In case you missed them when they were released on the NES, MSX2, GameBoy, GameBoy Advance, Wonderswan Color, PlayStation, PSP and the Wii’s Virtual Console, Square Enix has decided to dust off the first two Final Fantasy games yet again for a re-release on Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch. Not much has been revealed about […]
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Tekken: The Movie: The Trailer
Even though I featured the official poster for the Tekken film less than two weeks ago, there’s been a piece of my brain that is convinced that this entire thing just doesn’t exist. Maybe some exec at Namco Bandai got jealous that Street Fighter has two films to its name so during a round of […]
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Nearly Five Minutes Of Final Fantasy XIII
Dying to play Final Fantasy XIII? While Square Enix just won’t budge on that March 9, 2010 release date for the English version of the game, they have deigned to offer up the nearly five minute long trailer you see below. I’ve never been a huge booster of the Final Fantasy series — I prefer […]
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“In retrospect, the Apollo landings were a giant leap for a man, but only a small step for mankind.”
If you, like every other nerd on the planet, are eagerly awaiting Mass Effect 2, here’s something that might help tide you over until the game hits on January 26: An unofficial developer diary about the first Mass Effect, written by Chris L’Etoile, one of that game’s writers*. L’Etoile’s since left BioWare, the developer behind […]
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Hey Trekkies, Set Your Phasers On Phun!
Cryptic Studios Space … Where Happy Hour Is From 5 To 9PM I’ve never been big on Star Trek, but I understand that many of you self-identified geeks truly love The Original Series, or The Next Generation, or even the new JJ Abrams film. If that describes you, consider this post aimed directly at your […]
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New NBA Jam Planned For Wii
After years of focusing on their realistic sports titles, EA is finally resurrecting the single greatest non-Mutant-League sporting games ever created: NBA Jam. EA Games James Worthy’s Finest Moment From this morning’s announcement: EA SPORTS NBA JAM revives the classic franchise with vintage NBA JAM gameplay, and all-new features that deliver a fresh new take […]
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Mega Man Foes Teach The Alphabet
Ever since the Great Speak & Spell Fire of oh-two nostalgic twentysomething parents have longed for a way to teach their kids the alphabet while branding them eternally with a useless affinity for the culture of an era they never actually lived through. Luckily, like some kind of still-culturally-relevant Astro Boy, Mega Man is here […]
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Xbox 360 News From An Event I Did Not Attend
Hey Internet! Thanks for all the info from last night’s big Xbox 360 presentation at CES 2010! You totally saved me the trouble of actually going to Vegas on my employer’s dime and enjoying this stupid job! Microsoft Project Natal Enough of my petulant bitching. You came here to hear all about how Microsoft’s console […]
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Super Street Fighter IV: Capcom’s Cash Grab?
Ever since Capcom announced Super Street Fighter IV (and the company’s seeming return to the tradition of releasing incremental, hyper-lucrative updates instead of actual sequels) the ‘net has been alternately raging at the gall of the publisher and blowing it metaphorical kisses for the announced additions. This morning Gametrailers.com debuted the latest trailer for the […]
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Dragon Age Expands In March
EA has announced the details surrounding the first official Dragon Age expansion, dubbed Dragon Age: Awakening. EA/BioWare Appropriately enough, the game includes dragons Awakening “offers a brand new area of the world to explore known as Amaranthine, featuring an epic story that will allow players to unravel the secrets of the darkspawn – and their […]
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Atlus Cares: Demon’s Souls
Most gaming publishers are content to push a game out to shelves, maybe cut a few commercial spots and count the cash rolling in. Atlus is not “most gaming publishers.” Recently the company drew widespread praise for Demon’s Souls, a game that is equal parts gorgeously rendered, meticulously designed and filled with more hatred for […]
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Tekken (The Movie) Now Has A Poster
Let’s say you really like videogames and you really like movies, and the idea of combining the two never fails to get your feathers ruffled. Every time a movie adaptation of a favorite game series comes along your brain immediately blanks out the dozens of times similar films have burnt you in the past and […]