Final Fantasy XIII, Dragon Quest IX and Arkham Asylum seem to have delivered the goods. Square Enix has reported an operating income of YEN 21.4bn for the nine months ending December 31st 2009, a jump of 67.7 per cent year-on-year. With net-sales for the period were up 30.0 per cent at YEN 135bn.

Releases in the period included Final Fantasy XIII, Dragon Quest IX, Batman: Arkham Asylum and Kingdom hearts 358/2.

Square Enix has also announced that it is to consolidate its online and offline gaming operations under a single corporate ‘Games’ segment and form a brand new Merchandising segment.