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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Batters Southern Region, Leaving Widespread Damage 3

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Chiayi's Budai Township around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the southern region. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday.

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34 games, incl. Dragon Quest, for PS4 to be released

TOKYO, Japan - Atsushi Morita (L), an executive of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., explains in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2014, about the release of Square Enix Co.'s Dragon Quest Heroes, one of 34 new software games for the PlayStation4 scheduled to be launched by the end of 2015. The game will go on sale next spring as the first Dragon Quest game for the PS in about 10 years.

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Square Enix president to step down in June

TOKYO, Japan - Yoichi Wada (R), president of Japanese game software maker Square Enix Holdings Co., and his successor, Representative Director Yosuke Matsuda, hold a press conference in Tokyo on March 26, 2013. Wada will be replaced by Matsuda in late June due to slowing sales of major console game titles in North America and Europe, the company said.

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Final Fantasy exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Square Enix Co. shows to reporters on Aug. 31, 2012, the site of an exhibition in Tokyo commemorating the 25th anniversary of the launch of the "Final Fantasy" game series to be held on Sept. 1 and 2.

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New "Dragon Quest" title hits Japanese market

TOKYO, Japan - The Tsutaya movie and music rental shop in Tokyo's Shibuya district is packed Aug. 2, 2012, with people buying a new title in the popular "Dragon Quest" game series. Japanese game developer Square Enix Co. launched the same day "Dragon Quest 10 -- Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku (five awakened tribes) Online" for Nintendo Co.'s Wii home game console.

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New "Dragon Quest" title hits Japanese market

TOKYO, Japan - Yuji Horii (L), the creator of "Dragon Quest," hands a new software title in the popular game series to Kensuke Matayoshi, a 33-year-old part-time employee who became the first person to purchase the game at the Tsutaya movie and music rental shop in Tokyo's Shibuya district, on Aug. 2, 2012, its launch day, after waiting outside the shop from the previous day. Japanese game developer Square Enix Co. launched "Dragon Quest 10 -- Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku (five awakened tribes) Online" for Nintendo Co.'s Wii home game console.

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Long-awaited 'Dragon Quest 9' video game hits shelves in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Customers crowd a store in Tokyo's Shibuya district July 11 to buy the latest version of Square Enix Co.'s popular ''Dragon Quest'' video game series which finally hit the shelves in Japan after its debut was postponed three times from the originally planned 2007 launch date.

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New version of 'Dragon Quest' to be marketed in Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Game software developer SQUARE ENIX Co. will put on the market Sept. 19 a new version of its popular ''Dragon Quest'' home video game software that includes a plastic sword (foreground) and a small camera (background). If users move the 40-centimeter sword some 1.5 meters away from a TV screen, the camera captures the sword's movement and shows it on the screen.

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Game software makers Enix, Square agree to merge

TOKYO, Japan - Square Co. President Yoichi Wada (L) and Enix Corp. Chairman Yasuhiro Fukushima (C) and President Keiji Honda (R) hold the game software produced by their companies at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Nov. 26. The two firms announced they have agreed to merge on April 1, 2003, to bolster their earnings base and development capacity.

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Train with images of role-playing characters promotes tourism in Saga

A train decorated with characters from a popular animation role-playing game series known as "SaGa" departs from JR Saga station in Saga, southwestern Japan, in March 2015 during a ceremony to launch a joint project by Saga Prefecture and game software developer Square Enix Holdings Co. to promote local tourism. The two-carriage train will run along the Karatsu and Chikuhi lines of Kyushu Railway Co. until June 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Long-awaited 'Dragon Quest 9' video game hits shelves in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Customers crowd a store in Tokyo's Shibuya district July 11 to buy the latest version of Square Enix Co.'s popular ''Dragon Quest'' video game series which finally hit the shelves in Japan after its debut was postponed three times from the originally planned 2007 launch date. (Kyodo)

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34 games, incl. Dragon Quest, for PS4 to be released

TOKYO, Japan - Atsushi Morita (L), an executive of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., explains in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2014, about the release of Square Enix Co.'s Dragon Quest Heroes, one of 34 new software games for the PlayStation4 scheduled to be launched by the end of 2015. The game will go on sale next spring as the first Dragon Quest game for the PS in about 10 years. (Kyodo)

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Electronic entertainment expo in L.A.

Square Enix Co. introduces an Avengers-themed video game at the E3 electronic entertainment expo in Los Angeles on June 10, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Square Enix president in Los Angele

Yosuke Matsuda, president of Japanese game software maker Square Enix Holdings Co., speaks at an event in Los Angeles on June 12, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New "Dragon Quest" title hits Japanese market

A girl holds up the 11th title in the popular "Dragon Quest" game series in Tokyo on July 29, 2017. Fans of the series dating back to 1986 lined up from early in the morning as Japanese game developer Square Enix Co. released a new title of the main series for the first time since 2012. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New "Dragon Quest" title hits Japanese market

A man holds up the 11th title in the popular "Dragon Quest" game series in Tokyo on July 29, 2017. Fans of the series dating back to 1986 lined up from early in the morning as Japanese game developer Square Enix Co. released a new title of the main series for the first time since 2012. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New version of 'Dragon Quest' to be marketed in Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Game software developer SQUARE ENIX Co. will put on the market Sept. 19 a new version of its popular ''Dragon Quest'' home video game software that includes a plastic sword (foreground) and a small camera (background). If users move the 40-centimeter sword some 1.5 meters away from a TV screen, the camera captures the sword's movement and shows it on the screen. (Kyodo)

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Game software makers Enix, Square agree to merge

TOKYO, Japan - Square Co. President Yoichi Wada (L) and Enix Corp. Chairman Yasuhiro Fukushima (C) and President Keiji Honda (R) hold the game software produced by their companies at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Nov. 26. The two firms announced they have agreed to merge on April 1, 2003, to bolster their earnings base and development capacity. (Kyodo)