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Nomura: Still No FFVII Remake, but Maybe Cloud Cameos
Square Enix designer Tetsuya Nomura reiterated the no-plans watch for a Final Fantasy VII remake any time soon, although it would take much more than the nuanced way he said it to put to rest the speculation on this game. In the current Famitsu, Nomura, who designed the game’s much-beloved characters, says: Fans are looking…
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PS3 Just Cause 2 Has Video Capture Built Right In
A game like Just Cause 2 is filled with explosive moments you’ll want to share with your friends, and PlayStation 3 players will be able to do just that, thanks to a PS3-exclusive built-in video capture feature. Just Cause 2 is all about emergent action, letting the player decide how he or she wants to…
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A Closer Look At NieR
Square Enix‘s NieR is more than just suggestive pictures of a woman’s rear end as evidenced by this latest batch of screenshots for the Cavia-developed action-adventure. Okay, so maybe these screens aren’t nearly as compelling as the ones Ash has been posting, but we couldn’t have folks expecting the entire game to be about ass,…
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Final Fantasy XIII’s PAL Collector’s Edition Is Lovely
It might not have exactly the same content as were listed on GameStop’s Italian portal, but the PAL region Collector’s Edition of Final Fantasy XIII is nothing to scoff at. For the most part, the official PAL Collector’s Edition for Final Fantasy XIII is very similar to the one Luke wrote about earlier this week.…
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Supreme Commander 2 Gets A Proper Trailer
Gas Powered Games‘ Supreme Commander 2 finally gets itself a proper trailer, with lovely CGI and bombastic music appropriate for a real-time strategy game of its stature. For a while there the only video we had of Supreme Commander 2 was the one that came out with the North American release date announcement, which featured…
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Front Mission Evolved Trailer Evolves
Square Enix announced a spring European release for third-person giant-robot shooter Front Mission Evolved, releasing a new trailer that adds some personality to the teaser seen at last year’s Tokyo Game Show. Front Mission Evolved, developed for Square Enix by Double Helix Games, is a new take on the traditionally turn-based strategy series, serving up…
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This Week In XBLA: Death By Cube And Vandal Hearts
Square Enix‘s blood-filled box shooter Death by Cube is joined by the prequel to Konami’s 1996 tactical role-playing game Vandal Hearts to form this week’s new additions to the Xbox Live Arcade. Robots shooting cubes filled with blood – this is the perfect way to describe Square Enix’s new twin-stick shooter, Death by Cube, which…
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Rumor: Leaked ‘Tech Demo” Footage of Final Fantasy: Fortress
This is a two-minute, 30-second video said to be of a tech demonstration of “Fortress,” the Final Fantasy project GRIN was said to have been working on when the Swedish studio closed. Click to view Few details accompany the video, whose visuals and action-oriented gameplay are very Western-oriented, to say the least. The video’s action…
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Choose Your Own Just Cause 2 Adventure
This choose your own adventure style trailer for Just Cause 2 showcases the different ways to tackle a mission in Eidos’ upcoming action-adventure. Clicking the video at the designated time will take you on a magical journey to YouTube, but don’t worry, we’ll be here waiting for you when you get back. That is, unless…
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Arkham Asylum Gets its GOTY (Edition)
The British Board of Film Classification has listed a Game of the Year edition for Batman: Arkham Asylum, offering no details beyond the fact it’s a separate version under a different name. The game was approved with no cuts made, but that doesn’t really mean much as, of course, the original version passed review by…
By Owen Good