Brendan 2006-11-14 0 comments
An interesting romp through unfamiliar locales that ultimately fails to deliver what fans were expecting, in the omnipresent shadow of its predecessor. Welcome to Dirge of Cerberus, the PlayStation 2 debut of gun-totting Vincent’s back story. Set a year after the events of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, and thusly three years after the original PlayStation installment, Dirge of Cerberus...
kula shakerz 2006-11-13 0 comments
Japanese retailers recently announced that Square Enix is going to release platinum (budget) versions of Final Fantasy X International and Final Fantasy X-2 International. Both games will be released on the 25th January 2007 and the suggested retail price is 2,800 yen ($23.82 USD).
Brendan 2006-11-13 0 comments
On the heels of Square Enix launching a massive campaign against third-party tool users, the company is bundling the world of Vana'diel into one single package to entice new players into the stand alone Final Fantasy XI: Online. FINAL FANTASY XI Vana’diel Collection 2007, shipping to retailers across the world exclusively for Windows, offers the original Final Fantasy XI, and...
Brendan 2006-11-13 0 comments
Charts are in again this week for Famitsu, and FF13 is yet again reigning supreme. Such spectacular news brings to mind the question of whether the air is thin atop that high and mighty throne of #1 Most Wanted Game? Oh bother, do we really care? No! As long as FF13 doesn't take three years (which is most likely will...
kula shakerz 2006-11-11 0 comments
Dengeki Playstation recently had an interview where character designer Tetsuya Nomura and Final Fantasy XIII director Motomu Toriyama revealed a few new details regarding the two Playstation 3 titles they are working on. Both games will run on the same "White Engine" that Square Enix is currently working on. Nomura said that the battle scenes in Versus would be similar...
kula shakerz 2006-11-11 0 comments
The official release date of Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus in Europe is finally confirmed. Its not the 3rd November as previously announced but Friday 17th of November.
Brendan 2006-11-08 0 comments
Square Enix announced today that they have shipped 1.5 million units of Final Fantasy XII to North American territories, just in time for the winter shopping season. These numbers on right on par with amount of units expected to be sold by the end of this month (about one million), with a little left-over for Christmas shopping, and any subsequent...
Brendan 2006-11-08 0 comments
New scans of the Square-Enix title "Dragon Quest Swords" have surfaced this week, as Square Enix continues its surge of content for the Wii. Besides the fact that the game has been pushed back for a 2007 release in Japan, hideously few details exist, though we know that the Wii controller will function much like a sword instead of a...
Brendan 2006-11-04 0 comments
Enix is pulling out all the stops to make 2006 one of the most memorable, and profitable, years for videos games in the company's history. In addition to a round of new Final Fantasy titles, Valkyrie Profile ports and sequels, and a bunch of new and ambitious projects announced, Square's pumping out a fourth installment in its underdog Action-RPG series...
Brendan 2006-11-03 0 comments
On the heels of the FF12 release--and while many of us are still recovering from the price tag of the CE and the CE Strategy Guide--is the GBA North American port of Final Fantasy V, due out this coming Tuesday. Despite the clamor that retro-Final Fantasy fans everywhere may be making, the numbers out of Japan after the first few...
Brendan 2006-11-03 0 comments
A tantalizing few new details about the Nintendo DS follow-up to the recently debuted Final Fantasy XII have surfaced. Not too much to report besides the fact that among party members that will compose the cast of Revenant Wings, familiar faces Fran and Balthier will be hanging around for this new adventure. In accordance with characters, the Espers will make...
kula shakerz 2006-11-01 0 comments
Ubisoft has officially stated that they will be publishing Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus in Australia. There is currently no official release date but its expected to hit the shelves at the same time as in Europe sometime during the middle of November. In related news, Ubisoft has also confirmed that they will be publishing Final Fantasy XII in...
kula shakerz 2006-10-31 0 comments
Genius Sonority recently announced that they are developing Dragon Quest Sword: Kamen no Joou to Kagami no Tou for Square Enix. The game which is scheduled for a spring 2007 release in Japan, will be Square Enix's first Nintendo Wii title and will be produced by Manabu Yamana. Yamana is no stranger to the Dragon Quest series though. As head...
kula shakerz 2006-10-31 0 comments
The day you have (or not) been waiting for is finally here. Square Enix' latest installment in the popular Final Fantasy series, Final Fantasy XII is out in North America! The world of Ivalice is at war: the nation of Archadia and Rosaria locked in a bitter contest for domination and supremacy of everything in between them. The Kingdom of...
Brendan 2006-10-22 0 comments
With Final Fantasy XII just over a week away from release in the United States, it'll be interesting to see the new developments regarding Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings, surface through scans and internet media across the world. We've got some new(ish) details to report on the game, which will be a Nintendo DS continuation of one of the most...
kula shakerz 2006-10-20 0 comments
Yesterday, a number of accounts which were confirmed to have violated the user agreement by using unauthorized third-party software tools within Final Fantasy XI to enable abnormal in-game movement were discovered and have been suspended or permanently terminated. Based on the results of an investigation, over 1,400 PlayOnline accounts have been either suspended or terminated on Oct. 19, 2006 for...
Brendan 2006-10-20 0 comments
In line with my misinforming, two-timing, back-stabbing, treacherous, deceitful, movie worthy, action-packed, controversy embroiled, liberally slanted, contentiously elitist, legally bound, morally unscrupulous, judiciously impaired self, enjoy this review from Game Informer that heralds the release of Final Fantasy XII, and has a few titillating English screens. Hi-ho silver! View the scan.
Brendan 2006-10-20 0 comments
The best part of a new videogame in any franchise that fans around the world have high expectations for is the fun of the wait, the excitement of the days merely prior to the release date itself. This is the best part of the wait, when we're so close to the finish line yet so far away at the same...
Brendan 2006-10-19 0 comments
"Selections from Final Fantasy XII," is the name of the special North American release of the original soundtrack to the most "eagerly anticipated RPG of all time." Unlike it's Japanese counterpart, the North American version only harbors 31 of its big brother's 80 plus tracks; practically assuring a CD of the highest quality music that the entire soundtrack has to...
kula shakerz 2006-10-17 0 comments
Square Enix is performing a Final Fantasy XI maintenance tomorrow on October 18th. The maintenace will start at 10:00 and last for five hours to 15:00 (PDT). All servers will be offiline during the maintenace. Once this maintenance is completed, the client update will start automatically after logging back into Final fantasy XI. Just follow the instructions that appear on...