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Fire Emblem: Awakening exceeds 180,000 sales in February

According to Nintendo’s interview with VentureBeat, Fire Emblem: Awakening has sold more than 180,000 physical copies o, including 63,000 digital ones.  Impressive considering that last Fire Emblem’s lifetime sale was just 250,000 over it’s five year availability. VentureBeat’s


Square Enix teases fans with Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix screenshots

A set of screencaps for the Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix collection has been released by Square Enix. The upcoming remaster of the Kingdom Hearts series includes: Final Mix, Re: Chain


Fire Emblem 3DS bundle set for US gamers

Looks like gaming companies are finally taking notice at the lack of unique and catchy 3DS consoles. Formerly a Japan-only offering, the Fire Emblem: Awakening 3DS bundle will soon be available to US gamers


NIntendo announces 3DS XL

Looks like Nintendo’s hardware revision team has been spurned early as the company has officially announced a larger version of the Nintendo 3DS console. The 3DS XL, like the DSi XL, is a


Nintendo reveals Nintendo Network

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has unveiled the first few details about the Nintendo Network, an upcoming online service that will compliment the Wii U in the same manner as Xbox Live and PSN. Iwata’s statement


PlayStation Vita Third Week Japanese sales drop to 42,000

It looks like the hype from the PlayStation Vita‘s launch has dimmed down while the Nintendo 3DS continues to reign on top.  Either Sony’s marketing team is still on vacation or the launch of


Japanese 3DS gets downloadable demos

The first batch of downloadable demos for retail 3DS games are now available on the Japanese Nintendo eShop. The selection includes Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy, Resident Evil: Revelations, Rhythm Thief, and Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater


Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs preview

While the actual game doesn’t contain a 10-minute opening like Final Fantasy Type-0,  this 10-minute preview should be more than enough reason to get you pumped up to get the game when it comes


Yoshinori Kitase on Dissidia Remaster for the PS3

Siliconera recently interviewed Motomu Toriyama and Yoshinori Kitase for the upcoming sequel for the Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2.  During the interview, Spencer managed to slip in the question that’s on every Dissidia


Installing Dissidia Duodecim’s DLC on your PSP

Yep. And I thought there was really no other way that to get Dissidia Duodecim DLCs aside from the PSN. Looks like the community wins again. Here’s a quick guide on getting Final Fantasy Dissidia


Current Playing: Dissidia Duodecim

For the uninitiated, Dissidia 012[duodecim] is the prequel to the hit Final fantasy-based fighting game, Final Fantasy Dissidia. Duodecim’s story revolves around the twelfth war (if you haven’t noticed, the events of the first game


PSP Games to look forward to in 2011

2011 turned out to be a good start of the year for PSP owners especially for those with non-hackable PSPs. To put it succinctly, the PlayStation Portable has once more been re-opened by the community.


Currently Playing: Gran Turismo 5

Pardon the lack of updates but since I’ve decided to sell my PS3 Phat (which I simply used to watch blu-ray discs), switch it up with a PS3 Slim and got a copy of


Games compatible with Prometheus ISO loader

This is a compatibility list for PSP users using Prometheus ISO loader. If you’re on the following firmwares (6.20 TN-A Hen, 6.20 TN-B Hen, 6.20 TN-C Hen, 6.31 Hen, 6.35 Hen) then be


Steam Holiday Sale Begins!

Open your wallets because Steam has finally started it’s Holiday sale which will start from today (December 20.. that’s 21 for us in Asia) upto January 2 next year. If you’ve been holding


3rd Birthday official site and getting up close with Aya Brea

Square has put up the official site for Parasite Eve: the 3rd birthday bringing us oodles of information, some background on the story so far and several trailers (one of which is embedded below)


Dissidia 012 [duodecim] trailer

The follow-up to 2008’s RPG/Fighting Game Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Dissidia 012 [duodecim] includes an expanded roster with FFXIII’s Lightning, FFVII’s Tifa and FFIV’s Kain, along with new game modes, story missions, a new assist


First look at Dissidia 012 [duodecim]

Square-Enix has unveiled the upcoming sequel to it’s successful Final Fantasy mash up, Final Fantasy


The Nintendo 3DS

During this year’s E3, Nintendo has just announced the next iteration of the Nintendo DS line, the 3DS. Dubbed the “PSP killer” by none other than Nintendo’s head of marketing. That said,


Currently Playing: No More Heroes 1 and 2

I really was hesitant to start playing No More Heroes because of the premise that screenshots and videos of the game seemed a wee bit familiar; it felt like those “do-good-yet-tough-guy-routine” characters from several


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