A bit of good news for those fans of Square Enix’s recent open-world havoc-wreaking blastathon, Just Cause 2: There will be some free DLC available for the game soon. This game is already tons of fun, sacrificing realism for the sheer joy being able to leap from one moving vehicle to another, use a grappling [...]

Square Enix has annoucned a sequel to the Gas Powered Games hack’n’lash faux-pee-gee (fake RPG, get it?) and it’s being developed by Obsidian Entertainment with “input” by GPG. It’s going to be on PC and consoles. For the first time, play DUNGEON SIEGE on high-def consoles Players will be able to adventure by themselves or [...]

By now the shock that some JRPG lovers endured over Final Fantasy XIII’s bizarre new direction has probably faded a bit. Some die-hard fans are still trying to defend it, while a large contingent say that it isn’t even a game – and their case is argue. If you fall into this latter category, then [...]

I can’t remember exactly when the term “open-world” entered our already saturated gaming lingo; it refers to a particular style of gameplay that encompasses a broad range of genres allowing players to choose their own path through a game rather than follow a rigid script. It sounds like something that would always be a good [...]

Despite (true) accusations of being entirely too linear, even for a JRPG, Final Fantasy XIII still has its fans. If you’re one of them, you might be interested in this little exploit. As you probably know, FFXIII‘s linear nature makes power-leveling very difficult, but some folks submitted an FAQ to IGN detailing how easy power [...]

A lot of interesting stuff has hit the PlayStation Network in the last few months, but two of the most interesting titles of all are Vagrant Story, a classic PlayStation title from Squaresoft, and Call of Duty Classic, a port of the original Call of Duty from Infinity Ward. Vagrant Story It happens occasionally, even [...]

In an interview with MCV, Square Enix chief Yoichi Wada had a great many things to say with his meatflaps, most of them about consoles, console games and the future. Being a Time Lord, Wada has a great deal of insight into the far-flung tomorrow of the day after. “In ten years’ time a lot of [...]

Fan of the endless Final Fantasy? These may be relevant to your interests! Careful, they’re HUGE! Final Fantasy XIII is due for release on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, sometime in 2010. (More screenshots will be added later, when the gallery system stops breaking).

The Magic Box has recently revealed a few more Japanese games magazine scans detailing how the level-up system in Final Fantasy XIII will work. As the characters defeat enemies, they earn Crystalium Points which they can then spend to learn abilities and improve attributes on a map system not unlike Final Fantasy X’s sphere grid. [...]

Even here in SA, the fan following for Final Fantasy is quite extensive, and there are plenty of gamers out there whose sole reason for buying a PS3/360 is probably to play Final Fantasy XIII… and any other Square Enix titles featuring Tetsuya Nomura’s lavishly accessorised, spiky-haired, disturbingly effeminate protagonists. Well, if this is you, [...]

In a recent interview with the online Computer and Videogames magazine, the developers of the upcoming Final Fantasy XIV revealed some of their plans to make the game more accessible. For those who don’t know, Final Fantasy XIV is not quite the next logical step in the series, rather, it’s an online MMORPG like Final [...]

Not only did the recent release of Advent Children Complete come with a retooled plotline for the sort-of-sequel movie to Final Fantasy VII and additional scenes showing gravity-defying magical combat, it also snuck in some fresh new screenshots of the upcoming Final Fantasy XIII. We couldn’t help but notice that, while they look roughly the [...]

I hate Japanese RPGs. Ask anyone who knows me. “She hates milk,” they’ll tell you, “and Japanese RPGs.” I hate pretty much everything about JPRGs. I hate the random encounters. I hate the tedious, overwrought narratives. I hate the insipid dialogue. I hate the presumption that I should take seriously any alleged evil committed by [...]