With 70 developers presently at work in the Melbourne studio on Wii, DS and PSP, CEO Tom Crago said the choice was either to continue growing that operation, or set up a new studio to work in parallel. “I like the idea of capping our Melbourne base at around 80 developers,” said Crago. “We’re on track to grow to that level by next year, and in Brisbane we’ll endeavor to replicate the model that’s been so successful for us down here. In the first instance, the Brisbane studio will work on a DS title, expanding to two teams by the end of next year.”

The Brisbane expansion has been overseen by Tantalus COO David Giles. “We’ll be opening our doors in December,” said Giles. “With the help of the Queensland Government we’ve found a terrific location in Kelvin Grove, and feel that the talent pool up there will enable us very quickly to assemble a world class group of developers. In fact, we’ve already made
several key hires.”

Features



· A cutting-edge new adventure from Square Enix and the creators of the FINAL FANTASY series

· Innovative new battle system that allows for large scale battles delivered with an unrivalled cinematic intensity

· Selective Encounter System allows you to engage the enemy your way, eliminating random battles

· Unreal® Engine 3 takes Square Enix’s legendary production values to the next level

· Fully localised for PAL territories with French, German, Spanish and Italian subtitles and menu screen

March to War Set

Boost your tactical strength with this pack of three formations.

· Scatterswarm – Sacrifices defence to improve attack on the left flank and mystic attack of right.

· Goblet – Improves attack of lead ranks, but reduces defence of flanks. Effective versus avian fiends.

· Catapult – Improves the mystic attack of back ranks, but reduces attack and defence of lead ranks