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Final Fantasy XIII Gets December Japan Release, Spring 2010 for Everyone Else

News / July 15, 2016

Announced at a Final Fantasy Premiere Party, Final Fantasy XIII will be released in Japan on December 12, 2009. It will release internationally in Spring 2010, allowing little time for localization work, not to mention porting the game to the Xbox 360. Company president Yoichi Wada acknolwedged, “In the past, it’s taken a year or […]

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Red Dead Redemption Movember Moustache Winner Announced

News / July 15, 2016

Canadian Charles Leece took home the award for the best moustache in Rockstar’s competition where the winner of the best moustache would gain an appearance in Red Dead Redemption. Meet Mo Van Barr, his moustache is worth $10 dead and only $20 alive. Red Dead Redemption is an action-adventure sequel to Red Dead Revolver, following

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Batman PC Game Glitch Catches Pirate

News / July 15, 2016

One dimwitted pirate has been caught red handed with an illegal copy of Batman Arkham Asylum for PC after posting reports of game glitches to the Eidos forum. User Cheshirec_the_cat wrote: “I’ve got a problem when it’s time to use Batman’s glide in the game. When I hold “,” like it’s said to jump from

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Fable 3 Announced, Fable Episodic Next Month

News / July 15, 2016

Microsoft announced the coming of Fable 3 during their conference at Gamescom this morning, where Peter Molyneux left people with the cryptic statement, “I think there’s something fundamentally wrong with RPGs like Fable… It’s a mechanic that’s been there since the eighties. I’m going to take that foundation stone and throw it away.” In Fable

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Ain’t No Coming Back for PS2 Backwards Compatibility

News / July 15, 2016

Sony firmly announced that PS2 backwards compatibility would not be coming back. While early models of the PS3 has capability to play some PS2 games, the feature was later axed. In an interview with Ars Technica, John Koller stated “[Backwards compatibility is] not coming back, so let me put that on the table. But it’s

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Final Fantasy XIII 70 Percent Done for Xbox 90 Percent for Playstation in Japan

News / July 15, 2016

Producer Yoshinori Kitase estimates that the version of the upcoming Final Fantasy 13 is about 70% done for the Xbox 360. The game is running on the system but has yet to begin the debugging procses. The Japanese version for the Playstation is estimated to be about 90% done, allowing them to begin to wrap

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Battlefield 1943 PC Release Delayed Until 2010

News / July 15, 2016

Battlefield 1943’s PC release has been pushed back to 2010. According to producer Gordon Van Dyke “This was a hard pill to swallow, but it was absolutely needed to ensure the features and functionality that PC players have come to expect from Battlefield on PC are not missing.” He cited examples such as support for

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Castlevania Lord of Shadows New Details, Screenshots, Gamescom 09

News / July 15, 2016

New screenshots are available for the upcoming Castlevania: Lord of Shadows courtesy of Gamescom 2009. Lord of Shadows is meant to be the rebirth of the Castlevania franchise; introducing it to a new generation of gamers. Some details revealed about the game: Storyline: Gabriel, whose wife was murdered, is the main character He is questing

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World of Warcraft Cataclysm Official

News / July 15, 2016

Blizzcon opened with the announcement of the new World of Warcraft Expansion “Cataclysm” due out in 2010. The internet has been buzzing about this highly rumored expansion which will be 1 of 2 releases for Blizzard next year (the other being Starcraft II). Included in the expansion: New Races – Worgen for Alliance and Goblins

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New Battle.net Revealed

News / July 15, 2016

Blizzard revealed the newly made-over Battle.net at Blizzcon 09. The current Battle.net still hosts more players than World of Warcraft (with Battle.net at 12 million and WoW at 11.5 million). The biggest addition to the new Battle.net is the introduction of Real ID which allows users to connect and communicate with one another in a

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