Square Enix

Overview

Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd., usually referred to as just Square Enix, is a Japanese developer and publisher best known for their console role-playing games. Their top franchises include Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts and Dragon Quest. The company was formed on April 1, 2003 when Enix legally absorbed Square resulting in a merger. Square stockholders received 0.85 shares in the new company, whereas Enix stockholders received a one-to-one trade. In spite of this, it was actually mostly Square's top officials who assumed leadership roles in the new company, including Square president Yoichi Wada, who was appointed president of the new company. Square Enix is different from most game companies in that they create content across many mediums, such as film and comics, instead of just focusing on games.

History

On April 1, 2003, Enix absorbed Square and Square Enix was formed.
In January 2005, Square Enix (China) Co., Ltd. was established as a wholly owned subsidiary.

On September 28, 2005, the company acquired Taito as a consolidated subsidiary.
In August 2008, Square Enix announced their new brand, Pure Dreams. The brand will focus on casual character based games, mostly for the Nintendo DS. The first two games announced for the brand were Snoopy DS: Let's Go Meet Snoopy and His Friends and Pingu Waku Waku Carnival. Both games were released in the fall of 2008 in Japan.
In October 2008, the company implemented pure holding company system and changed its name to Square Enix Holdings.
On April 22, 2009, Square Enix completed an estimated $120 million dollar purchase of developer Eidos Interactive, making it a wholly-owned subsidiary.

Game Series

SQUARE ENIX has multiple series under it's banner ranging from FINAL FANTASY to Tomb Raider.

FINAL FANTASY
Dragon Quest
Kingdom Hearts
Valkyrie Profile
Star Ocean
Space Invaders
Front Mission
Kane & Lynch
Tomb Raider

SQUARE ENIX PRODUCTS

Square Enix's merchandising division, known as "SQUARE ENIX PRODUCTS", is a part of the company which creates items such as toys and figures relating to many of their franchises.

Many of these are action figures, and jewelry trinkets, but a line of products, known as "SCULPTURE ARTS" are designed in very intricate detail, in a much larger scale, and usually are much more expensive than normal items.

Recently, the line of products produced by SQUARE ENIX has extended out from their in-house series, and they have produced items for Metal Gear Solid, Halo: Reach, Bayonetta, Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, Assassin's Creed, and more.

SQUARE ENIX EXTREME EDGES

This is the classification given to North American and European titles published by SQUARE ENIX in Japan. Titles released under this banner range include Blur, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Singularity, and Bloodstone 007.

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Company Name	Square Enix
Street Address	Shinjuku Bunka Quint Bldg. 3-22-7 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-8544, Japan
City	Tokyo
State
Country	Japan
Website	http://www.square-enix.com/
Contact Email
Phone Number	81-3-5333-1555
Date Founded	April 1, 2003
Count of Games Published	172
Count of Games Developed	68
Aliases	Square Enix Co., Ltd.

Ifrit first in Final Fantasy III	39
Bahamut first in Final Fantasy	36
Leviathan first in Final Fantasy II	29
Cloud Strife first in Final Fantasy VII	27
Odin first in Digital Devil Monogatari: Megami Tensei	26
Sora first in Kingdom Hearts	22
Shiva first in Final Fantasy III	20
Mickey Mouse first in Mickey Mouse: The Computer Game	20
Carbuncle first in Final Fantasy III	19
Tiamat first in Final Fantasy	19