
Motomu Toriyama, the director said to have been the driving force behind Final Fantasy XIII’s notorious linearity, has stated once again that the main reasons for the changes were that he wanted a “story-driven” game and that it was too much trouble to make “not truly important” elements like towns in HD; he does however promise that towns and traditional RPG elements will be returning in future titles.
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Sony’s PS3 motion controller, officially dubbed PlayStation Move, is to be available this autumn for about $100.
Previously it has garnered much attention both for its sex toy styling and its obvious similarity to the Wiimote, but alpha play-testing now reveals it also possesses the rather more dubious distinction of being “discernibly inferior” to the Wii in terms of lag and accuracy.
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A detailed comparison of the PS3 and Xbox 360 releases of marathon sim Final Fantasy XIII concludes that the Xbox 360 version is indeed significantly inferior to the PS3 original, and even goes so far as to ridicule the game for its now legendary linearity.
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The Xbox 360 port of Final Fantasy XIII has been leaked to pirates a week in advance of its international release date, and is now being downloaded the Internet over in a literal free-for-all.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Mar 3, 2010 11:43 JST
- Tags: Afghanistan, Islam, Military, PS2, PS3, Sony, Technology, USA, Video Gallery

The US military claims Sony’s PlayStation is being used by Taliban terrorists in their attacks on the armies of liberty.
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PS3 owners and Sony alike will be heaving a sigh of relief with the news that the PS3’s battle with the complexities of leap year dating has been resolved with no action required on the part of Sony.
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In lieu of a fix from Sony, gamers have devised their own cunning fix for the problems the older versions of the PS3 are experiencing:
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The bugs afflicting the PS3’s older non-slim models may be as serious as some had feared: Sony is warning users not to use their PS3s, and hints that lost trophies and save data may be permanently lost.
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PS3 users the world over are reporting their consoles have been struck down by a mysterious series of bugs, leaving them unable to play games, connect to the PlayStation Network, or access save data.
However, the bug so far seemingly affects only older “fat” units.
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The Xbox 360 port of Final Fantasy XIII has been confirmed as being almost half the size of the PS3 version, coming in at 18GB on 3 DVDs versus 38GB on one BD, far smaller than expected.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Feb 23, 2010 20:57 JST
- Tags: Bugs, Marketing, Namco, Ports, PS3, RPG, Tales of Graces, Tales Series, Wii

Bandai Namco has finally announced a humiliating official recall of its notoriously buggy Wii title Tales of Graces, a mere three months after release.
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Japanese polled as to whether they prefer subbing or dubbing in their games have by a narrow margin indicated a preference for subs.
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