Square Enix recently announced that they would start releasing more and more information about Final Fantasy Agito XIII once Final Fantasy XIII is released in December. This strongly suggests that it will be the next title released under the Fabula Nova Crystallis umbrella.
To make new gamers more likely to try Age of Conan - or current players less likely to abandon it - Funcom is lowering the price of several long-term subscription plans for the sword-and-sorcery MMORPG.
The Halloween-themed Blood Moon event hits Champions Online next week and Cryptic wants new players to experience it, too. They're going to let the public play the super hero MMORPG free of charge for four days.
YourEMGN Writes: "Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack In Time seems to be in high demand, reaching the top 3 sales in the video games category yesterday on retailer - Amazon."
Gamer Investments writes: "In a statement provided to Gamer Investments today from Ignition the company confirmed that the rumored September NPD sales data for Muramasa: The Demon Blade, which was reported to be 35k, is accurate and in line with their expectations."
Great opportunity for PS3 owners who have not played this game. Amazon is offering Fallout 3 for the PS3 for only $20. Amazon prime members get free shipping.
What appears to be the complete Japanese boxart for Final Fantasy XIII appears to has leaked onto the web with the final boxart being identical to the art shown next to a special edition console at TGS 2009.
PS Blog writes."The past two weeks we've seen tons of community activity so we wanted to dedicate this weeks SITM post to you guys…so "without further ado"…yes we read the comments. :)"
Bungie writes:"Hello and welcome the Bungie Weekly Update. It's a pleasure to have you with us today. Your safety and comfort are our primary concern, so please pay close attention to the following important information.Marcus fired off another Halo: Reach progress report earlier this week. His communique contained exactly five hundred and fifty eight words that charted the team's recent forward progress and then got down and dirty, digging into all the gory details. Fresh off the completion of a significant development milestone, the team just added tons of new awesome into the Halo: Reach mix."
Today at the PlayStation Store, Sony secretly revealed the latest addition to their store. The new section in the PlayStation Store is called "Rockstar Store".
PlayStation 3 owners visiting ToysRUs.com may have had a brief thrill today when they saw PlayStation 3 box art for Rockstar's supposedly Xbox-only Grand Theft Auto IV expansion disc on the company's site. Just an error, according to Rockstar.
WorthPlaying writes, "With a story written by the same minds behind the Lunar series & Tales of Destiny 2, and gameplay developed by veteran RPG-makers Kogado Studios and Premium Agency, RPG fans in the US will finally get the game they've been waiting for-one previously available only in the land of the rising sun."
With supermarkets in the UK using games as price-cut weapons against each other, Gameswire takes a look at why they're doing it, who it affects and whether it's a good thing for the industry.