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A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’10s

The past few years produced a huge amount of great games and a surprisingly decent amount of them have well-developed characters that are hard to forget. And, of course, some of them look really attractive.


All The Final Fantasy XIII Digital Cuddling You Can Handle

Final Fantasy XIII has sexual tension. Ditto for its sequel, Final Fantasy XIII-2. Some apparently thought the tension wasn’t palpable enough. So they took things into their own hands — digitally.


More Hope For Final Fantasy Versus XIII?

Back in 2006, Square Enix unveiled three games: Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy Agito XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII. All three were linked by mythos centred on crystals and the series was dubbed “Fabula Nova Crystallis”.


JRPG Combat Is The Best Kind Of Combat

“Oh, I don’t really like battles. I just play JRPGs for the story.” You’ve probably heard something like that before, or wrote it, or thought it. There seems to be a general consensus, for better or for worse, that a Japanese RPG’s merits, if they exist at all, lie in its story and characters and overall charm. Not its combat, which is just something you do in between cut-scenes. That part is just a chore. I am here to tell you that this belief is wrong.


An Important Reminder About Tetsuya Nomura: The Man Has Mad Skills

Tetsuya Nomura wears various hats at Japanese game maker Square Enix. He designs games, he produces them, he directs them — he also designs characters! His artwork is perhaps the most influential of the Final Fantasy series. But it’s sometimes easy to forget his pure artistic talent, and sometimes easier to get lost in his resume, whether that’s the games he’s made or is making.


Here’s The ‘Official’ First Trailer For Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

Otherwise known as Final Fantasy XIII-3. You might have seen this a couple of days ago, if you were lucky enough to see the leaked footage before Square Enix pulled it down, but if you weren’t, here it is!


It’s Final Fantasy XIII, But With Drunken Sex Talk

Binge drinking. Jerking off. Squids. It’s just another wild night in the world of Final Fantasy.


Square Enix On Bringing Lightning Returns To Life

Lightning returns. The Final Fantasy XIII heroine wraps up her saga with Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. And it looks to be not only a very different Final Fantasy, but also to be one of the most interesting FF titles in recent memory.


Final Fantasy XIII’s Lightning Reborn In A Skyrim Mod

Of course, Skyrim mods are not new — neither is using Skyrim mods to recreate Final Fantasy characters. That doesn’t mean we are totally jaded and impossible to impress.


Square Enix Talks The Next Final Fantasy

Check out these four videos to see Square Enix’s design team talking about Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, announced tonight both here and Japan for release next year on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.


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