Archive for June, 2009

Jun
22
2009

Deals on PS3 games today

posted by nikki at 8:10 am.

PS3 owners may want to check out Amazon.com today for some GoldBox deals. The deal of the day is Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for PS3 for $28.98, and today’s first GoldBox deal is X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Uncaged Edition) for $39.98.

Four more deals will be coming up over the course of the day.

Jun
3
2009

Final Fantasy XIV will be an MMO

posted by nikki at 8:18 am.

Final Fantasy XIII is still months from release (in Japan… we’re still closer to a year from release here in the U.S.) and god only knows when FF Versus XIII will be out, but Square Enix has decided to tempt us with the next installment in the series.

Yesterday’s E3 attendees saw the first footage of Final Fantasy XIV. The game will be coming to PS3, though not even a tentative timeframe was given for the release. MMO fans rejoice… XIV will be another online title, a la Final Fantasy XI.

I may finally have to break my rule about not getting involved in MMOs. I missed out on XI due to not having broadband (or… you know… money, really, for that matter) back when it first came out, and never got around to trying it after becoming a member of the gainfully employed elite. And until about a month ago, my PC would have choked and died had I attempted to put WoW on it. With my two top choices out of the picture, it didn’t seem worth the effort to risk having my life taken over by some other MMO. But I’m a sucker for just about anything Square Enix is willing to throw at me, so it looks like I’m sold.

Ever wonder what the Final Fantasy IV characters got up to after the game ended? (Well… the ones who lived through it, I mean…) I guess now we’ll find out.

No, really. There’s a Final Fantasy IV sequel out today on WiiWare. Apparently I missed the memo on this when it came out on various mobile phone platforms in Japan last year, because this is complete news to me (I’m almost ashamed to call myself a fan for not knowing about this).

For a mere 800 Wii Point, you can pick up FInal Fantasy VII: The After Years.

From Nintendo:

FINAL FANTASY IV: THE AFTER YEARS is the sequel to the hit RPG FINAL FANTASY IV. The story takes place many years after the original and centers on a young man named Ceodore, son of the paladin Cecil and the white mage Rosa, who, along with their loyal and steadfast friends, once saved the world from evil born of the second moon. Now, monsters are reappearing in a world that had finally attained peace. The second moon has returned anew. What tidings does this ominous harbinger bring? Familiar faces and new allies join the battle to save the Blue Planet once more.