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Monday, Nov 16
Review: My Life As A Dark Lord
The story is the biggest incentive to buying the game but it might only be for fans of both the Crystal Chronicles universe and cutesy girly humor. I honestly found myself laughing at it more frequently than I laughed during Bowser's Inside Story. It's definitely cute and funny but it requir...
Nintendownloads - 11/16/09
Description: Step into the royal shoes of the Darklord's daughter as she installs traps and monsters inside her tower to fight back the endless waves of invading adventurers in this world-conquest role-playing game. Filling your demonic tower with monsters and traps called Artifacts...
Friday, Nov 13
Vagrant Story Confirmed For PSN Release
It's good news time for Squaresoft fans who also happen to be Sony fans! Following in the fine tradition of Final Fantasy VII, Playstation Network will soon see the release of the classic Squaresoft RPG Vagrant Story, easily playable on a PS3 or PSP system.
FINAL FANTASY XIII Gets North American Launch Date
Video Games | Final Fantasy XIII | Dynasty DocXBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Yesterday we told you there would be some big Final Fantasy XIII news coming out today and here it is! Square Enix has announced a launch date of March 9, 2010. Mark your calendars, start saving your pennies a...
Sunday, Nov 8
Mechanical Alchemy: The Dreaded Wonky Camera
I should mention that in Dissidia I am coming close to logging 200 hours of playtime and the original Kingdom Hearts gets an annual play through. I am in no way saying these games are poor. Quite the contrary, I love them. They both excel in story and manage to walk us through themes of family, cou...
Saturday, Nov 7
Shiren the Wanderer May Be Wandering To The PSP
I have one serious RPG crush this console generation and this has my steady, Square Enix slightly jealous. Square originally stole my heart with Final Fantasy but while producing a lackluster showing over the past few years (do we really need another re-skinned tower defense game?!) Atl...
Friday, Nov 6
Playstation Network Update 11/06/2009
Ben 10 Alien Force ($19.99) Crimson Room: Reverse ($7.99) Class of Heroes ($39.99) Creature Defense ($7.99) Numblast PSP ($4.99) Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron PSP ($29.99) Dissidia Final Fantasy ($39.99) Ghostbusters The Video Game PSP ($29.99) PSone Classics: PS3/PSP
Monday, Nov 2
First Details Of Final Fantasy XIII's Character Upgrade System Appear
One can imagine what this might mean for the gamer staring at a menu - rather than try to grind their LVL number higher, they can adjust the battle difficulty on their own by either focusing on easy-to-unlock skills and HP boosts, or toughing it out without those stats and going for the mothe...
Thursday, Oct 29
Let's Look At Famitsu's "Perfect" Scores
Vagrant Story Publisher ; Square Platform : PlayStation Released : 2000 Worth a 40? : More than you can admit Nintendogs Publisher : Nintendo Platform : Nintendo DS Released : 2005 Worth a 40? : Woof! Final Fantasy XII Publisher : Square Enix Platform : PlayStation 2 Released : 2006
Monday, Oct 26
Video: Square Enix Love Music
Final Fantasy -- Main Theme (PE'Z)Final Fantasy III -- Yuukyuu no Kaze (De De Mouse)Chrono Trigger -- Chrono Trigger & Toki no Kairo (Novoiski)Chrono Trigger -- Harukanaru Toki no Kanata e (livetune)Chrono Trigger -- Kaeru no Theme & Sentou Shori (Sexy-Synthesizer)Final Fa...
Tuesday, Oct 20
Final Fantasy Is Touring
But don't think he's all schtick. He's also a beautiful composer and a diverse song writer, and I encourage you explore his music yourself if you're even remotely interested. Anyway, Final Fantasy is touring the US! The tour dates are as follows:
Sakaguchi Working Hard On New Mistwalker Game, Also On LEGO
If you haven't been following Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi's development blog, that's very understandable. On it the iconic developer seems to talk about everything except for his game development. But every once in a while small bits of information trickle out, and typica...
Wednesday, Oct 14
Bon Jovi To Promote Final Fantasy
Destructoid has posted this Andria Sang report that Bon Jovi will be promoting Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers. More specifically, Bon Jovi's song, "We Weren't Born To Follow" from the band's upcoming album, "The Circle" will be used for the Japanese commercials...
Monday, Oct 12
ESRB Rates The Crystal Bearers
I'm really excited about Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers! The ESRB just rated the game, and it reads like a laundry list of awesome things I would want to do in an open world RPG: "The central character can use his telekinetic powers to throw people off cliffs, into wa...
Monday, Oct 5
Nintendownloads - 10/5/09
Though Square-Enix has been a supporter of the virtual console, for some reason they have held back on releasing their biggest franchise for the service. But not anymore, as today sees the release of Final Fantasy for the virtual console, bringing the most ironically named game of all tim...
Monday, Sep 28
Video: Final Fantasy XIII Japanese Trailer
Clocking in at a little over seven minutes, the Japanese trailer that Square-Enix released today for Final Fantasy XIII is a lot of behold. It's got everything from length cutscenes, to in-game battle sequences, to vehicle fights. It's also got plenty of Japanese dialog, with no subtitle...
Friday, Sep 25
TGS 09: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers - Trailer
Wow, this exclusive trailer for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers posted over at Destructoid is one of the best trailers I've seen for a Final Fantasy game in a while! It feels sort of like the Godhand trailer, doesn't it? Notice the female Tonberry cameo at 1:37, she look...
Monday, Aug 31
Video: Final Fantasy XIII Demo Gameplay
With many people still anxiously awaiting any sort of news on a release date for the next title in line from Square Enix's well known franchise, Final Fantasy XIII, any news is good news, since it can show us just how much closer we are to getting our hands on the game. The trailer above has the d...
Thursday, Aug 20
GRIN's 'Unreleased Masterpiece:' Final Fantasy Game For Square
During 2009 I've been working on the preproduction for an unannounced, and now canceled project with the production name 'Fortress' for Square Enix. Suddenly GRIN's closing seems a lot more sobering, doesn't it, my fellow fabulous Final Fantasy fans?
Friday, Aug 14
My Life As A Darklord DLC: Petty In Pink
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord brings a much-needed feminine touch to the world of darkness, and as Mira, the Darklord's daughter, you'll need all of your womanly comforts to reach your wicked best. So Square Enix's announcement of some house'n'home DLC for the W...
Wednesday, Aug 12
SEGA More Accepting Of New RPG Ideas Than Square-Enix Says Tri-Ace
Tri-Ace's next RPG epic Resonance of Fate (End of Eternity in Japan) represents a break from the company's normal fare. For the first time Tri-Ace is partnering with SEGA as the publisher as opposed to Square-Enix who published all of the company's past games. Why the change in publisher? A...
Friday, Aug 7
PlayStation Network Update 8/7/2009
Crystal Defenders is a defensive strategy game in which players deploy popular jobs from FINAL FANTASY Tactics A2, such as Black Mages and Soldiers, to fend off encroaching enemy hordes and prevent them from stealing their party's crystals. Worms Demo
Wednesday, Aug 5
Rumorama: FF XIV Scans Of Races And Jobs
Overall, the new info sounds great for die hard fans of the Final Fantasy MMO races, while also having some new tidbits as to what they are changing when it comes to jobs and classes. Hopefully more info will be coming soon. Until then enjoy the scans in the gallery after the jump.
Friday, Jul 24
PlayStation Network Update 7/24/2009
Assume the role of your favorite FINAL FANTASY character in an epic battle between light and darkness. Players can level up their characters in stunning environments that only the FINAL FANTASY series can provide! WHAT WILL YOU FIGHT FOR? Add-on Game Content
Monday, Jul 20
Gay Gamer Of The Week: Phillip G.
Consoles/handhelds you own: DS, PS3, PS2, Wii, 360 Favorite console/handheld: PS3 & DS Favorite game genre: RPG's Top 5 favorite games: Fav games ever? Hmm. Final Fantasy IV (Orig and DS), MGS (series..can I do that), SSBB, Mega Man X, Ocarina of Time ...this is hard guys.
Nintendownloads - 7/20/09
But Nintendo is trying to save you some of those precious Wii points for DLC by not releasing any virtual console games this week. Although there are still two more WiiWare titles this week, Battle Poker and 5 Spots Party bring "family-friendly" fun to fans of gambling and spot-the-differ...
Thursday, Jun 4
E3 09: Hands-On With Square-Enix
While touring the Square-Enix booth at E3, I had the opportunity to get my hands on some of the new Final Fantasy titles coming out. The first one I tried was Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. Playing as Roxas, you team up with Axel to complete a mission. The gameplay is exactly like the console games in...
Wednesday, Jun 3
E3 09: Sony Press Conference Highlights
As to be expect, Sony dropped plenty of news and titles in our laps with their press conference at E3. Our very own Fruit Brute was there live blogging the event as it unfolded, and you can go to that article and read through all the announcements and comments made on the LiveBlog. For those of yo...
Monday, Jun 1
Opinion: Nintendownloads - 6/1/2009
Final Fantasy games are usually stand alone adventures. When they're not, we get something like Final Fantasy X-2, which for most people wasn't exactly a ringing endorsement for the practice. Ported from a Japanese cell phone game, Final Fantasy IV: The After Years for WiiWare is a direct...
Friday, Apr 17
Video: Newest Final Fantasy Versus XIII Trailer
Even with a handy translation, I'm not sure how those two quotes tie together, but this Japanese language trailer (with some bold Italian opera-"ish" quotes at the open) looks pretty phenomenal. Sure, it's not exactly brimming with gameplay, but we've come to expect a lot of flash from Sq...
Wednesday, Apr 15
Video: Final Fantasy XIII Demo Footage
Final Fantasy 13 'PS3 Demo' gameplay clip part 1 of 9 Today's release of the Blu-Ray version of Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete in Japan came with demo of Final Fantasy XIII and of course it didn't take long for industrious gamers to release footage of it onto the interwebs. The ab...
Friday, Mar 20
Square Enix 'Fell Behind,' Opens LA Studio
While Square Enix's attempts at Western-targeted game development reach as far back as the SNES and games such as Secret of Evermore and Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest, it has redoubled its efforts of late - a publishing deal with Gas Powered Games, for instance, and developing games such a...
Monday, Mar 2
Final Fantasy IV Sequel Headed To Wii
Looks like we've got roundabout confirmation on Final Fantasy IV: The After Years from a rating information page at the ESRB. From the ESRB page: This is a 2D role-playing game in which players embark on an adventure involving magical crystals and a mysterious kingdom. Players traverse ac...
Thursday, Feb 26
Last Dance: Future Tactics: The Uprising
This week's Last Dance embodies the very definition of a misunderstood classic. It fell into a niche genre, had no marketing on initial release, and had one of the worst opening set of levels that will scare off many of those brave enough give the game a chance. While those that pressed on were...
Wednesday, Jan 28
Rumorama: FF4 Japan Mobile Game Coming to XBLA
Most likely, this means that the mobile Final Fantasy 4: The After squeal that is currently an episodic game available only on mobile phones in Japan might be coming to the XBLA. This rumor is in part due to the fact that Square-Enix is already working on two titles for the XBLA, Yosumin and Cr...
Tuesday, Jan 20
Final Fantasy Advent Children And FF XIII Demo
The wait for Final Fantasy XIII in the west might be nigh-endless, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't celebrate Japan's good fortune. Gamers across the ocean will get a healthy dose of hands-on time with Square Enix's favorite moneymaker on April 16th, when a playable demo comes attached...
Friday, Jan 16
Wait For Final Fantasy XIII Even Longer
Final Fantasy XIII will be released in Japan exclusively on the PS3 this year, and on the PS3 and 360 in western territories after April of 2010. This has been a lackluster generation for JRPG's. Square Enix enjoys robust year-end sales [The Guardian]
Tuesday, Jan 13
GayGamer Mailbag For January 13th, 2009
Final Fantasy Haters Why the PSP should not be the DS Where to find fellow tabletop and MMO gamers Why eating and gaming don't mix Why TheDoctor is not allowed to pick contest prizes Hey Doc, Brook Do you know of any resources to recommend for gay RPG gamers to connect and find games to join?
Thursday, Jan 8
Final Fantasy XIII Battle System Finally Revealed
To be honest, it has been very hard for me to really care about Final Fantasy XIII. Sure, it's the next installment in the legendary Final Fantasy series, but for me the series has been rather hit and miss over the years. The name Final Fantasy just doesn't immediately scream quality to me like...
Sunday, Dec 21
GayGamer Week In Review - Week Of 12/15/2008
Club Nintendo officially launched in the United States. Did you gather up enough points to nab that DS Game and Watch collection yet? Dissidia Final Fantasy should be hitting North America around mid-2009. Don't forget to grab your free Christmas presents from Good Old Games.
Meet FFXIII's Oerba Dia Vanille
We've seen her before in numerous trailers and images, but scans from VJump's latest issue have finally pegged that feisty red-head from Final Fantasy XIII with a name: Oerba Dia Vanille. She sounds like a dessert, yum! I hope that's a fake fur skirt she's wearing though, or PETA will be all...
Thursday, Dec 18
Dissidia Final Fantasy Coming Mid-2009
LOS ANGELES (December 18, 2008) - Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of Square Enix® interactive entertainment products in North America, announced that DISSIDIA™ FINAL FANTASY® for the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system will be available mid-year 2009 in North America.
Wednesday, Dec 10
Square Enix Announces Dragon Quest X For Wii
Square Enix held a relatively small press conference yesterday to announce the Japanese release date of Dragon Quest IX for the DS. The date is March 28th, and there was much rejoicing. But then Square Enix made a second announcement that might just completely overshadow the Dragon Quest I...
Friday, Nov 21
Square-Enix Goes Console Agnostic, Working On Downloadable Games
The Japanese market is very strong and back when we could concentrate on developing games for just one console, business was very good. But the one-console market is over. Square Enix LA studio to focus on digital titles [gamesindustry.biz]
Friday, Nov 14
Rumors Of Crystal Chronicle Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
We apologize for any unnecessary distress this rumor may have caused and hope the fans of the series can again look forward to the upcoming release of Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers." Exclusive: Square-Enix comments on Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Be...
Thursday, Oct 16
What Game Made You Cry?
1. Final Fantasy X (PS2) 2. Clannad (Xbox 360) 3. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP) 4. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2) 5. Kanon (PSP) 6. Tales of the Abyss (PS2) 7. AIR (PSP) 8. Dragon Quest V (DS) 9. Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation) 10. Little Busters! (PC)
Friday, Oct 10
TGS: Microsoft And Sony Fight For Japan
Few high-end PS3 third-party titles are showing outside of Sony's booth, but there is a gigantic number of PSP games elsewhere on the show floor, from Dissidia: Final Fantasy to Level 5's new game Ushiro, with the portable system seemingly rivaling the DS in its quantity of high-profile...
Monday, Oct 6
GayGamer Mailbag For October 6th, 2008
That being said, we've since seen Final Fantasy XII get spun off onto the Nintendo handheld with Revenant Wings and Final Fantasy XI and XIII both seeing releases on Xbox 360. Throw in the DS remakes of FF III and IV and you'll see that the house that Final Fantasy made is willing to release gam...
Wii-kly WiiWare and Virtual Console Update - 10/6/08
In my (entirely biased) opinion, this week sees the greatest WiiWare and Virtual Console update so far, and all because of one game: Shining Force 2. Shining Force 2 is very near and dear to my heart because it was my first RPG, and it made me into the gamer that I am today. Without Shining Force 2...
Wednesday, Sep 3
Final Fantasy Will Never Be Final
I hope you're sitting down for this one. We've learned that there are currently no plans to create a final game in the Final Fantasy series. Now before you think I'm getting my news stories from The Onion, I promise this was actually part of a real interview. Speaking with Gamasutra, Final Fant...
Friday, Aug 22
Harmonix To Help You Create Your Own Harmony?
We think we can do something really ambitious and really great that's going to speak across all the users of the game, not just hardcore users -- and that will result in some awesome stuff and not just 'Final Fantasy' covers. I mean, I like them ["FF" covers] too. So Harmonix is going to do somet...
Sunday, Aug 3
Final Fantasy XIII Demo On The Way, Mobile Games Coming To PSP
The company also announced that their previously phone-only games Final Fantasy Agito XIII and Parasite Eve spinoff The 3rd Birthday are coming to PSP. Agito XIII is part of the Fabula Nova Crystallis series with its big console brothers FFXIII and FF Versus XIII. Birthday continues the a...
Final Fantasy XI Inadvertently Sparks New Law In Illinois
But unfortunately for Square Enix, who makes Final Fantasy, Frank Edwards is an alderman in Springfield, Illinois and a good friend of his local State Rep. Raymond Poe. Final Fantasy XI Cancellation Woes Conjure Up New Law in Illinois [Game Politics]
