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Final Fantasy X, X-2, and XII in HD?

Ty Brown — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 19:29:33 +0000

HD remakes seem to be the thing to do in the game industry these days. It is a low risk venture with almost always much to gain. Some of the biggest franchises of all time have hopped on the HD bandwagon, Metal Gear Solid, God of War, and Resident Evil, just to name a few. But Final Fantasies not ending in 13, have yet to be given that HD treatment. The wait could be over soon.

Final Fantasy Producer, Yoshinori Kitase said in an interview with 360 Achievements that remakes of these PS2 titles would be considered if the demand was high enough. Let’s take a look at that “demand” shall we? Final Fantasy X has sold over 6.32 million units worldwide, X-2 over 5.2 million worldwide, and XII over 5.7 million worldwide. It seems that the demand is there and rabid Final Fantasy fans would snatch up an HD collection in seconds. If sales numbers don’t equal demand, then head on over to GameFAQs, and check out the boards for these three games, they are some of the most active on the site and each one is over five years old.

Square Enix has said that they were embarrassed by their lack of Eastern games at E3 this year, why not jump on the HD train? They have already said numerous times that a remake of Final Fantasy VII or any other PS1 era Final Fantasy would be to time consuming and costly, but putting a nice HD touch up on the PS2 era games shouldn’t tax the Japanese company to much and in my opinion would be a step in the right direction for the once gaming juggernaut.

Hitting Shelves (June 28)

Ty Brown — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:35:16 +0000

Take a look at all the games hitting store shelves tomorrow after the jump, anything that interests you?

UFC Personal Trainer-Wii, Xbox 360, PS3
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition-Xbox 360, PS3 (Physical Copy)
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3-Xbox 360, PS3
Storm: Frontline Nation-PC
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D-3DS
Sniper: Ghost Warrior-PS3

This release week is pretty much underwhelming. It is nice to see the 3DS get another game but Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition perplexes me. How many people are going to actually buy a physical copy of this game? I assume most fans have already downloaded the extra content which came out a few weeks ago. I suppose this is a good buy for someone who hasn’t already bought a copy of Super Street Fighter IV, but other than that audience I don’t see it selling like hotcakes. Of course this is Street Fighter so I am most likely completely wrong.

Gears of War 3 Xbox 360 System Bundle

Ty Brown — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:41:53 +0000

Gears of War fans rejoice! A limited edition console featuring one of Microsoft’s biggest franchises is coming to stores this September during the launch of the game. The system will come with a 320GB hard drive and a sweet crimson design with Gears of War logos on top and front. This limited edition console will retail for $399.99 and here is what you will get for that 400 bucks.

- Xbox 360 limited edition Gears of War 3 system
- 320GB harddrive
- Two Gears of War Xbox 360 wireless controllers
- Gears of War 3 Standard Edition game
- Built-in Wi-Fi connection
- Wired headset
- Download token for Infected Omen Weapon Pack (Lancer, Retro Lancer, Hammerburst, Gnasher, and Sawed-Off Shotgun) and Adam Fenix multiplayer character.

Microsoft will also be selling limited edition Gears of War 3 controllers separate from the bundle for $59.99. Check out the video to see the console in action via Epic Games. To order the console head here.

Video Games Come To Redbox

Ty Brown — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:31:39 +0000

Back in April of this year the Redbox corporation announced that they would soon be offering video game rentals in their kiosks nationwide. This week that announcement came to fruition. 21,000 out of 27,000 of the popular video renting kiosks now have the latest titles for the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii. Redbox began testing $2-per-day game rentals in 2009, and said that in two years consumers rented more than 1 million games from its 5,000 test locations.

Does this change the way you will be renting games in the future? It might be a nice option for those who don’t use GameFly or those relics called Blockbuster. To find a Redbox nearest to you, click here.

The Daily DL – 05/14/11 – Weekend Wrap Up

Destin — Sat, 14 May 2011 15:45:38 +0000

The top stories this week are Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, StarHawk, and Hitman! That’s right it’s time for your weekly wrap up on The Daily DL.com.

Nintendo dropped the price of their console known as the Wii. (Source: Nintendo) Maybe you’ve heard of it. Now you’ll be able to get the soon to be extremely outdated piece of hardware for the low low price of $150 dollars. Be the laugh of the neighborhood when everyone else is getting the Wii 2, and your cheap ass just got an old outdated dust collector. Hey, at least it comes with Mario Kart… and a steering wheel now. Something else you’ll throw away in six months.

Some Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 artwork was leaked onto the net. (Source: HBG)This included box art, a logo, and some kind of elite stamp with a bunch of guns behind it. These new leaked images that Activision refused to comment on are a great time to introduce my new segment.

I’M CALLING IT.

FAKE. There is no way that Activision would release such crap. Especially that Elite stamp. I mean who in their right mind would do that to the Call of Duty logo. It just looks ugly and that’s why I’m calling it. It’s Fake! Nice try Photoshop nerds.

Moving on, it would seem that Kotaku had an exclusive this Friday looking at Modern Warfare 3. (Source: Kotaku) Anyway, you might remember Kotaku as that website you went to before they let a drawing two chimpanzees made in their feces dictate their re-design. They revealed that Modern Warfare 3 will arrive November 8th, 2011 and will find us fighting wars in New York, Paris, and London. Feel free to hop on by Kotaku to see the full story, and thank them for ruining my new segment. Jerks.

Of course the week wouldn’t be complete without talking a little bit about Sony. This week… almost a month after the outage began Sony sent out a nice letter to the companies that lost millions and millions of dollars due to the outage. (Source: DTOID) They said “we’re sorry” and outlined what they’ll be doing to make it all better. Way to be on the ball, and professional guys. Speaking of being on the ball, Bloomberg said that Sony’s goal was to have PSN back up by the 31st which Sony quickly slapped down. (Source: CVG) A conversation took place where a Sony rep said the following. Whoa whoa whoa. We have no fucking clue when the network is going to be back up oh my god why did you say that we’re so fucked I’m going to get fired. Do you know how pissed Capcom why are you writing this down? Then the transcriber stopped writing. So to recap… the consensus is that Sony still sucks. I’ll keep you updated.

Ohh yeah. OKAY to be fair they did reveal Starhawk this week. (Source: IGN) Starhawk is new the cool looking space shooter that is the sequel to the online only Warhawk. I’ve sworn a lot during this show, and I hate using the word awesome, but the best way to describe how Starhawk is looking, is by saying it’s looking FUCKING AWESOME. Now get your damn online fixed Sony so I can play it. Seriously

There were a few other stories this week I feel I need to hit on, but there short updates so lets do them all as fast as possible. It’s afterburner time. 3… 2… 1…

Street Fighter X Tekken will be in stores by 2012 and no one cares, because the much better sequel will follow 6 month’s later.

A new Assassin’s creed game was released further raping Ezio. But Altair will be in it making it worthwhile.

Someone at 1UP got ripped off buying a green ds lite. In other news, I just made $200 dollars.

Brink came out this week and it sucked… on a planet where an almost 70% average review is SUCKING WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU INTERNET?

Finally, Dark Souls is going to be harder than ever. How hard? Let’s take a look… that boulder killed him that was great and Stop…. decent time, but I think I can do better next week.

finally, my biggest piece of news was all about Hitman. A new Hitman has finally been confirmed after a long wait with an extremely short trailer. The Trailer shows Agent 47 tightining a silencer on his gun, a rattle snake coiling a gun, and a brief glimpse at UPC number. And about that UPC number, I’ve got one more segment for you. I’m callin’ it.

Didn’t see that comin’

So you see a UPC in the new Hitman trailer, you enter it online and guess what. It’s for a dildo bag. (Source: Gamesradar)I did not see that comin’. I wonder what the marketing guys were thinking of. “Hey bob, we need a upc! What Frank? We Need a UPC Bob. Oh yeah, how about this one? Yeah that should work, where did you get it? Oh I just grabbed the first upc I could find on Google. Thanks Frank. People have weird conversations in my head.

Anyway that’s all for this week. I did want to let you know that The Daily DL.com is getting some additional contributors now and holy crap we will soon have content every single day so make sure you’re checking it out. Also, let me know what you think of the new format! Hate it? Love it? Leave a comment and tell me your thoughts.

Until next week, I’m Destin, and that’s a wrap.

RUMOR: ATARI PICKS UP GHOSTBUSTERS GAME

KenshinSlayer — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:55:17 +0000

Fans of the Ghostbusters series have been through alot. First they hear that they’re getting their game, then they hear it was dropped because of the Activision Blizzard merger. But through trials and tribulations, those same Ghostbusters fans will be rewarded for their continued support for the release of this game. Dan Ackroyd of Ghostbusters fame, who is closely tied to the game, stated on a radio station that Ghostbusters has been picked up by Atari and that it was coming “a year away.” Now here’s a question. Why did THQ pick up 50 Cent instead of Ghostbusters?

-Chris Weng

Source: Kotaku.com

NO MORE HEROES 2 AND NINETY-NINE NIGHTS 2 ANNOUNCED AT TGS

KenshinSlayer — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:55:50 +0000

That’s right! Suda 51 is taking another swing at No More Heroes with No More Heroes 2 or No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle (is that enough No More Heroes?). No word on whether it will still be a Wii exclusive or if it will head to other consoles. Also a sequel to the very meh Ninety-Nine Nights has been announced for the Xbox 360 during Microsoft’s TGS press conference.

-Chris Weng

Source: Joystiq.com

CLASSIC TAITO AND SNK TITLES COMING TO XBOX LIVE

KenshinSlayer — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:41:03 +0000

What do Metal Slug 7, King of Fighters ’98 Ultimate Match, Space Invaders Extreme and Arkanoid Live all have in common? They are all coming to Xbox Live with additional content added to them. During today’s Microsoft TGS press conference, Microsoft announced that these titles will be coming to Xbox Live some time next year.

-Chris Weng

Source: Major Nelson

Image Source IGN

TEKKEN 6 TO COME OUT ON XBOX360 AT LAUNCH

KenshinSlayer — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:30:24 +0000

Microsoft also announced today during there TGS 2008 press conference that another former Playstation exclusive is now coming to the 360. Tekken 6 will be released for the Xbox360 along with the PS3 version in Fall 2009. Another slap to the face goes to Sony again, who will not hold a press conference during TGS 2008.

-Chris Weng

Source: Joystiq.com

STAR OCEAN: THE LAST HOPE COMING MARCH 3 TO THE NORTH AMERICA

KenshinSlayer — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:26:01 +0000

During Microsoft’s TGS 2008 press conference, Star Ocean: The Last Hope was announced to be released on February 19th in Japan and March 3rd in North America to the Xbox 360. No word from the Sony or Square Enix on whether this is a timed exclusive or not, however, there has been no word about console exclusivity from Microsoft either. Keep those fingers crossed, Sony fanboys!

-Chris Weng

Source: Joystiq.com