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Recently Destructiod’s Jim Sterling wrote an article which scolds gamers that think that Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII development may have been negatively impacted by it being developed as a multi-platform game. More specifically Jim does not mince words when he states that “Only idiots blame the 360 for FF XIII’s problems.”

So I’ve been playing Heavy Rain for the past 2 weeks now since the game was released and I have to tell you, when I’m in the shower, sometimes I swear I see those little context sensitive button indicators or analog stick movements floating in the air. If you play the game long enough or play through it as many times as I have, you’ll know exactly what I mean.

By Brandon Miller
The year was 1983 when I remember walking into an arcade with my father. It was a large dark space lit only by the flickering screens of games like Pacman, Defender and Centipede. I remember people gathered in groups around all the different machines. There was one game in particular that stood out [...]

By William Countiss

So Final Fantasy XIII is now upon us. The game arrived in America with little fan fare and mostly mediocre reviews. Depending on how this game sells may impact the future development of all JRPGs from this point on. The reason is simple, western RPGs have become king in the US and unfortunately [...]

The economic downturn has certainly had a significant effect on the release of the next generation of video game consoles. Anyone following the history of console releases could easily come to the conclusion that this would be the year that a Playstation 4 or Xbox 720 might be introduced to the market. Now with both Microsoft and Sony jumping aboard the motion control bandwagon, it’s clear that both of these companies are willing to make the current cycle stretch at least seven years, which would push the release of their successors to somewhere around 2012-2013. As for Nintendo, I would be surprised if didn’t hear about a Wii HD releasing sometime in 2011.