More Images From Final Fantasy XIII

Hot on the heels of Stephen Totilo’s Final Fantasy XIII preview come four new images to keep fans drooling over Snow, Lightning, Hope, Serah, and oh yeah – the actual gameplay. I count myself among the drooling masses at this point, though more from the gameplay angle. I’m a tattooed and true FF fan, but…

Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron Review: Deja Vu in Space

When LucasArts released the first Star Wars: Battlefront game back in 2004, players got a boots-on-the-ground feeling in the Star Wars universe. It’s now, 2009, how does the latest installment stack up? Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron follows the tale of two brothers, both Jedi clones, named X1 and X2. As the Dark Side’s power…

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Recreate The Death Star Trench Run On Your iPhone

One of the most important moments in Star Wars history plays out on your iPhone and iPod Touch today, as THQ Wireless releases Star Wars: Trench Run. Take part in the Battle of Yavin as a member of Rebel Alliance’s Red Squadron, dog fighting with TIE Fighters before aiming for the most poorly-designed exhaust ports…

Sony To Upgrade PS3 Consoles To 3D

In a presentation detailing Sony’s plans to become profitable by the end of 2010, Sony revealed plans to upgrade Playstation 3 consoles with full 3D support. The news supports previous reports on Sony’s 3D PlayStation 3 strategy, suggesting that a firmware upgrade would introduce the capability to existing consoles. Not only does Sony plan on…

Sony Outlines Gaming Turnaround, Sees PS3 Profitability in 2011

Sony’s gaming division should start seeing profitability by the tail end of their 2010 fiscal year through cost reduction and “operational efficiencies”, Sony Chief Executive Howard Stringer told a gathering of press and analysts today. “Our work is already bearing fruit,” Howard said, according to the Associated Press. “We still have more work to do.”…

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TV Family Enjoys A Spot Of DS Homebrew?

Nintendo love to scour the dirtiest, most distant corners of the globe for people pirating their DS software. But do they ever check their TV sets? Because if anyone from Nintendo of America had bothered to watch the latest episode of “Modern Family”, they may have seen this kid. “Oh great!”, they probably thought at…

Hey, It’s The World’s Fastest Graphics Card

Meet the ATI Radeon HD 5970. Why are we bothering to introduce you? Because the ATI Radeon HD 5970 is now the world’s fastest graphics card, that’s why. Several PC tech-type sorts have put the new card through its paces, and have found that it just blows right on by the previous record-holder, Nvidia’s GeForce…

A Week In Comments

The Mass Effect 2 Box Art Saga Continues Comment by: BigManMalone Nominated by: mr_godot Phew… for a second there I thought we were going to get that first ugly box art, but thank God we’re getting the second ugly box art instead. The Games That Missed The October Top 10 Comment by: Psudonym Nominated by:…

Assassin’s Creed, Thanksgiving Come To PlayStation Home

Over the next two weeks, Sony will be running two very different promotions for PlayStation Home. This week, it’s Assassin’s Creed II. Next week, it’s turkeys. Lots and lots of turkeys. But first, ACII! Later this week, you’ll be able to dress your lifeless avatar in some equally lifeless Ezio costumes. I don’t know what…

WET Xbox 360 Version Cancelled In Japan

Multi-platform acrobatic shooter WET will only be getting a PlayStation 3 release in Japan. The Xbox 360 version has been cancelled. According to the official announcement “various reasons” have been cited for the cancellation of the Xbox 360 version. In September, both the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game were released in North…

Layoffs Hit Star Wars Developers

Last week, Krome Studios – developers of several Star Wars & Spyro titles – laid off a number of employees as tough times hit the veteran Australian development house. We’ve been told by sources directly affected by the cuts that roughly 50 developers (a sizeable number of Krome’s total workforce) were let go from the…

Fat Princess Delayed In Japan

Slated for release today, the Sony published capture-the-plump-princess title has been pushed back in Japan. Some on the Japanese internet are suggesting that the reason for the delay is that the game’s cute cartoon characters have four fingers — “four” is the equivalent of “13” in Japanese, a highly unlucky number that can reference death.…

Today, In Brazil, Sony Officially Launched The PlayStation…2

Funny story from our sun-drenched friends at GIzmodo Brazil; today, November 18, 2009, Sony have decided to begin officially selling the PlayStation 2 in Brazil. It’s priced at R$799, which works out to be around USD$461. So, yes, it’s expensive to buy video games in Brazil. Our man Pedro tells us that with a nine…

Just How Real Is Gran Turismo PSP?

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Make Your Netflix Disc Feel At Home, PS3 Users

If PS3 Netflix subscribers need to hang onto their streaming discs for another year or so, they’re going to need to find a way to store the thing. Reader Nulion has an idea. He made himself a Netflix cover, that’ll slide right into a PS3 case and let you not only keep the disc somewhere…

This Yakuza 4 Celebrity Character Seems Misproportioned

So, it was recently announced that former Morning Musume member Mari Yaguchi would be appearing in Ryu Ga Gotoku 4 (Yakuza 4) as a massage therapist. Here’s her character model. Something’s off, no? Can’t figure out if it’s her head size, hand size or what. Comparison of in-game Yaguchi with real Yaguchi. Full body image.…

Stick Professor Layton On Your Shelf

With a new Layton movie due out in Japan next month, it’s time to start cashing in! And there’s no better way than with a line of small, neat little action figures. These are “FuruFuru” figures, which basically means “bobblehead”, only more subtle, with everyone’s proportions in order. There are two available – the good…

How Nintendo Is Selling New Super Mario Bros. Wii In Japan

Hey, it’s Nozomi Ohashi, that girl who sings the Ponyo song! And she’s wearing some sort of tutu, sitting in some sort of abstract white environment and playing New Super Mario Bros. Wii. That’s how Nintendo is selling the game in Japan — roping in Japanese celebrities to play the game. Not the most exciting…