Given how many Final Fantasy remakes and spin-offs there have been across a number of consoles in the past 5 or so years, one game every Final Fantasy fan has been begging Square-Enix to consider has to be Final Fantasy VII.  It seems the prayers of Final Fantasy fans might be answered sometime next year.

Tetsuya Nomura, who happens to be one of the chief officers on all things Final Fantasy, was interviewed by Japanese magazine ‘Gamega’.  He was asked what Square-Enix had planned for the coming year.  The question, “Will 2010 be the year for the announcement of the game of his dreams?” was asked.  Tetsuya-san replied with the following:

I can just say, that indeed, whereas I’m still working on Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Agito XIII and a little later on The 3rd Birthday (this year), we will announce other games this year and one is terribly awaited from everyone and often “REQUESTED” by fans and even by the press crew that I meet all over the world.

Given that quote, that’s far from actually admitting a Final Fantasy VII remake will be announced. On the other hand, I can’t think of any other Square-Enix game that has been requested by a huge percentage of their fan-base as much as Final Fantasy VII.

source

[Update: Looks like this rumor might have been too good to be true.  According to a retraction post on RPGLand, it seems their tipster might have fabricated the portion of the interview saying the upcoming game was an often requested game by fans and media.]

It looks like Nathan Hale didn’t end his run at the Resistance franchise just yet.  Forum poster “goldsoundz” over at NeoGAF took some snapshots of the unannounced, Resistance 3.  Looking at the billboard, you can clearly see the Statue of Liberty and Empire State Building.  So will we see Nathan Hale and others in an all out war against the Chimera in NYC?

Read more…

Hardcore Zombie Killers will go gaga for Valve’s latest mode coming to Left 4 Dead 2.  It’s called “Realism”, and it’s for those who find the “expert” mode as pathetic as a singing chorus scene from Annie.  I think I remember killing Mrs. Hannigan as The Smoker w/ a 40ft tongue???

Read more…

For those wondering if rumors of the Nintendo Wii dropping it’s price tag were just that.. rumors.  No need to wonder.  Nintendo has revealed through Press Release that on Sunday September 27th, you’ll be able to pick up the fastest selling console over the past 3 years, the Nintendo Wii for $199!

Read more…

In a leaked document discovered on French website Objectif-sega.com that PlayStation 2 backwards compatibility could be coming to the PSN.  In the past, we reported other reports of BC but this “leaked” document listing games is more evidence of it happening.  We already know God of War and God of War 2 will be bundled on thier own Blu-Ray disc instead of PSN.  But it seems like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and a Sonic Game will make it’s way to the PSN.

Read more…

I’ve been covering the game industry for close to 5 years, and so far, this has to be the strangest source for a rumor to come from.  It seems a wedding announcement in The New York Times might have accidentally leaked Fable III is secretly in the works at Lionhead Studios.
Read more…

It looks like the Xbox 360 isn’t the only console in town that can completely reinvent their system via a system update.  VG247 is reporting that they might have learned of the upcoming 3.0 firmware for the Playstation 3.  Here’s a rundown of some of the things we could expect from the 3.0 update:

• Reputation System — Players will be able to give each other reputation based on how they perform in games
• Read more…

So it’s been a while since E3 and what have we found buried in between our couches?  Receipt for Crystal Pepsi Six Pack, a left pinky toenail and a little rumor that has your favorite 1982 classic title, Choplifter, making it’s way back onto the gaming scene.  For those too young to remember, Choplifter was a game that featured..you guessed it… a chopper lifting poor civilians from the ground and transporting them to a safe zone marked with an “H” symbol and a building with an American flag.

Read more…

[UPDATE] – In a twitter message from GameTrailer’s Geoff Keighley, “Spoke to Tretton – he confirmed Metal Gear Rising is absolutely coming to PS3 alongside Xbox 360.”

At today’s Microsoft E3 Press Conference, Hideo Kojima stepped on stage saying that now the Metal Gear Series will be heading to the XBox 360 console.  What he did not mention, and everyone listened thought, was that it was NOT an exclusive for the XBox 360.  Which leads us to think, and some proof that Metal Gear Solid Rising may be heading to the PlayStation 3 and PC as well.

Read more…

[UPDATE] – With Video from Core from the PlayStation store.

Pre-E3 news breaks out over the weekend and with it news about the NEW PSP emerge.  It’s called the PSP Go and it looks amazing. We have some details of what the latest device from Sony will offer including 16GB of Flash Storage with Bluetooth and it’ll be smaller than the current version of the PSP.  And it’s a slider screen too!

Read more…