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Final Fantasy Versus XIII has not been cancelled

Travis Bruno
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You know all of those various rumors you’ve heard about Final Fantasy Versus XIII? Well you better ignore them and their rumor mongering, because Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada denied the cancellation of the game himself over Twitter. In fact he even said that he had just left a meeting where he was shown a cityscape presentation that literally could knock you off your feet.

Interestingly enough, these cancellation rumors and subsequent denial may trigger Square Enix to show off more of Final Fantasy Versus XIII in the future, perhaps at Tokyo Game Show where we may even hear of a release date?

EA Joins Business Coalition Opposing Defense of Marriage Act

Janina Joves
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EA Joins Business Coalition Opposing Defense of Marriage Act

As of last Wednesday, Electronic Arts has joined the growing group of businesses who join together in opposition to the Defense of Marriage Act, a United States federal law that defines marriage as a legal union between a man and a woman. Among the list of companies opposing the federal law are Google Inc., Microsoft, Starbucks, eBay, and the cities of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, New York, and Seattle.

In a statement released on their website on Wednesday, Electronic Arts urges the Court of Appeals to see that portions of the Act are unconstitutional.

DOMA presents a number of problems for businesses like EA, as it creates regulatory, tax, and discrimination complications for employers, and that’s why we’re standing against it. The underlying lawsuit impacts all employers no matter how big or small, and no matter the industry, and we encourage other business to join these efforts.

While it might seem that EA is saying that DOMA is ‘bad for business’, Electronic Arts was under fire back in April for having homosexual characters in, most notably, their Bioware games. EA stood its ground, and even as far back as 2010, supported the homosexual community via the “It Gets Better” campaign, where it added their own videos and employees’ stories about their own homosexuality in support of others who went through and are going through their own stories.

Four Queen’s Blade Grimoire characters revealed

Travis Bruno
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With the end of Queen’s Blade Rebellion last season, though there certainly is room for a second season of Rebellion, the next potential anime to be released for the Queen’s Blade franchise is called Queen’s Blade Grimoire. Today a number of busty beauties were revealed on Otakomu.

The four scans can be seen below and can be clicked for full size viewing. The first of these girls is Kaguya a Magic Sword Princess, Tina a mermaid girl, Zara, a demon hunting girl who appears to have a fox-like companion and the last one is Alicia, a darkness user from Wonderland. While past Queen’s Blade characters have come in all shapes and sizes, Tina and Zara look like some of the most unique so far. Who has been your favorite Queen’s Blade fighter over the years?

 

Bravely Default: Flying Fairy Collector’s Edition Revealed

Travis Bruno
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Bravely Default: Flying Fairy is going to be released on October 11th in Japan and those who feel like spending extra on the game can pick up a special collector’s edition which will be available via the company’s e-Store in Japan. The full collector’s edition can be seen above and will cost 12,800 yen.

The collector’s edition itself will include the game, a 3DS cover, a giant augmented reality poster, the soundtrack of the game as well as an artbook. Currently it is unknown when Bravely Default will be released in North America as Square Enix has not revealed any plans of a localization as of yet.

Persona 4 Arena spoilers will be cursed

Travis Bruno
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It’s not everyday you hear about a fighting game with an actual story mode which may be just as intriguing as an RPG’s story and it seems that Atlus wants to try and keep this story a mystery until you purchase the game and play through it yourself.

Andriasang reports that the Persona 4 Arena official website has been updated with a warning asking for players to not post videos, tweets or video feeds that spoil the game’s storyline. Anyone who doesn’t listen to them will be cursed with multiple curses and you wouldn’t like that at all. Plus no one likes a spoiler anyways, so it would be more than just Atlus cursing you in the end…

Kojima unveiling the Fox Engine at the MGS 25th anniversary event

Evan Brander-Jones
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During an interview with the PlayStation Blog, Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has revealed that he will be showing off his brand new Fox Engine to the public during the Metal Gear Solid 25th Anniversary event that will be held in Tokyo Japan on August 30th.

He also happened to mention that Metal Gear Rising Revengance was originally going to use the Fox Engine, but since Platinum Games is now handling the title it is using the Platinum Engine instead which was used to create titles such as Bayonetta and Vanquish. What do you believe the first game to use the Fox Engine could possibly be?

 

Black Rock Shooter will be completed soon according to Imageepoch

Travis Bruno
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Imageepoch is a very busy little developer over in Japan, what with the company working on games such as Toki to Towa, Sol Trigger and others. What is a bit worrying however is the fact that one title announced for release in North America by NIS America hasn’t seen any news since the localization announcement.

Well Siliconera has pointed out that CEO Ryoei Mikage responded to a fan on Twitter about whether or not an English version of the game is still going to be made. He responded stating “We are developing BRS now. BRS will be completed soon.” By BRS he means Black Rock Shooter and considering the title was released in Japan back in August 2011, it is certainly good to hear that the English version may be finished some point soon.

3DS Digital Download Cards will be slightly cheaper than retail

Travis Bruno
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When Nintendo revealed that they would be releasing their games both physically and digitally in the future, starting with New Super Mario Bros. 2 and Demon Training, they also revealed that they would be selling digital download cards for gamers to purchase at various retail stores. Well the first store in Japan has begun selling these cards and it just happens to be a 7-Eleven. Strange.

Either way, Nintendo World Report has found that these digital download cards are slightly discounted compared to the price of the retail version, with the retail version costing 3,800 yen while the digital card is only 3,580. Whether these slightly discounted prices will remain the same when the cards are released in North America is yet to be seen, though it does seem like a nice incentive for digital purchasers.

Silent Hill: Downpour developer Vatra Games could be closed down

Travis Bruno
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An all too familiar turn of events over the last few years, developer of the recently released Silent Hill: Downpour, Vatra Games, appears to be on the chopping block as their parent company has placed the developer under “strategic review.”

In a statement to Eurogamer, Vatra’s parent company Kuju stated that “The new management team at Kuju have been conducting a strategic review of all aspects of the business. As part of this process, the on-going business activities of the Vatra studio are currently under review. However, at this stage, no decisions have yet been made.”

Unfortunately this isn’t good news for the company, which is a damn shame considering how good Silent Hill: Downpour actually was in keeping with the feel of a classic Silent Hill title while successfully translating that experience to current-gen consoles.

Dance Central 3 release date revealed

Evan Brander-Jones
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Harmonix has announced that the Xbox 360 exclusive Dance Central 3 will be releasing October 16th in US and October 18th in AU 2012. Harmonix has also revealed 11 new songs for the games soundtrack, and have said that the game will feature over 40 awesome tracks.

The soundtracks at this time includes:

  • 2NE1 – “I Am The Best (Original Version)”
  • 50 Cent – “In Da Club”
  • Alice Deejay – “Better Off Alone”
  • Backstreet Boys – “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)”
  • Cali Swag District – “Teach Me How to Dougie”
  • Cobra Starship ft. Sabi – “You Make Me Feel…”
  • E.U. – “Da’ Butt”
  • Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina – “Stereo Love”
  • Gloria Gaynor – “I Will Survive”
  • J.J. Fad – “Supersonic”
  • Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz ft. Ying Yang Twins – “Get Low”
  • LMFAO – “Sexy And I Know It”
  • Los Del Rio – “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)”
  • Marcia Griffiths – “Electric Boogie”
  • Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera – “Moves Like Jagger”
  • Usher ft. Will.I.Am – “OMG”
  • Usher – “Scream”
  • Van McCoy – “The Hustle”
  • Vanilla Ice – “Ice Ice Baby”
  • Vicki Sue Robinson – “Turn The Beat Around”
  • Village People – “Y.M.C.A.”

Harmonix also released a “Dance Central 3” developer diary, which gives fans a peek at what to expect from the game’s exciting new story mode. The video is available down below.

What do you think of the soundtracks so far?  Which ones will get you off the couch and on the dance floor?

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