Monthly Archives: January 2010

Speaking in an interview with OPM Benelux, Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase has revealed that the RPG was originally in development for PlayStation 2.

But after the announcement of PlayStation 3, FFXIII PS2 was moved over to PS3: something that cost Kitase and his team “a year-and-a-half” of development time.

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PlayStation 3 was Introduced to the world at E3 2005 by then-SCEA president Kaz Hirai and then-SCEI CEO Ken Kutaragi. It released over 19 months later in Japan, being made available on November 11, 2006. A US launch followed on November 17.

Europe would not see the console for another four months due to a lack of diodes for the machine’s Blu-ray player. The European PS3 launched in March 2007.

Release titles included Insomniac’s Resistance: Fall of Man, Evolution Studios’ Motorstorm, Namco Bandai’s Ridge Racer 7, Activision’s Call of Duty 3 and more.

Here’s everything you need to know about Sony’s current play in the under-the-TV console market.

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Epic Games will host a Valentine Event of sorts in Gears of War 2, giving players bonus XP for showing how much they love their fellow man by handing out healthy doses of death and killin’.

Hell yeah.

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SEGA’s put out a new video for Aliens vs Predator, showcasing the Survivor Mode from the FPS.

It’s below the break, courtesy of GameTrailers.

If you’re a PC player, system specs were released for the game a while back, and to tide you over until it’s released, you can play the classic AvP over on Steam – which just had multiplayer patched into it.

Game’s out on PC, 360, and PS3 next month.

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GameStop has revealed that Gearbox is releasing the downloadable content available for Borderlands onto one disc, and it’s called the Borderlands Add-On Pack.

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Microsoft has revealed that when its Game Room launches on Xbox 360, there will not be any Teen or Mature rated games present in the application, as it will be rated E10+.

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John Koller, Sony’s director of hardware marketing, has told the Wall Street Journal that Apple’s iPad launch bodes well for its PSP handheld.

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BioWare has updated the official Dragon Age: Origins site, and it has the Return to Ostagar DLC now available for PC.

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Battlefield Heroes players may notice some strange looking humanoids walking around in-game, now that werewolves and vampires have been added to the mix.

However, these humanly-challenged characters will only be around for one month.

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The Game Developers Conference has some of its lecturers listed for the March 9 – March 13 event, and it looks as though Final Fantasy XIII will be featured in at least three of ‘em.

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VideoGamePriceCharts has released its 2009 report on game and publisher resale values for over 1,000 games released on DS, PSP, Xbox 360, Wii, PS3 and PS3.

Turns out, the resale value of some of your games may be much more than you paid for ‘em.

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Funcom has released another video for its Rise of the Godslayer expansion to Age of Conan.

The expansion is expected to “deliver a wealth of new content and features” set in the eastern empire of Khitai.

Still, no release date, but it’s coming. Watch the video below the break courtesy of FileFront, showing off the northern grasslands.

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Looks like the lawsuit between Activision and pissed-off rockers over Guitar Hero 5/Band Hero is still on the docket, if Courtney Love’s newest comments are any indication.

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Final Fantasy XIII Producer Yoshinori Kitase has told the Dutch version of Official Playstation Magazine that the choice of Leona Lewis for the title’s theme song was partially due to issues translating the original tune.

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FireSky, those behind the Stargate MMO, announced on its official website that Stargate: Resistance will be released onto PC February 10.

Kind of out of left field there – for us at least.

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Those that pre-ordered Star Trek Online can now start playing in the early start program.

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Looks like No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise has been pushed into April over in Japan for “various reasons”.

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Capcom has revealed DLC plans for MotoGP 09/10 which is expected in March.

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After failing to win over Take-Two back in 2008, EA CEO John Ricitiello called the whole courtship a “waste of ink.”

3D Realms’ Scott Miller, however, thinks he should give it another shot.

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Ever gone out with someone who was charming, interesting, and funny, only to notice that they had something stuck between their teeth? And though you were charmed, interested, and funned, all you can remember now is that giant chunk of broccoli that hung on for dear life as they took you for a verbal rollercoaster ride?

Well, Dragon Age is kind of like that. Only the thing isn’t in Dragon Age’s mouth; it’s around it. The thing is Dragon Age’s face.

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