News / 2004 / November / 08

3 articles

• New Dirge of Cerberus details to further quell any suspicions of blatant Polymorphism™. Not.
  Earlier this week The Magic Box had some new details on Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, the upcoming PS2 action title starring Vincent Valentine: "It seems that the mysterious organization D.C. is doing a large scale man hunt, murdering people who they think were worthless. D.C. sends cyborgs and mechanical beasts to attack people. You control Vincent Valentine in a third person perspective, you can also switch to a first person perspective when using rifles. There are several weapons available, such as shotgun, machine gun and rifle." More on our gamepage. Dirge of Cerberus coverage
  08 Nov 2004 by Rahul ↑ 50 ↓ discuss permalink
• Advent Children taking forever and a day
  According to The Magicbox, Square Enix has recently commented on the completion of Advent Children. They state that the current 60% rate is due to the alleged intent to preserve best the Final Fantasy VII world existant in the minds of fans without, say, throwing another continent in the middle. The CG DVD movie is scheduled to release in Japan and America come 2005; yet all is quiet about a prospective European release. The Magicbox
  08 Nov 2004 by Ziyad ↑ 46 ↓ discuss permalink
• PSP doomed for failure, according to Microsoft execs.
  When asked about the upcoming Playstation Portable being released by Sony, Peter Moore dismissed the handheld by comparing it to a small operating system trying to compete with Windows. While Robbie Bach, Chief Xbox exec, was not so passive of the handheld, he did say it would prove helpful to Microsoft as it would split Sony's focus. Ironically enough, however, these comments come from a company who decided to step into a market they were not experienced in and "Challenge Windows" by competing with Sony in the home console market. gamesindustry.biz
  08 Nov 2004 by Andrew ↑ 37 ↓ 1 comments permalink