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- Square soundtracks announced for early 2003
The year's Square-related album list starts with the original soundtrack to Unlimited SaGa, followed by a Nobuo Uematsu arranged album and two Final Fantasy Tactics Advance albums. Full Article
- Final Fantasy Origins announced
Square EA has announced that Final Fantasy Origins, a compilation of the PlayStation remakes of NES games Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II, will be released in North America sometime in April. Details about the remakes were revealed last August.
- The other Miyamoto bitches about conditions of Square-Enix merger
Masafumi Miyamoto, Square's founder and owner of 40% of the company, has voiced discontent about the conditions of the merger between Square and Enix. A dispute over the exchange ratio of shares (100 of Square shares for 81 of Enix) threatens the merger, according to Enix chairman Yasuhiro Fukushima, who has called a special shareholder's meeting to vote on going ahead with the merger under the current plan. Gamers.com - Enix will opt to broadcast news directly into brains
Enix is reportedly sour that the images of Dragon Warrior VIII were released on the internet four days prior to their intended publication in Shonen Jump magazine and, as such, will from now on opt to announce stuff exclusively at news conferences. The Magic Box ? - Good news for you: pre-marital sex now legal in Georgia
"The Georgia Supreme Court has struck down a 170-year-old law that made it a crime for unmarried people to have sex." Yay! CNN.com ? - Black Mages tracklist released
The latest, arranged Final Fantasy album now has a tracklist. Full Article
- Japanese FFTA to be bundled with special edition Gameboy Advance SP
You can buy a Big Slurp at your local 7-Eleven, but the Japanese can buy FFTA and a Gameboy Advance SP at theirs. Full Article
- Square/Enix merger back on track
The dispute between Masafumi Miyamoto, Square's top shareholder, and Enix chairman Yasuhiro Fukushima has been resolved, putting the merger back on track for the start of the new fiscal year. The board members from both companies agreed to raise the share swap ratio to 0.85 (up from 0.81) Enix shares for every 1 Square share. In other words, the Enix side gave the Square side more money. Though still unhappy with the deal, Miyamoto accepted the compromise. Full Article
- Link's boys clearly visible in Soul Calibur 2
As previously reported, Link will be featured as a playable character in the Gamecube release of Soul Calibur 2. In addition to Link and his balls, comic book figure Spawn will be exclusive to the Xbox SC2 and likewise, Heihachi from Tekken for PS2. Screen shots are available at The Magic Box.
- Some guy on winter break spends entire winter break in seclusion making album database... for VIDEO GAMES
After some on-and-off design and coding over the last few weeks, this weird thing showed up. The mystery feature that has been alluded to endlessly on the SHMFoD has now been revealed to the masses! Full Article - Capcom to Nintendo: "please buy our shitty, depreciated stock"
Although the rumored purchase of Capcom by Nintendo was indeed denied, kicked to the curb, and spat upon by Capcom, some Japanese rag called "GameLabo" is reporting that Capcom wants to sell shares to Nintendo, says Games Are Fun. However, the bigwigs at Capcom are not ignorant, nor foolish and are well aware of the dastardly evil Nintendo is capable of. Hence, Capcom will not sell a majority to them. Capcom's shares were down almost 25% last year and continue on their inevitable downward spiral of monetary damnation.
- Activision inks deal with dreamworks, will make really shitty games from inevitably horrible movies
"Activision has recently signed a deal with CG powerhouse DreamWorks to create games based on the prolific animation studio's next three cinematic projects: Sharkslayer, Madagascar, and Over the Hedge, all due for theatrical release in the next few years." Gamers.com ? - Metroid movie announced, established into Jeff Lundrigan's coveted "it's about time" column
Variety reports that the Metroid series is bound for the big screen with producers Warren Zide and Craig Perry at the helm. The fact that Zide/Perry are responsible for American Pie and Final Destination doesn't bring an inkiling of comfort. The bright spot, however, is that Hallie Kate Eisenberg (AKA the PEPSI GIRL) will play bounty hunter Samus Aran. Gamers.com
- New sample track from The Black Mages released
Another sample track from Final Fantasy Battle Arrange: The Black Mages was recently posted on the album's website. The sample track, titled Those Who Fight Further, is an arrangement of Still More Fighting from Final Fantasy VII. PlayOnline.com
- Ikaruga coming to North America in April; Sharleen Hii reportedly elated
Ikaruga has been figuratively kicked around for the past few months in an attempt to find a publisher for North America. The final result is that Infogrames - in their infinite French brilliance - will pick the title up for an April release. Ikaruga will be published under the Atrari name with an MSRP of $39.99. PlanetGamecube.com
- Digicube offers FFX-2 preorder bonus of "Yuna strap-on" for your "phone"
The Magic Box says: "DigiCube has begun to accept reservations for Square's Final Fantasy X-2 for PlayStation 2. Those who pre-order the game will receive a specially made Yuna Mobile Phone Strap. Final Fantasy X-2 is scheduled to release in Japan on March 13, for 7800 yen." Media
05 Jan 2003 by 
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