy XIII as an online rental could be possible. They're considering it, at the very least, thus making the game more accesible to those that might not be able to pick it up in an actual retail store. Grab your MP and head on over to the full article to summon an excerpt from Wada's interview.

Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII will be making an appearance at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). In addition, a representative from Square Enix hinted that a launch date for the game may be revealed in the future as well. To find out more, head on over to the full article.

A lot of you out there may be very excited about Square Enix's upcoming event this August 2 and 3 in hopes of seeing more stuff related to Final Fantasy Versus XIII, but don' get your hopes way up high because you might get disappointed. The game's development has been placed on hold to allow team members to concentrate on higher priorities. More details about that and the rest of Square Enix's projects after the jump.

It's time for some delicious Square Enix-related details, fellow gamers. The company has listed the titles they'd be showing off as viewable and/or playable in the upcoming DKΣ3713 party this August. Find out which games will be playable and which games will just have trailers after the jump!

Has Final Fantasy Agito XIII - the mobile component of Square Enix's Fabula Nova Crystallis compilation - been canned? A recent statement given by Square Enix big boss Yoichi Wada has people wondering about the mobile game's future. More in the full article.

According to the rumors circulating around the video game industry, the PlayStation Premier event for this year will take place on March 21 and will showcase trailer videos for games Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII. More details about this are in the full article!

Unlike western developers favoring middleware like the Unreal Engine, Square Enix built different technology from scratch for every game they have developed.

It's only recently that they began to standardize their technology, from the White Engine to the Crystal Tools. In this interview of Taku Murata, he talked about the philosophy behind Crystal Tools. Find out more after the jump!

While rumors regarding Final Fantasy XIII's 2008 release were scrapped, there's no doubt that a lot of us are hoping it will appear on shelves this year. However, according to Square Enix president Yoichi Wada, the game's launch is under consideration because it may collide with the release of Dragon Quest IX and hurt stocks. Find out why at the full article.

Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu's special 1001th issue not only dons a cover drawn by a game creator for the first time ever, but one who rolled up his sleeves to take the privilege also shared a few words regarding his latest project. Square Enix' Tetsuya Nomura, talked about Final Fantasy XIII's Lightning being masculine and some bits of FF Versus XIII's mysterious protagonist.

Communication is an art, although it's an imperfect one; sometimes what one thinks is being said isn't exactly what is really being communicated in the first place. That appears to be the case with the supposed 2008 release date of Square Enix's Final Fantasy 13 which was apparently the result of a misunderstanding. The full article clears things up, right after the jump.