Square Enix

Square Enix is a Japanese video game publisher.

History

Square Enix was formed on April 1st, 2003 with the merging of Square Corporation and Enix. Since its creation, Square Enix purchased several more companies, that mainly were arcade machine developers, such as Taito Corporation and Tecmo.

Operations

Square Enix boasts a number of its own IPs. The company acts mainly as a video game developer, rather than a publisher. However, through multiple friendly company takeovers, Square Enix became one of the biggest franchise holders.

Square Enix main titles are Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Hitman as well as Japanese-only game series. There is no particular focus or interest in just one genre. The company's policy is to create new titles in any direction possible, which makes Square Enix the biggest game-related company in Japan and one of the biggest publishers in the world.