Square Enix Reveals Cloud Gaming Service Shinra Technologies

<p>Yoichi Wada&comma; the former president of Square Enix&comma; has formed a new cloud based gaming service called Shinra Technologies&period; This global company will have offices in New York&comma; Tokyo and Motreal&period; Some of you may recognise the service&&num;8217&semi;s name as it is based on the antagonistic company from Final Fantasy VII&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;66637" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-66637" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignright"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;09&sol;05072945&sol;Yoichi-Wada&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"wp-image-66637 size-medium" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;09&sol;05072945&sol;Yoichi-Wada&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Yoichi Wada" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"250" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-66637" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Yoichi Wada was president of Square and then Square Enix from 2000 to 2013&period;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Speaking at TGS 2014&comma; Wada revealed that he is already working with Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios to create the technology behind this service&period; He believes that traditional AAA games can no longer rely on the dedicated console ecosystem and that cloud gaming is needed to revitalise the industry&period; &&num;8220&semi;The industry will only continue its expansion&comma; but in due time a correction to this path is necessary&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period; Wada believes that that Shinra Technologies can provide a future for the AAA market&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Yet the servive won&&num;8217&semi;t only be for traditional AAA titles&period; Square Enix wants to use cloud gaming to create new and interesting experiences as well&period; &&num;8221&semi;If we simply bring traditional games to the cloud&comma; you will never get a game experience that surpasses current games&&num;8221&semi; said Wada&period; &&num;8221&semi;We want developers to create entirely new games with revolutionary game experiences&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Shinra Technologies will begin beta in Japan and USA in 2015&period; The beta will include several Square Enix titles including Deus Ex&colon; Human Revolution&comma; Tomb Raider&comma; Final  Fantasy VII and Hitman&colon; Absolution&period; A full launch is expected in 2016&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;polygon&period;com&sol;2014&sol;9&sol;18&sol;6456117&sol;square-enix-shinra-technologies-cloud-gaming-yoichi-wada">Polygon<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;