Square-Enix is building a brand new development studio in Los Angeles, it seems. According to the "career" section on the Square website, the company is advertising sever positions for the new studio, including 360 software engineer, project manager, 3D artist, and more. We suppose this means a new console game is in the works. Square likely already has the know-how for programming on the PS3.

Rumor mill for now, but the Japanese Square-Enix website has a new Bahamut URL that has a countdown on it. In just over 5 days, it seems a new game will be revealed that apparently centers around the God. As you can see from the image, it may have something to do with his origins, but that is just our speculation. Stay tuned.

Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada has stated that Japanese developers and publishers need to band together and start acting as one if they do not want to fall further behind Western game companies. The industry has shifted to the West, as even prominent Japanese game figures like Hideo Kojima have said. Sounds like a good idea to us, but then again, it is nice to see the West shining through finally.

The Wii VC has two great games this week. Street Fighter 2 Special Championship Edition and Secret Of Mana both are debuting. On the WiiWare front is World of Goo and Art Style: Cubello. Click read more for the full info.

PRESS RELEASE

Armchair physicists rejoice! The hotly anticipated award-winning World of Goo™ makes its WiiWare™ debut this week, inviting players to build infinitely fascinating structures out of Goo and uncover the mystery behind the World of Goo Corporation. Other cool additions to the Wii Shop Channel™ this week include Art Style™: CUBELLO™, the second installment in Nintendo's Art Style series, and a pair of classics for the Virtual Console™: SECRET OF MANA™ and STREET FIGHTER™ II': SPECIAL CHAMPION EDITION. Fun offerings like these are sure to heat up your October, no matter how low the autumn temperatures may go.

Apparently, hardware developer NeuroSky has developed a Brainwave Controller headset called MindSet, and together with Square, has developed game software for the unit which will debut at this year's TGS. The unit interfaces through a PC, and resembles a pair of headphones, with a boom-mic-like device that sits on the user's forehead. Sounds interesting, to say the least, if it works, that is.

Kingdom Hearts Chain Of Memories, the new rumored KH game, is now official. As you can see by the website, the game is due on December 12, 2008.

According to Enterbrain, with the benefit of the price cut and the new bundle, as well as a major RPG release (Infinite Undiscovery), it seems the 360 has temporarily outsold the Wii. A pretty impressive achievement for the MS console, especially in Japan. We will see if it lasts.

The troubled Tecmo, or what is left of it right now, has rejected the overtures being made by Square, and decided to open takeover talks with Koei instead. Square maintains that the bid was a friendly offer, and that they will not attempt a hostile takeover. This means that a Koei buyout is likely. We think Koei is a much better fit for Tecmo anyway.

"Through a merger, we expect we can grow further by respecting both companies' identities and having an environment in which employees can fully exhibit their skills," said Tecmo and Koei in a statement, pointing to a choice for Tecmo which "has a higher possibility of improving corporate value."

According to an image of an ad for Star Ocean: The Last Hope that DT grabbed, the game looks like it is going to be an Xbox360 exclusive. Doubtful it is a printer error, like they say it might be.

This one is rumor mill for sure, but according to PSU, the latest issue of OPM, Kingdom Hearts III is going to be shown at TGS. Not only that, but the game is still one of the few that will be Playstation 3 exclusive. Time till tell, TGS starts soon.