It seems that Square Enix has filed a patent for a new battle system with Tetsuya Nomura named as the inventor.
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Stargate Resistance
Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment, the guys working on the Stargate MMO ‘Stargate Worlds’, which is now heading to vaporware country, are also working on an FPS. Called Stargate Resistance (bet you guessed that from the title) it is based on a post SG-1 storyline with the ‘New System Lords’ vs the SGC. The New System Lords wish to reclaim all… Continue reading Stargate Resistance
Natal Plagued by Input Lag Issues?
Travellers Tales, creator of the popular Lego games, has stated that “[Natal is] exceedingly clever, but the lag on the input and lack of physical buttons is really going to restrict the kind of games that can be done with it,”. Jon Burton went on to say “Sony’s solution will be cheap, accurate and will… Continue reading Natal Plagued by Input Lag Issues?
Final Fantasy VIII Coming Soon To The PSN UPDATE!
In a recent Newsletter, Sony have revealed that Final Fantasy VIII is soon coming to the US PSN, no word yet about it’s release on the European PSN. What is meant by soon, no one knows, could be later today or it could be sometime into next year but at least it’s been confirmed. UPDATE:… Continue reading Final Fantasy VIII Coming Soon To The PSN UPDATE!
Final Fantasy XIV Beta Announced
Square Enix are looking for beta participants for the PC version of there upcoming MMORPG FFXIV. This seems to be the real deal for beta testing, not one of those ‘demo-named-beta for pre-orders’ type things you get recently. As you’ve no doubt worked out the beta would give you the chance to get a sneek peak… Continue reading Final Fantasy XIV Beta Announced
WAR!!!
As hinted ‘Friendship Ends in One Day’, and now its come down to War! Click the links to be whisked away to one of two pages each containing a heartfelt rally to war on each opposing side. Each class will be receiving the 3 new weapons. But each class has a chance to unlock a… Continue reading WAR!!!
Friendship Ends in One Day
Yesterdays TF2 update added some mysterious new sound bites to the Administrator. Mostly concerning friends it set the internet ablaze with speculation on what it all means. Many guessed that it was to do with Steam Friends playing on your side, with our only hint being to listen to who these sound bites are yelled at. Well the TF2blog has updated with a new… Continue reading Friendship Ends in One Day
Final Fantasy XIV Music to Premiere in Chicago
On December 12th the Chicagoland Pops Orchestra will be debuting new music from upcoming Square Enix game, Final Fantasy XIV as part of the long running Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy tour. Nobuo Uematsu, famed composer for the first ten games in the series will be in attendance and will also be performing for… Continue reading Final Fantasy XIV Music to Premiere in Chicago
No Tax Breaks for UK Games Industry
Today was The Budget, for our international readers that’s the day when the Treasurer pops out with a red briefcase and tells us how poor we are, how we are going to spend money we don’t have to pay of our deficit, and how he plans on raising that money(taxes!)
Final Fantasy XIII Famitsu Score Revealed
The latest issue of Famitsu has been leaked, what does it say about Final Fantasy XIII?
Umbrella Umbrella
Capcom Store is offering the very original Umbrella Corp Umbrella with the purchase of Resident Evil: Zero for the Wii. The game is set before the original Resident Evil and sees you fighting off the usual bunch of zombies and co. With the acclaim the Wii version of RE4 got this could be a solid… Continue reading Umbrella Umbrella
Peace Walker Release Date
The next installment in the Metal Gear Franchise hits US shores on May 25, 2010. If you can bring yourself to wait the mere 1632 hours, or roughly 9 weeks if you want to be boring about it, then there’ll be no need to import the game. It will also be released in Europe 3… Continue reading Peace Walker Release Date
GT Academy 2010 Revs its Engines
Starting December 17th Polyphony Digital, Sony and Nissan invite GT fans to see if they have what it takes to be the best in the GT Academy 2010 Contest. The Official Facebook page says “Test your racing skills to the limit and swap your sofa for a real race car with PlayStation and Nissan in… Continue reading GT Academy 2010 Revs its Engines
France court deems R4 & Co legal
In a landmark case for homebrew carts and similar hacks the French high courts today ruled in favour of flash carts. Nintendo had taken action against Divineo for supplying the carts, but the Paris courts instead called Nintendo’s actions restrictive to developers. They suggested that developers should be free to develop games for consoles, whether… Continue reading France court deems R4 & Co legal
Epic add Epic Amount of Tutorials
Last month Epic released the Unreal UDK for free. A kit that should allow budding bedroom game designers to build their own games using the massively popular Unreal middleware behind such games as Gears of War, Mass Effect and of course Unreal Tournament. Now a month later They’ve uploaded over 160 tutorial videos showing how… Continue reading Epic add Epic Amount of Tutorials