Everything about Square Electronic Arts totally explained
Square Electronic Arts L.L.C., also known as
Square EA, was a joint venture between
console video game developers
Squaresoft and
Electronic Arts. Announced on
April 27,
1998, Square EA was based in
Costa Mesa,
California and operated under the supervision of Square president and CEO
Jun Iwasaki, and was responsible for publishing and marketing all games produced by Square in
North America. Conversely,
Electronic Arts Square, K.K., formed at the same time and based in
Japan, was responsible for publishing and marketing games produced by Electronic Arts in
Asia. Under the terms of the agreement, Electronic Arts owned 30 percent of Square EA, and Square owned 30 percent of EA Square.
Square EA proved to be very successful, and during its five years of existence released a higher proportion of
localized Square titles to the American market than ever before. EA Square, on the other hand, was somewhat less successful, and struggled to make an impact on the Asian videogame market, which has been traditionally difficult for American game developers to break into.
Following the announcement of the merger between Square and former competitor
Enix in
2003, Square purchased back Electronic Arts' stake in Square EA, and folded it back into Square Soft, Inc., its North American
subsidiary, which was subsequently renamed Square Enix U.S.A., Inc. (now Square Enix, Inc.) and continues to publish
Square Enix's titles in North America.
Release history
All release dates according to Square Enix, Inc.'s website.
May — Ehrgeiz
August — Chocobo Racing
September — Final Fantasy VIII
October — Final Fantasy Anthology
December — Chocobo's Dungeon 2
January — Final Fantasy VIII (Microsoft Windows version)
February — SaGa Frontier II
March — Front Mission 3
May — Vagrant Story
June — Legend of Mana
July — Threads of Fate
August — Chrono Cross
September — Parasite Eve II
November — Final Fantasy IX
January — Driving Emotion Type-S
March — The Bouncer
July — Final Fantasy Chronicles
December — Final Fantasy X
September — Kingdom HeartsFurther Information
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