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Final Fantasy XIII information

Here is an interesting, if not totally new article from the Official PlayStation Magazine concerning the forthcoming “FINAL FANTASY XIII” and the sequels with which it is associated.:
What’s the basic concept?
Remember the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII? Four releases, all centred on the lore of FFVII? The last piece of that collection finally arrives next […]

All Your Game Are Belong To Nintendo

A glance at the lowlights and highlights of Nintendo’s home video game console history
Since the launch of the Nintendo 64 in mid-to-late 1996 (or early 1997, depending on whether you live in North America, Japan or Europe), Nintendo have repeatedly struggled in their attempts to gain their previous stronghold authority in the video game industry. […]

Wii to be released earlier than PlayStation 3?

What we know: the PlayStation 3 release date has been confirmed by Sony Computer Entertainment as being November 17th, 2006. The company has also been frank about the seemingly high price band we are to expect to have to pay for the console (or should we say, the computer) - $499 and $599 (pricing in […]

PlayStation 3 - computer, not console

During an interview with Impress Watch, a Japanese website, the head honcho of Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE), Ken Kutaragi, has made it abundantly clear that he sees the PlayStation 3 as being a computer system, rather than a pure gaming console.
“We don’t say it’s a game console. PlayStation 3 is clearly a computer, unlike the […]

Final Fantasy XII-2 on the horizon?

At a Square-Enix press conference on the 8th of May, 2006, the company behind many popular roleplaying game series’ (RPG) such as Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, announced that there would be a new game released (well, 3 or more actually) on the PlayStation 3, named Final Fantasy XIII (13). As well as this, the […]

PlayStation 3 to use PlayStation 2 hardware instead of emulator

The popular Japanese magazine “Ultra One” has indicated that the forthcoming PlayStation 3 (PS3) console will feature PlayStation 2 (PS2) hardware to render games on the PS2 and PSOne playable on the new console (to begin with, at least), after speaking with Izumi Kawanishi, who is head of Sony’s Software Platform Development Division.
What this means […]

Speculation on PlayStation 3 launch titles

On Revolved.net’s daily glance at the excellent PlayStation 3 blog PS3Blog.net, we noticed an interesting article which discussed having noticed a few titles already available for pre-order on one of UK’s largest online gaming stores, Play.com.
The article speaks of nine (9) PS3 titles that would apparently be available from the 17th of October which is, […]

Wii vs PS3 - Controllers both set to innovate

There has been hot debate between Sony and Nintendo bosses in the media of late, with Nintendo discrediting Sony’s originality over the recent revelation that Sony’s PlayStation 3 controller would, just like the Nintendo Wii’s controller, feature ‘innovative’ motion sensors. Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata was the main instigator of the (albeit rather subtle) slanging match, […]