February 2010
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Published on: 28th February, 2010
Bear McCreary puts out what could be his final album based on the acclaimed series
James Callis Heads To ‘FlashForward’
Published on: 28th February, 2010
Loyal ‘Battlestar Galactica’ fans have something new to get excited about.
Final Fantasy XIV Beta Begins March 11
Published on: 28th February, 2010
Square Enix’s “VanaFest 2010″ is taking place today (where they’ve already announced three new add-ons for Final Fantasy XI), and while its name suggests it’s all about celebrating their current MMO, they still slipped some exciting Final Fantasy XIV news in as well: They’ve announced the beta test will begin on March 11.
It’ll be a closed beta test available to only a small number of invitees at first (Square Enix took applications back in December), but the beta will naturally expand over time. “Those who were not selected in this drawing, fear not, for there will be other opportunities to come,” said Square Enix in the announcement (via Joystiq). The beta will also only be on the PC at first.
And even if you don’t get into the beta later on, you won’t have to wait too much longer to get your hands on Final Fantasy XIV — it’s set for release later this year.
Square Enix Announces Three New Add-On Scenarios for FFXI
Published on: 28th February, 2010
Square Enix may already be hard at work on their next massively multiplayer RPG, Final Fantasy XIV, but their current MMO Final Fantasy XI is still alive and kicking. And today, Square Enix announced three new battle scenario add-ons that’ll all release throughout 2010.
The first add-on will be Vision of Abyssea, which is set to launch in early summer. This will be followed by Scars of Abyssea and Heroes of Abyssea (Abyssea will be kind of important, in case you didn’t pick up on that) later this year. Each scenario add-on will bring “new stages for epic combat, providing high-level players with new equipment to collect and challenging monsters to battle.” You know, like every other add-on ever released for any other MMO in existence.
Each new scenario will run you $9.99, and will be available for purchase on the PlayOnline Viewer. The previous FFXI expansion packs Rise of the Zilart and Wings of the Goddess will both be required to play them.
Report Shows Taliban Militants Used PlayStation Controller for Detonator
Published on: 28th February, 2010
Sony’s PlayStation 3 marketing has touted that their system “only does everything,” but here’s one thing no one would ever want to a see PlayStation used for: detonator for an improvised explosive device.
During a Fox News report (yes, Fox News, but bear with us) of a raid of a home suspected of stocking bomb-making materials in Afghanistan, a PlayStation controller was found that one soldier explained would have been used to detonate an explosive. “Something as simple as what a soldier may’ve thrown out because their PlayStation was broken can be used as an initiator device,” the unidentified soldier says while holding the controller (which, to be specific, appears to be an original PS1 controller since it lacks analog sticks).
In truth, it’s not very surprising to see a videogame controller could be reconfigured into a detonator — it’s been well documented that otherwise innocuous electronics (like cell phones) are often used by enemy militants and insurgents for detonating IEDs in Iraq and Afghanistan. But it certainly doesn’t make it any less disconcerting to see something as harmless as a PlayStation controller turned into a weapon.
‘Smallville’ – Persuasion
Published on: 28th February, 2010
Uneven and topsy-turvy, it’s Valentine’s Day in Metropolis
NBC Casts ‘ER’ Vet In Superhero Pilot
Published on: 28th February, 2010
If developed, series will be the opposite of ‘Heroes’
Director unveils huge Tron Legacy spoilers, awesome footage
Published on: 27th February, 2010
We previewed the first 3-D teaser trailer for Tron Legacy and got a bunch of spoilers from the director.
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Published on: 27th February, 2010
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Kojima says Peace Walker is a “Test” for MGS Series
Published on: 27th February, 2010
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is instituting a few intriguing new ideas for the MGS series, and according to recent tweets from Hideo Kojima (yes, Hideo Kojima is tweeting now), they may be the precursors to what could eventually be another new Metal Gear Solid game on a different platform.
“It’s not that PSP is the main platform for the future MGS series,” Kojima wrote (via Andriasang). “Peace Walker is a test to see what type of expansions are there if MGS is brought to a portable. We’re not just rising vertically with development on next generation systems, but also horizontally, trying to expand gameplay.”
So no, Kojima never out-and-out says it, but the implication is clearly that new ideas in Peace Walker may evolve into a new MGS possibly on current-gen hardware (or maybe they’ll end up in Metal Gear Solid: Rising, which we still no so very little about?). Among Peace Walker’s more intriguing new features is four-player co-op, where gamers can give each other various kinds of support by “synching” their characters together (check out our last preview for a more in-depth explanation).
