In Real Life

This Hitman Racing Suit Is Either The Most Ridiculous Or The Most Brilliant Thing I’ve Seen

We’ve featured Joey Logano, the driver who races the No 20 GameStop Toyota in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series, several times before. He’s had some awesome car wraps before, hoods dedicated to Bioshock 2 or Red Dead Redemption — things that still look a little strange turning left at 190km/h.


May 26, 2012
PlayStation

Sleeping Dogs Looks Like A Hodgepodge From The Last Five Years Of Action Games

I may be crazy for looking forward to United Front’s upcoming open-world action game but Sleeping Dogs looks like it’s going to scratch a particular Hong-Kong-gangster-cinmea itch of mine. It also looks like it’s throwing elements designed to appeal to every possible sort of taste.


May 18, 2012
PlayStation

The Final Fantasy VII That Could’ve Been

Most modern-day gamers know or at least know of Final Fantasy 7. The monster hit that single-handedly brought the PlayStation into the foreground and secured its place for years to come. Now, 15 years after its initial release, director Yoshinori Kitase has released some of the few remaining development notes to the Weekly Famitsu.


May 16, 2012
Uncategorized

Right Now, Final Fantasy VII Remake Isn’t The Most Important Thing

Not for Square Enix. Final Fantasy VII character designer and current Square Enix bigwig spoke with Japanese game magazine Famitsu about the much desired FFVII.


e3 2012

A Night Of Speed-Dating With Kingdom Hearts, Theatrhythm And Heroes Of Ruin

I’m in California this week for the purpose of checking out a bunch of video games that will be shown at E3 next month. I’m a pre-E3 judge*, you see, bouncing from one showcase with a game publisher to another, signing lots of paperwork in which I swear not to tell people about these games for a few weeks.


PC

You Want Your Final Fantasy VII HD Remaster? Well Here It Is!

One of the greatest things about PC gaming is the ability to modify games. Since Doom, fan-made sprites, levels, and even tweaks to gameplay can be found for any number of classic and modern PC titles. Recently, games like Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age have received amazingly detailed texture packs for all their characters, improving the graphics incredibly.


May 15, 2012
News

Kingdom Hearts 3D Trailer Is So, So Cheesy

Here’s an English-language trailer for the upcoming Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, for the Nintendo 3DS. Throwing Disney and Square Enix is still resulting in pretty much exactly what you’d expect it would.


May 14, 2012
News

That Sure Looks Like A Final Fantasy Logo

For the Final Fantasy role-playing games, the logos are iconic. You can spot them a mile away and immediately recognise them. Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII is no exception, which makes this kwinky-dink all the more noticeable.


May 11, 2012
PC

Hitman Absolution Will Be Out On Nov 20

The next Hitman game will be out on November 20 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, Square Enix said today in a press release.


News

When’s Kingdom Hearts 3 Coming Out? Leave That To Your Imagination And Baseball Analogies

It has been over a month since Kingdom Hearts 3D was released, and with no news on Final Fantasy XIII Versus other than the standard “stay tuned”, Weekly Famitsu asked director Tetsuya Nomura in an interview if Kingdom Hearts 3 was on the horizon.