http://www.ffinsight.com/index.php en-us CuteNews http://www.ffinsight.com/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1220452718&archive= Square Enix have put in a bid for a friendly takeover of Tecmo, the company mostly recognised as the developers of the Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive series (much like their takeover of Taito a few years ago).

Tecmo has recently been undergoing severe company problems, with the head of their "Team Ninja" development team leaving the firm and sueing them for unpaid bonuses and emotional stress, as well as two further lawsuits from people representing the entire staff for certain unpaid wages.

Square Enix's proposal (which must be responded to by September 4th or else they're withdrawing) is to buy a controlling share of Tecmo (so 51% or more) at a cost of 920 yen per share, 30% more than the 706 yen they're worth. Like with their takeover of Taito, Square Enix would keep Tecmo's name and company staff, but would have the final say in what they can and can't do, and the company would more than likely be allowed to continue developing the games as it currently does (Taito, for example, still concentrates on arcade-style games).

The takeover bid essentially seems to be a great offer for Tecmo, as it would appear that the company is undergoing monetary issues, and this would certainly drag them out of it.

Source: Square Enix
]]> 1220452718 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:38:38 -0400 http://www.ffinsight.com/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1220366781&archive= Final Fantasy Insight, I took a mini-break from posting news, and as you probably summised following my last post, I'm back in business, at least for today. And now I bring you a nice bit of Dissidia -Final Fantasy- related news.

First of all, the Japanese website for the game updated on Friday to update with another gameplay video, taking place between Tidus and Jecht on the Sin-Zanarkand battleground from Final Fantasy X. As always I've extracted the video and uploaded it to YouTube for you all to have an easier time at seeing it, but if you want to see it in its original location and quality, you can check it out at the official Japanese website (click on Movie).

Watch: YouTube

Another update today revealed is that a release date for the game has been decided upon, and unsurprisingly they've decided to make the game available in Japan on the day of the very first Final Fantasy's 21st birthday, essentially using Dissidia to end the celebrations of the 20th Anniversary of Final Fantasy. The game is therefore to be released on December 18th, 2008 at the price of 6090 yen (roughly $50), and once again Sony and Square Enix will partner up in order to provide gamers with a new limited edition Sony PlayStation Portable (taken from the new PSP-3000 range due out in October) bundled in with Dissidia, the cost for this will be 25890 yen (roughly $240). No pictures of the game's cover or limited edition bundles are currently available.

Source: Square Enix
]]> 1220366781 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:46:21 -0400 http://www.ffinsight.com/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1220360732&archive= Square Enix have revealed that North American stores will receive Chrono Trigger DS before Japanese stores, albeit only two days.

This comes as the result of a recent update to the official Japanese Chrono Trigger DS website where the company stated the Japanese release date is November 27th, an entire two days (I want to make a joke about how short a time after the North American release this is but I will refrain) after the North American date of November 25th. There is still no news as to the release date of the game in Europe and PAL Territories.

Source: Square Enix
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