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Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy's latest earnings report shows year-over-year gains for revenue and profit.

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Greg Micek writes: "Adventure games have a special place in many gamers' hearts, but especially in those that follow crowdfunding. Although it launched in 2009, Kickstarter didn't explode into the minds of gamers until Tim Schafer and Double Fine launched their Double Fine Adventure campaign in 2012. In the past two and a half years we've seen a ton of games launch on the platform, but only a handful of high quality adventure titles. However, The Interactive Adventures of Dog Mendonca Pizza Boy appears to be one such campaign, so we spoke briefly with Oscar Gomez, narrative designer of the game, to for his thoughts on the game, Kickstarter, and haiku (of course)."

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Baden of WGB: "Though you wont read about it on the big websites Spacebases developer Double Fine has courted controversy with this new game. Having originally been funded on Kickstarter Spacebase DF-9 has angered many of its backers who feel development has been sporadic and short, equating to what is said to be hasty launch and a product that doesnt have many of the promised features."

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Ken McKown writes: I like candy. I like humor. So when I heard Double Fine was doing a Halloween-themed RPG-lite, basing classes and powers off of costumes, I was in. Costume Quest 2 continues the adventures of Wren and Reynold as they travel through time to stop an evil dentist. Yes, the premise sounds fantastic, and with Double Fine penning it, it has to be good right? Well, after romping through this six hour adventure I am not smiling nearly as much as I wanted to, and it isnt because all my teeth are rotted from the massive amounts of candy I consumed.

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Square Enix is not just a video game company, as the publisher also operates Amusement, Publication, and Merchandising divisions. However, the company's game unit--called Digital Entertainment--was the breadwinner of the bunch, posting more revenue and profit than the other three units combined.

For the period ended September 30, net sales in Square Enix's game division totaled ¥43.7 billion ($381.4 million), an increase of 42.8 percent. Operating income was ¥7.9 billion ($68.9 million), up from ¥3.4 billion ($29.7 million) last year.

Looking ahead, Square Enix has boosted its earnings projections for the fiscal year ending March 2015. The company now expects to haul between ¥150 billion-¥160 billion ($1.3 billion-$1.4 billion), up from the previous forecast of ¥140 billion-¥150 billion ($1.2 billion-$1.3 billion). Square Enix has also revised its profit projection, now expecting to make between ¥7 billion-¥10.5 billion ($61 million-$91 million) for the year, compared to its previous estimation of between ¥3.5-¥6.5 billion ($30.5 million-$56.7 million).

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Square Enix is not just a video game company, as the publisher also operates Amusement, Publication, and Merchandising divisions. However, the company's game unit--called Digital Entertainment--was the breadwinner of the bunch, posting more revenue and profit than the other three units combined.

For the period ended September 30, net sales in Square Enix's game division totaled ¥43.7 billion ($381.4 million), an increase of 42.8 percent. Operating income was ¥7.9 billion ($68.9 million), up from ¥3.4 billion ($29.7 million) last year.

Looking ahead, Square Enix has boosted its earnings projections for the fiscal year ending March 2015. The company now expects to haul between ¥150 billion-¥160 billion ($1.3 billion-$1.4 billion), up from the previous forecast of ¥140 billion-¥150 billion ($1.2 billion-$1.3 billion). Square Enix has also revised its profit projection, now expecting to make between ¥7 billion-¥10.5 billion ($61 million-$91 million) for the year, compared to its previous estimation of between ¥3.5-¥6.5 billion ($30.5 million-$56.7 million).

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