Gaming powerhouse Square Enix’s latest offering, Imaginary Range, is completely free app and a bit of a puzzle to classify. It’s an experimental project for the iPhone and iPad that is part comic book and part game. The overall effect is that of a hyperactive Japanese daydream, with giant robots, a completely nonsensical plot, ludicrously over-sized weapons, and beautiful anime women in improbably skimpy outfits. In other words, a typical Neo-Tokyo Tuesday. Although Imaginary Range is not exactly explicitly linked with the Final Fantasy series, it was developed by H.A.N.D., the same company responsible for Final Fantasy: Chocobo Tactics on the Nintendo DS, and FF fans will be quick to note the super strong series ties; one of the main characters is named Cid, there are demonic Moogle images for people to hunt down, and Chocobos even make a brief appearance at one point. Stripped down to its most basic form, Read More

Today’s lead in is the latest offering from Square Enix, which is unique in both content and price.  The game is called Imaginary Range.  It’s a combination of comic book and mini-games, and it’s absolutely free.  If you’re into aquatic life with attitudes you should check out either Destructopus or Laser Dolphin.  The former is more for those who just want to destroy everything, while you can’t go wrong with the latter’s protagonist – a mammal that totes some pretty awesome weaponry.  Finally, if you haven’t gotten your fill of puzzle games with cute characters yet, Chillingo is happy to bring you Spider Jack… a puzzle game with a cute leading character. – Spider Jack looks like Chillingo’s take on such games as Arachnadoodle (TMA Review) and Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor, and if it’s half as good as either of those that’s just fine with me.  You control Spider Read More

About a week ago we heard Square Enix would be releasing an interactive comic for iOS, and now it's out and available on the App Store in the US on the same date as the Japanese release. While the early reviews are terrific, with art that's supposed to be really solid and interactive parts keeping everything enjoyable, the real kicker is the price. Square Enix has released the app for free. That's a solid deal, so if you're looking for a little something to read through and play with this weekend, there you go. There's an HD iPad version as well, and it's also free. With this, those upcoming Chaos Rings titles, and the arrival of the great Final Fantasy 3 on the iPad recently, Square Enix is really delivering some solid titles for iOS users. Read More

A twist on interactive comicbooks comes along in a free app package thanks to Square Enix A new hybrid form of game and comic is set to be released by Square Enix for iOS devices. Known as Imaginary Range, the app sets out to allow players to flick through comic pages while also playing through a variety of different game sequences. Games look to be mostly mini-game in nature within a full-color comic book and similarly detailed plot. The project has been overseen by Motomu Toriyama, director of Final Fantasy XIII, with novelist Souki Tsukishima handling the storyline, and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series artist Toshiyuki Itahana in charge of the artwork. With pedigree that strong Imaginary Range is looking rather interesting indeed. The comic/game is set in France during an attack by an evil creature known only as Omega and it’s down to Cid (yes, Final Fantasy fans, another character Read More

...@davidchanza: Por cierto, hoy Square-Enix saca en la App Store Imaginary Range, un cómic interactivo con muy buena pinta... y gratis: http://bit.ly... Read More