Here’s a recent Japanese television commercial for Final Fantasy XIII. I’m pretty sure the game will do well over there…but that’s just conjecture.

Console Wars!!!
There are a lot of great gaming deals to be had this week and I was wondering if any of you are planning to bring home a new system on the busiest shopping day of the year. So….

Are you buying a new console on Black Friday?
I’m getting a …

In an interesting crossover, MTV Games is setting up Rock Band kiosks at hundreds of Old Navy stores starting November 26. Gamers will be able to shop for performance fleece, rock out to the game, and win Rock Band prizes. The official press release stated:
Consumers will be treated to a …

The fine people at Andriasang have translated Famitsu’s big Final Fantasy XIII feature. There are some great details here, including information on the land known as Gran Pulse. Here’s the skinny:
Pulse is full of giant beasts, some towering like mountains above the characters. The magazine has an interesting note about …

The New York State Emergency Management Office wants to reach gamers that might be too absorbed in the latest shooter or RPG to notice catastrophic events. Fearing that its citizens, particularly youngsters, will miss out on emergency broadcast messages on television or radio, the state is trying to communicate through …

The excellent writers of Dragon Age: Origins did a fine job of setting up the game’s sequels. While this chapter of the DA saga had you and your party marching around Ferelden, several other lands were mentioned in the game’s dialogue and the numerous codex.
Leliana’s home country or Orlais once …

Wanako Studios’ Revenge of the Wounded Dragons is being released for PlayStation Network this week. This old-school arcade game serves up some classic beat-’em-up action for your PS3. Really though, I’m just amused that a Chilean developer made a game that’s set in China. That would be like Rumble in …

After years of stylish but meaningless advertisements, Sony has turned its marketing around with the commercials accompanying the launch of the PlayStation 3 Slim. The latest ad continues the trend. Touting the console’s Blu-ray capabilities, this spot makes fun of old people…which is always funny. Check it out and leave …

Continuing the ridiculous Japanese publisher trend of counting down to everything known to man, the official Final Fantasy XIII web site is counting down to the final trailer that will be released before the game hits shelves in December. Really Square Enix? Really?!? I’m amped for this game and I’m …

According to PlayStation Insider, Sony is negotiating with the Mozilla Foundation to build a version of Firefox for the PlayStation 3. The site claimed:
We recently received a tip from a source very close to Sony who says that they have been in talks with Mozilla lately about possibly porting firefox …