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Although Square Enix had already released the release dates for the fourteenth installment of their highly renowned Final Fantasy series last week (various dates in September 2010 for Windows and various dates in March 2011 for the PS3 depending on the version and the region), the date for the beta test wasn’t announced until recently. More »

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Piggybacking off of the tremendous success freemium games like FarmVille have been having on social networking sites, Japanese game developer Acquire are bringing the free-to-play experience to home consoles for the first time ever with the RPG Bakumatsu heading to Playstation Network on June 26. More »

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The last time we reported on Ninokuni it was exclusive to the Nintendo DS. Famitsu, Japan’s #1 gaming magazine is now reporting that the Level 5/ Studio Ghibli venture will be receiving a HD makeover and releasing on Sony’s Playstation 3. More »

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It feels like forever ago that Square-Enix announced Final Fantasy IX coming to PSN. Today we got official confirmation on when and it’s a lot sooner than you may have imagined. Full details including price can be found below. More »

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San Diego, California gamer, Daniel Wolf, has filed a class action lawsuit against Square Enix and Sony Entertainment of America over alleged widespread Playstation 3 system crashes that occurred during Final Fantasy XIII gameplay. More »

The European publisher of BlazBlue, Zen United, released a YouTube video showcasing awesome graffiti work by Limited Press and cool music by DJ Chamber. More »

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Did you have fun playing Dragon Ball: Raging Blast? Good, because Raging Blast 2 is on its way to a PS3 and Xbox 360 near you and features over 90 playable characters, including some that have never be seen in a video game before. And if that doesn’t satisfy your Dragon Ball needs Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team is making its way to the PSP. More »

Olivia Munn was recently spotted in Hollywood hosting a Lost Planet 2 Launch Party I attended. At the party, she did something that a gamer would love to be done on them! More »

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From Wirebot: Our first Weekly Wirebot Giveaway launched with the giveaway of Final Fantasy XIII. That giveaway has since ended and now it’s time to announce the winner. Drum roll, please. More »

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To mark the release of Final fantasy XIII in China a specially branded Lightning controller will come packaged with the special edition of the game. Now’s the time to get jealous. More »

From Wirebot: For last week’s Weekly Wirebot Giveaway, we announced a giveaway of Final Fantasy XIII. Two-thirds of the giveaway participants did not complete giveaway entry instructions and as a result, we’ll be extending the giveaway deadline. More »

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The sales numbers are in and putting shame to Xbox 360 loyalists everywhere with Final Fantasy XIII selling nearly double the amount of copies on the PS3. More »

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Akihiro Hino, head honcho over at Level-5, has updated his Twitter account with an announcement of 5 new games being debuted in this week’s issue of Japan’s #1 gaming magazine Famitsu. More »

Last week we launched a giveaway of Final Fantasy XIII for a console of your choice. The giveaway has since ended and now it’s time to announce the winner. Drum roll, please. More »

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I just wanted make a quick comment about the insane number of flashbacks Final Fantasy XIII has and wanted to ask if anyone else was feeling my pain? I am in absolute love with the storyline, but I can’t help but think it could have been told in more creative ways than the obscene amounts of flashbacks that appear every 20- 30 paces Lightening takes. More »

From Wirebot: In an interview with Siliconera Final Fantasy XIII director, Motomu Toriyama showed interest in remaking the cult favorite Final Fantasy VII for next generation consoles. More »

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We know how long and boring the beginning of Final Fantasy XIII is. We know how linear and uneventful our adventure starts. We know the battle system is extremely streamlined. We know a lot of things about the newest installment in the Final Fantasy series, and we know that not everyone is happy about it, but there is one thing we can agree on: the beautiful girls Square-Enix always delivers! My question to you is, who is hotter, Lightning or Vanille? More »

For most of us here, this week has been epic for the release of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII. I’m not even much of a gamer and I know this much. I also know that despite the title, FF XIII is more fantasy than it is final. This week we’d like to make your fantasy come true by giving away a copy of Final Fantasy XIII. More »

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Boss battles in Final Fantasy XIII are challenging and there’s nothing you can do about it. In the past if you couldn’t get past a particular monster you could do a little level grinding until your attributes beefed up enough to slay the baddie with ease. This is not the case in the newest installment, level caps eliminate the ability to grind and force you to rethink your strategy the next time around. Do you miss grinding or are you happy to see it go? More »

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Final Fantasy XIII utilizes an Active Time Battle system for combat. We’ve seen version of this battle system in Final Fantasy VII: Advent children and also in plenty of non-Squre-Enix titles like this years PS3 exclusive White Knight Chronicles. The ultimate question here is, whether or not the ATB battle system works better than the traditional turn based combat from the past. What are your thoughts? More »