Square Enix is looking to change the way operation works in the Europe offices, and so is also looking to change their name. Forming a new entity, they are now to be dubbed temporarily as Square Enix Europe. This office will take care of all the publishing for Square Enix and Eidos products.

With the announcement of their E3 lineup this year, Square Enix moves into the expo aiming to show a broader variety of games than the ones we usually see. Taking their partnerships with other developers, the A-list publisher will showcase different game genres in their booth, apart from their arsenal of heavyweight franchises of course.

Never mind the rumored PS3 version of Star Ocean: The Last Hope -- for now. More immediate is the announcement of Square Enix on the release date of the game for Europe and other PAL territories. The date's been set, now all we have to do is start the countdown.

Big things up for Square Enix! They've just set up shop in LA, and in an interview, SE US president John Yamamoto has confided their plans: the LA studio is going digital. He also revealed the general direction the corporation is going - global markets and what not. But in what could be called as one of the boldest statements ever made in the industry, he's already declaring the exclusivity war officially over. Like whoa.

RPG gamers who own an Xbox 360 will be glad to know that Square Enix and Tri-Ace's Infinite Undiscovery will be heading to English-speaking territories soon. Want to see a trailer for the game and know when it's coming out? Then head on over to the full article for more details!

Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess has been out on all platforms since November 22 but only for North America. A recent announcement has been made, saying that European gamers, as well as gamers from other PAL territories, can join in on the struggle that is the Crystal War. Square Enix says that copies of Wings of the Goddess (Microsoft Xbox 360, Windows PC) is now available in PAL regions.

Japanese publisher Square Enix is ready to break out of Japan and head west. According to SE president and CEO John Yamamoto, the company is anticipating the European gaming market to be bigger than Japan's. To capitalize on all that gaming Euro, the company plans to develop more 'Western' games in the future. In fact, the company is already shopping for a European developer to help them carve out a big slice of the European pie.

"I am very interested in European development because there are a lot of very good independent studios," said Yamamoto. "We have started having meetings with people right now, and we will keep going. Titles I’m looking at are for Europe and also the US. We are not looking to hire staff one by one, so maybe studios that have good experience would be easier to work with."

Their opening salvo for 2007 is Final Fantasy XII - almost a sure winner. But you FF fans out there better pace yourselves. The company famous for its RPG games has plans of Finally (and its not a Fantasy) releasing "over a dozen" of its Japan-only titles into the European market in various formats!

Some of Square Enix's Japan-only titles include:

• Final Fantasy II, III, IV, V and Final Fantasy VII International
• Square's Tom Sawyer
• Romancing SaGa 1,2 and 3
• Hanjuku Hero: Aah Sekai yo Hanjuku Nare
• Alcahest
• Live A Live
• Front Mission/ Front Mission Second / Front Mission: Gun Hazard/ Front Mission: Alternative
• Seiken Densetsu 3
• Bahamut Lagoon
• Treasure of the Rudras /Treasure Hunter G
• Treasure Conflix
• Koi ha baransu
• Dynamitracer
• Radical Dreamers
• Pro-Logic Mahjong Pai-Shin
• Power Stakes / Power Stakes Grade 1
• Tobal 2
• Digical League
• Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon
• Itadaki Street
• JJ