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Bankrupted Studio Says Square Enix Demanded Code by Fax, Didn’t Recognize FFXII Screenshots
In a feature story published today in Sweden, the founders of GRIN lay their studio’s precipitous demise at Square Enix’s feet, saying the publisher reneged on payments during the development of a Final Fantasy game and saddled them with ridiculous requirements as the project went sour. This is according a story (translated via Google) published…
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Looks Like Carmageddon’s Making a Comeback
Carmageddon‘s official site is displaying a countdown that will reach zero early the morning of June 1. The site is registered to Square-Enix, the series’ owner (acquiring it with Eidos). The series’ last release came in 2000; a Carmageddon 4 had been rumored in 2005 but was put on hold indefinitely.
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution is Day One for OnLive
Streaming video game download service OnLive is gathering steam, scoring a big win with a day-one release of the eagerly-anticipated Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Don’t have an OnLive console? Don’t worry, one comes free with the Augmented Edition of the game. For those unaware, OnLive is a service that allows players to play games streamed…
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Square Enix’s Chaos Rings Omega Circles Familiar Territory
During my first ten minutes with Square Enix’s iPhone RPG prequel Chaos Rings Omega I had to stop and make sure I hadn’t accidentally downloaded the first game. Last year’s Chaos Rings told the story of five couples mysteriously transported to a place called the Arc Arena, where are forced to fight their way through…
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Cybernetic Augmentations from Sarif Industries Will Change Your Life
Sarif Industries: Building better people for a better tomorrow. What could a human augmentation company that’s done so much good possibly have to hide? This lovely little viral video for Sarif Industries, the fictional biomechanical augmentation company that plays a central role in Deus Ex: Human Revolution leaves my limbs and eyes aching for the…
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First In-Game Teaser for Dead Island Still Playing the Emotion Card
While it’s certainly not the game-changing first trailer for Dead Island, today’s just-released trailer attempts to give a tug to those same heartstrings with music right out of a Hallmark commercial matched to in-game footage. I’m still on the fence on this one—I just cannot get with Dead Rising at all, which appears to be…
By Joel Johnson
