
Square Enix’s controversial decision to implement a “fatigue” system in Final Fantasy XIV in order to pander to casuals and the Chinese government has finally been revoked.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: May 15, 2011 09:56 JST
- Tags: Announcements, Crime, Hacking, Internet, PC Gaming, PS3, PSP, Sony, Technology

Sony has finally restored PlayStation Network service after it was catastrophically hacked, with most of its previous functionality restored after nearly a month of downtime.
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Sony has revealed that an earlier security breach it did not notice resulted in hackers making off with the details of another 25 million users, this time those unwise enough to play its MMORPGs, and has also confirmed that tens of thousands of additional card numbers have been stolen.
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Figure-styled shooter Toy Wars has announced a Haruhi collaboration which will finally offer players the much desired prospect of shooting Haruhi.
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Otaku presented with the shinobi mission failure movies in sengoku jidai war game Shogun 2: Total War can’t help but comment on the high levels of moe exhibited by blundering ninja failing to execute their duties…
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Final Fantasy XIV still clings to life, although – with its meagre player populations now a mere third or less of its peak – for how much longer is a matter of some quite unfriendly speculation.
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What happens when Kinect, a Wiimote, a VR headset, a gun and a MikuMikuDance FPS are combined is demonstrated in the astonishing if perplexing video below:
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Jan 10, 2011 15:18 JST
- Tags: Comparison, Microsoft, Nintendo, PC Gaming, Ports, PS3, Sony, Wii, Xbox 360

PlayStation 3 fanatics are crowing over the fact that 2011 appears all but devoid of exclusives for lesser platforms.
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The latest title in the long-running Sakura Taisen series is attracting attention for the quality of its battle scenes:
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The English language release of doujin item shop RPG masterpiece Recettear has proved an astonishing success, selling 100,000 copies since its release in September.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, H, News
- Date: Dec 16, 2010 17:32 JST
- Tags: 3D CG, Controllers, Eroge, Oppai, PC Gaming, Technology, Video Gallery, Xbox 360


Kinect’s potential as a controller for sex games has finally been unlocked it would seem – witness the video below.
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Rather than fixing FF14, Square Enix appears to be busy trying to cover up how badly it is doing – the much vaunted mega-patch discretely hid the server populations, which just happened to coincide with player populations reaching their lowest ever, now below 22,000, a 48% decrease from the peak.
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