Compared to its competitors, Square Enix has been aggressive with mobile game publishing, releasing a number of quality titles for iOS devices. The company seeks to bolster its mobile efforts with a new subsidiary called Hippos Lab. According to Gamasutra:
The wholly-owned subsidiary, launched on March 7, is looking to provide “high quality original content focusing on smart phones”.
The company notes that the popularity of the smartphone “has exploded in recent years,” and it believes that “the smartphone will run away with the show.” Hippos Lab aims to have its first release “ready soon.”
Square Enix is one of my favorite videogame publishers and I’m excited to see what Hippos Lab does on mobile platforms. While I’m sure a lot of its focus will be on iOS, I’m hoping that the company can help the languishing Android games market thrive. Also, where the hell is my Final Fantasy Tactics for iOS?!? *joke*
I actually busted (or dusted) out the PS1 and have been playing Parasite Eve. Damn I love that game, its like I'm playing it for the first time again.
Rpad I am also going to be buying FF 1,2,4,5,6, (maybe 7 & 8) and Chrono Trigger for the PSX real soon.
The smiley face is supposed to be an eight in parenthesis lol.