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London (27th May 2010) – Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of SQUARE ENIX® interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, today announces FINAL FANTASY®: THE 4 HEROES OF LIGHT™, for the Nintendo DS system will be released in Autumn 2010. FINAL FANTASY: THE 4 HEROES OF LIGHT is a brand new FINAL FANTASY game [...]

The convention's slogan and theme are revealed.

The convention's slogan and theme are revealed.

The convention's slogan and theme are revealed.

[Via Andriasang]

- form bonds with your party members and with the NPC characters you encounter - bonds affect everything from battle to how you spend your time in town - view a “Kizunagram” to see a visual representation of the bonds with your party members/other characters - take on quests from NPCs - complete quests to deepen your bonds with [...]

More shooting action on the way.

The convention's slogan and theme are revealed.

...and if every videogame console only had one game.

In case you haven't been following Monolith Soft's Wii RPG Xenoblade, the strikingly comprehensive NIntendo Channel trailer after the break should help get you up to speed before E3, during which we suspect the game will appear again.

Despite the language barrier, you'll be able to see the setting (a world built on the bodies of two dead giants), the battle system (action-RPG style with AI partners and player-controlled special moves called "Arts"), and a bit about equipment (that can be seen on characters in both gameplay and cutscenes). Also, you can't miss the Xenoblade itself, a weird-looking sword thing that is capable of cutting mechs in half ... and also seeing the future.

For even more Xenoblade info, check the official site (via Andriasang), which details an achievement-like system, as well as a system through which you develop bonds with other characters.

Free-to-play "Underground" game is fun and dirty.

From Chewie to Artoo, we've got new details on the game's companion characters.

#gameface As seen on Jamie Lynn Greenwood's Flickr stream. More »

More has been revealed on the follow-up to the Wii's sleeper action game.

More has been revealed on the follow-up to the Wii's sleeper action game.

Once more, with feeling! In an attempt to shore up consumer interest in the PSP Go, Sony is offering an attractive promotion to folks living in the UK: Anyone who buys the handheld, or has registered said handheld online after April 1, can download one of ten free noteworthy titles for the platform. All you have to do is download a "Promotion Theme" from the PlayStation Store before September 30 (and, um, live in the UK), and you'll be able to grab one of the following for free:

• Gran Turismo
  
• MotorStorm: Arctic Edge
  
• LittleBigPlanet
  
• Wipeout Pure
  
• Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice
  
• FIFA World Cup
  
• Need For Speed: Shift
  
• Avatar
  
• GTA Vice City Stories
  
• Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines

War and the men who love it.

Don't look down.

#capcom If we're going to complain about Modern Warfare 2 DLC including older maps, should we also complain about the return of the original Lost Planet's Frozen Wasteland as one of two maps in Lost Planet 2's second map pack? More »

Though the Crackdown franchise has a new development team in Ruffian Games, the upcoming sequel hopes to retain the best qualities found in the original Xbox hit. You'd think the task is made easier when former Realtime Worlds employees form part of the developer, but creative director Billy Tomson and producer James Cope believe there is still room for improvement.

In an interview with Joystiq, the pair discussed Crackdown 2's vision and its attempt to perfect the open-world formula. Read on to learn more about the limitations of the original engine, memory complications, the omission of female playable characters, and plans for future content.

Ain't no party like an outer space party.

#art First you need to know how to crotchet, of course. But once you've got that down, this video has your back. More »

The most realistic simulation of WWII operational command ever created.

#launchdate EA's massively-multiplayer online racer goes live on July 20, giving PC drivers a chance to experience the mix of open world driving mixed with role-playing game style progression completely free, to a point. More »

New content headed your way.

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