Square Enix is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational holding company, video game publisher and entertainment conglomerate. It releases role-playing video game, role-playing game franchises, such as ''Final Fantasy'', ''Dragon Quest'', and '' ...

is a Japanese

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development and publishing company formed from the merger on April 1, 2003, of video game developer

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and publisher

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. The company is best known for its

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franchises, which include the ''

Final Fantasy is a Japanese fantasy Anthology series, anthology media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi which is owned, developed, and published by Square Enix (formerly Square (video game company), Square). The franchise centers on a series of fanta ...

'' series, the ''

Dragon Quest previously published as ''Dragon Warrior'' in North America until 2005, is a series of role-playing video games created by Japanese game designer Yuji Horii (Armor Project), character designer Akira Toriyama (Bird Studio), and composer Koi ...

'' series, and the action-RPG ''

Kingdom Hearts is a series of action role-playing games developed and published by Square Enix (originally by Square) and owned by The Walt Disney Company. A collaboration between the two companies, it was conceptualized by Square employees, Japanese gam ...

'' series. Of its properties, the ''Final Fantasy'' franchise is the best-selling, with a total worldwide sales of over 173 million units. The ''Dragon Quest'' series has sold over 85 million units worldwide and is one of the most popular video game series in Japan, while the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series has shipped 36 million copies worldwide. Since its inception, the company has developed or published hundreds of titles in various video game franchises on numerous gaming systems. Square Enix has owned

Taito is a Japanese company that specializes in video games, Toy, toys, arcade cabinets, and game centers, based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The company was founded by Michael Kogan in 1953 as the importing vodka, Vending machine, vending machines, and Juk ...

, which continues to publish its own video games, since September 2005, and acquired game publisher

Eidos Interactive Eidos Interactive Limited (formerly Domark Limited) was a British video game publisher based in Wimbledon, London. Among its franchises were '' Championship Manager'', '' Deus Ex'', ''Hitman'', '' Thief'' and ''Tomb Raider''. Domark was founded ...

in April 2009, which has been merged with Square Enix's European publishing wing and renamed as

Square Enix Europe Eidos Interactive Limited (formerly Domark Limited) was a British video game publisher based in Wimbledon, London. Among its franchises were '' Championship Manager'', ''Deus Ex'', ''Hitman'', ''Thief'' and ''Tomb Raider''. Domark was founded b ...

. This list includes games developed or published by Square Enix after its formation and released for mobile platforms such as non-

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mobile phones,

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s such as

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and

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, or the GREE service, rather than as retail games. This list does not include games published by Taito and Square Enix Europe. As not all games have been made available by Square Enix for sale or download worldwide, this list denotes if a game has been released in Japan, North America, and the

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Games

References

External links

Official European game list

Official North American game list

Official Japanese game list
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