Gamevideos has put up some off-screen gameplay footage from Final Fantasy XIV, Square Enix's next MMO coming to PC and PS3 in 2010. It seems like they did away with the typical FF combat menu system used in FFXI, which always felt awkward to me, and joined the rest of the MMOs by utilizing a hotbar. Unsurprisingly, the game looks amazing.... more.

It appears another of the Sony rumors has come true. The PSP's own version of iPhone apps are coming when the PSPGo releases on October 1st. Called PSP Minis, they have a size limit of 100MB and there are expected to be 50 total released by the end of the year, 15 of which will be out at launch.  FieldRunners, Tetris, Hero of Sparta and MiniGore are the currently known Minis so far. Source... more.

Games that give you the choice of being good or evil have been around for a while now. From Baldur's Gate to inFAMOUS, this category seems to be slowly evolving. One thing that is not found very often is the choice to be "evil or more evil", something the developers at Triumph Studios have brought about in the form of the Overlord series. While Overlord II is the first game in the series I hav... more.

The Hollywood Reporter revealed today that screenwriter, Sheldon Turner, pitched his script for an inFAMOUS film to Sony Pictures, which was picked up for a seven figures. Avi Arad and Ari Arad, who most recently executive produced "The Incredible Hulk" and "Iron Man," will be producing the project. They are also said to be the producers of the movie adaption of "Uncharted: Drake's Fortune" for... more.

The LA Times reports in an article that Microsoft will reveal their new project, Halo Legends, a seven part anime style story set in the Halo universe, at Comic-Con today. The five different production houses will be working on these short films are Casino Entertainment, Bones, Studio4 C, Production I.G and Toei Animation. The director of "Appleseed" and "Appleseed Ex Machina", Shinji Aramaki, ... more.

Rockstar recently announced that the second chunk of Grand Theft Auto downloadable content Microsoft paid $50 million for has finally been given a release date. On October 29, you'll be able to play as nightclub assistant, Luis Lopez. The Ballad of Gay Tony will be exclusively available on Xbox Live for 1600 Microsoft points ($20). This just reminded me that I really need to finish Lost and Dam... more.

According to the Playstation Blog, the Little Big Planet community has reached 1 million levels created since the games launch last winter. They calculate that number to be one level created every 21 seconds since LBP's release.  Another figure they give out is that these one million levels have been played 244 million times. Media Molecule also teased "something interesting" to tell those who... more.

Upon checking my inbox this morning, I noticed an email from Nintendo regarding the Club Nintendo Platinum status rewards I could choose from. The first of which is a special WiiWare game called Doc Louis's Punch-Out!, which pits Little Mac against his mentor, Doc Louis. The second choice is a "true-to-life" replica of Mario's hat. Gold members are reported to receive a special 2010 calendar. ... more.

On kombo.com's podcast, Garth Chouteau, Senior Director of Public Relations at PopCap Games revealed that they were bringing Plants Vs. Zombies to consoles and the iPhone. Currently only available on PC and Mac, the quirky desktop tower defense type game has sold well quickly enough to be their next title to buy multiple times on different platforms (I own Peggle on 4). It seems the only people th... more.

In an interview with totalvideogames.com, Doug Lombardi revealed that Valve is working on a solution to get Left 4 Dead 2 to allow cross-play with Left 4 Dead 1. There were no real details to discuss just yet, but considering one of the main things I was worried about with the two games was a split community, this is great news. Another thing he discussed was that they were building Left 4 Dead... more.