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[arstechnica.com] Nintendo: 3DS DLC Tied To System You won't be able to transfer it to another system. arstechnica.com news aspro
Half of Disney Interactive Layed Off Over 300 fired, Junction Point also hit. 1up.com news aspro
[computerandvideogames.com] THQ's FPS Homefront Over 8 Hours Long Heavily influenced by Half-Life, say testers. computerandvideogames.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] Dead Space 2 Director Goes In-Depth on Horror Dead Space 1 = Alien DS2 = Aliens gamasutra.com editorial news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Second Developer: PSP2 As Powerful as PS3 Codemasters CEO. eurogamer.net news aspro
Big 3DS Questions Nintendo Won't Answer Do saved game files get saved to the game card or SD card? ripten.com editorial aspro
[vg247.com] Oddworld Stranger's Wrath Patched Long list of glitches addressed. vg247.com news aspro
[vg247.com] Ocarina 3DS Hands-On Impressions "excited about the potential for an entirely new 3DS Zelda" vg247.com impressions aspro
[gameinformer.com] Square Details Final Fantasy 14 Fixes More content, better battel system. gameinformer.com news aspro
[siliconera.com] Atlus Bringing Over 360 RPG for North America Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga will launch April 12. siliconera.com news aspro
[gameinformer.com] New Silent Hill:Downpour Screens Game will launch in Q3. gameinformer.com media aspro
MMO Champions Online Goes Free-To-Play Tuesday A lifetime subscription is also available for all DLC. bigdownload.com news aspro
Awesome PSN Sale This Week. 11 Games 50% off. Costume Quest, Swords and Soldiers and more platformnation.com robio
[psu.com] Why did Okami flop? Because of the Wii and PS3. Translation or logic gap, take your pick. psu.com news robio
[eurogamer.net] Samus NOT Playable in Dead or Alive 3DS eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Little Big Planet 2 Tops UK Charts eurogamer.net news aspro
[nintendo.co.jp] The Last Story's Capital Sakaguchi shows off Ruli city. nintendo.co.jp media Agnates
[youtube.com] Yuji Naka's Rodea Trailer The Sky Soldier's First Flight youtube.com media Agnates
[joystiq.com] PSP2 has OLED Screen joystiq.com news aspro
[computerandvideogames.com] Spector Talks About Epic Mickey 2 Ideas "There's no shortage of ideas." computerandvideogames.com news aspro
[gameinformer.com] King's Quest III Remake Coming in February Looks nice. gameinformer.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] US Congressman Calls for Game Warning Label Doesn't want to replace ESRB, just apply extra warning. gamasutra.com news aspro
1UP Reviews Prinny 2 "it's amplified its own quirks" 1up.com impressions aspro
[vg247.com] THQ May Move KAOS Into THQ Montreal Frontlines, Homefront developer may be moving north. vg247.com news aspro
[tinycartridge.com] More Video of 3DS System Menu Very Wii-like. tinycartridge.com media aspro
[joystiq.com] MLB2K11 Accomodates Disabled Has "win-button", I mean "one-button" mode. joystiq.com news aspro
[arstechnica.com] Ars: Bulletstorm is Crass, Immature & So Much Fun arstechnica.com impressions aspro
[vg247.com] Rumor: PSP2 To Have Same Proc As iPhone/iPad ARM Cortex A9 and the PowerVR SGX543 MP2 vg247.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] UK Retailer Claims 4:1 Piracy Ratio Three copies for every game sold. eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Nomura: Forget FF13-Versus For Now He says game is behind many others in priority. eurogamer.net news aspro
Capcom: Inafune's Departure Helped Company Morale They say they have better teamwork now he is gone. industrygamers.com news aspro
[gameinformer.com] Ontario Man Uses Gaming Skills To Avoid Death You've seen the dramatic footage, now hear the back-story. gameinformer.com news aspro
[kotaku.com] Russian TV Links Modern Warfare 2 to Russian Massacre Really. It was only a matter of time. kotaku.com news phantom_leo
[neogaf.com] Loads of Silent Hill Downpour pics. Looks good. I'm cautiously optimistic. neogaf.com media Dvader
[gamasutra.com] Ubisoft: Ass Creed: Bro Ho Sales "Flat" Sold 7.7 million, down from 8 million for AC2. gamasutra.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] Cloud Gaming Start-up Gaiki Hires Implementers Dave Perry's company attracts technical talent from Namco and EA. gamasutra.com news aspro
Pachter calls PS3/PC Black Ops owners cry babies. He says bugs are fine, DEAL WITH IT. incgamers.com news Dvader
[ign.com] Top 20 Weirdest Legend of Zelda Characters Dvader at #21 just misses the cut ign.com editorial robio
[eurogamer.net] Dragon Age 2 Has Over 100 mins of Cutscenes UK Rating board gives it 18 for violence. eurogamer.net news aspro
[siliconera.com] Final Fantasy XIII-2 Story Fleshed Out "Etro, a goddess, will be a central character in the story." siliconera.com news aspro
[vg247.com] Dead Space 2 Reviews Summary Uniform praise from critics. vg247.com impressions news aspro
[vg247.com] First Screens From Black Ops DLC Stadium level of First Strike. vg247.com media aspro
[eurogamer.net] Infinity Ward Working on PS3 Patches for MW2 Activision rep walks back his statements from last week. eurogamer.net news aspro
Latest Iwata Asks Moderates Two RPG Devs Takahasi and Sakaguchi. andriasang.com news aspro
Skyrim Combat Detailed Dual-wield, and fatalities. bigdownload.com news aspro
[neogaf.com] SMT: Devil Survivor  Overclocked announced For 3DS, enchanced version of the game. neogaf.com news Dvader
Catherine multiplayer mode revealed Demo out today andriasang.com news Dvader
[computerandvideogames.com] A Few More LA Noire Screens computerandvideogames.com media aspro
Reggie Explains Need for Friend Codes Bascially, people can be dicks. mtv.com news aspro
[ign.com] Shift 2 Preview More hyper-realistic racing. ign.com impressions aspro
Tales of Xillia Update Looks good, interesting mechanics also. andriasang.com news aspro
[gameinformer.com] Star Wars: The Old Republic Launching September? MMO looking to launch simultaneously worldwide. gameinformer.com news aspro
[vg247.com] Scribblenauts Dev Releases First Screens for FPS XBLA deathmatch-type game. vg247.com media news aspro
Konami Says Region-Lock is Piracy Prevention "To put it bluntly, we do not make games for fun. We’re not a charity..." nowgamer.com news aspro
[siliconera.com] Two More New Square Trademarks And neither of them feature numbers, dashes or colons! siliconera.com news aspro
[gameinformer.com] Fan-made Arkham Fantasy Batman and Joker Co-Op Was earlier thought to be a leaked trailer. gameinformer.com media aspro
[gamespot.com] Analyst: Black Ops Has Shipped 20 Million Units And Cataclysm 6 million. gamespot.com news aspro
[gameinformer.com] Banned XBL Cheat Claims Autism Made Him Do It Says he's not a cheat, just damn good. gameinformer.com news aspro
Weekly Japanese Sales Figures Monster Hunter gets knocked out of top spot. andriasang.com news aspro
Platinum's Founder Talks About Sequels He's not enthusiastic about them. andriasang.com news aspro
[tinycartridge.com] Kid Icarus, Ocarina Not Available at 3DS Launch Other games also not available until June. tinycartridge.com news aspro
Rage Gets New Site, New Screens Id's FPS launches Sept 13. bigdownload.com media news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Avalanche Studios About to Announce Mad Max? Far Cry dev will soon reveal three new games. eurogamer.net news aspro
[computerandvideogames.com] Nintendo: Piracy a Thing of the Past Sounds like a challenge to me. computerandvideogames.com news aspro
[computerandvideogames.com] New PS3 BLOPS Patch References XBL Party Chat Perhaps not the most tested patch. computerandvideogames.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] XBLA Sales Analysis December 2010 Doritos game got 1.5 million DLs. Ilomilo? 11K gamasutra.com news aspro
[vg247.com] Epic: "Anything in the Apple World is Perfect" They prefer their Kool-Aid to be apple-flavored. vg247.com news aspro
The Next Game from the Makers of Bayonetta and Vanquish! Oooo! How timely is this?! andriasang.com phantom_leo
[gamasutra.com] Disney Interactive Solidifies Digital-Only Intentions Hires EA's former VP of Digital Entertainment. gamasutra.com news aspro
Final Fantasy Type-0 Detailed A LOT of details. andriasang.com news aspro
[computerandvideogames.com] Mass Effect 2 Corrupting Save Files Bioware looking into it. computerandvideogames.com news aspro
[ign.com] Dead Space Extraction (PS3) Review 7.5 -- The Best Reason So Far to Own the Move. Really? Game comes FREE with Dead Space 2 (PS3)! ign.com impressions news phantom_leo
[kotaku.com] Hsein Ko and Sentinel Confirmed for Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Gigantic Robotic Mutant Slayer vs. Little Chinese Ghost Girl! FIGHT! kotaku.com news phantom_leo
[gamasutra.com] 360/Kinect Boosts Profits by 86% in Oct-Dec Quarter Helped generate $679 million in profit. gamasutra.com news aspro
[rockstargames.com] LA Noire Website Goes Live rockstargames.com news aspro
[vg247.com] Sony Gets Restraining Order Against GeoHot Temporary order prevents handing out of keys while court considers Sony's case. vg247.com news aspro
[computerandvideogames.com] XBL Revenues 2010, $122 Million Contrary to earlier reports of $1 Billion computerandvideogames.com news aspro
[computerandvideogames.com] Mass Effect 2 (PS3) Patched Fixes saving and freezing glitches. computerandvideogames.com news aspro
[arstechnica.com] Norway: "Sony Considerably Downgrading PS3" Government looking into Sony's Firmware updates. arstechnica.com news aspro
[vg247.com] "Max Anarchy" will be "Anarchy Reigns" Platinum's new game gets western re-name. vg247.com news aspro
[vg247.com] UK's New Game Rating System Delayed Sounds like a lot of confusion. vg247.com news aspro
[gameinformer.com] Hands-On Impressions of NGP Game Informer got to play with it. gameinformer.com impressions aspro
[computerandvideogames.com] Latest 360 Black Ops Patch Now Available Fine tunes gameplay in addition to bug fixes. computerandvideogames.com news aspro
[cnet.com] NGP vs. 3DS Comparison A Tale of Two Portables cnet.com news robio
[youtube.com] PSP NGP Game demo reel and Uncharted demo So pretty but horrible use of touch controls. youtube.com media Dvader
[eurogamer.net] Two versions of NGP, one 3G, one not. So one $499 and another $598. eurogamer.net news Dvader
[eurogamer.net] PSP NGP will be affordable. Not $599. So $499 then. eurogamer.net news Dvader
[yahoo.com] Oregon Trail & Carmen Sandiego Heading to Facebook Trailer for Oregon Trail Included yahoo.com media news robio
[nintendo.com] Nintendo Answers Battery Life Questions It is bad real bad, 3 hours with everything turned on, around 8 hours in 2D mode with everything turned off nintendo.com news aspro
[joystiq.com] Nintendo Cuts Wii and DS Sales Forecasts Reports profit drop of 46% in Oct-Dec. joystiq.com news aspro
[variety.com] Deadwood Creator Adapting Heavy Rain for Film Will be called "Rain" variety.com news aspro
[youtube.com] NGP Reveal Video Pretty youtube.com media Dvader
[vg247.com] Sony's New Portable "NGP" - Amazing Tech All the facts in one spot. No Price. vg247.com news aspro
Sony Announces "Playstation Suite" Android market place for PS1 games. Also a development plaform. 1up.com news aspro
[thevgpress.com] Sony NGP Announced, VG Press Discusses If you want to re-live the event, click here. thevgpress.com news aspro
[tinycartridge.com] Nintendo: No 3DS "Lite" Coming Soon tinycartridge.com news aspro
[vg247.com] Disney Interactive Hires Bungie Co-Founder Seropian (Wide Load) will head Junction Point/Black Rock. vg247.com news aspro
[vg247.com] Epic Mickey 3DS Was in the Works It used the 3D slider to solve puzzles. vg247.com news aspro
[vg247.com] Sony Drops New Patch, Mandatory for Online They say it's for "security" so let's see what happens next. vg247.com news aspro
[vg247.com] Red Faction Going Back to Linear Roots Next game won't be open-world. vg247.com news aspro
[joystiq.com] Off-Broadway Theatre Company Doing Let's Tap Also an adaption of Mario and Sonic Olympics (no joke). joystiq.com news aspro
[computerandvideogames.com] Video of Stacking - DoubleFine's New Game "Bizarre puzzle adventure" computerandvideogames.com media aspro
[tinycartridge.com] Radiant Historia Screens - Looks Great DS RPG from Atlus. tinycartridge.com media aspro
Sony Pushing Publishers for PSP Downloads They want as many PSP games available for download as possible. industrygamers.com news aspro
[joystiq.com] Pokemon Typing DS Comes with Keyboard Tiny bluetooth keyboard. joystiq.com news aspro
[gamespot.com] Hands-On ICO Collection Preview "upgraded visuals and 3D effect make for a stunning combination" gamespot.com impressions aspro
[youtube.com] New Kirby Wii game trailer Youtubed. youtube.com media Dvader
[siliconera.com] Skyward Sword in "Final Stage of Completion" Wasn't it "half-finished" last month? siliconera.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] UK Retailer GAME Shuts Additional 19 Stores Closing 85 stores in total. eurogamer.net news aspro
[gamasutra.com] Weekly Japanese Hardware Figures PSP on top. gamasutra.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] Former Midway Staff Talk About Past "This whole thing is going to collapse" gamasutra.com news aspro
[mcvuk.com] 3DS Price War Begins in UK As low as 219 pounds. mcvuk.com news aspro
Sony Europe Boss Gives More NGP Details Wi-fi only model being considered, no video out, more... andriasang.com news aspro
[joystiq.com] Sudoku DSi Ware Game Enabled Homebrew Exploit in game allowed homebrew games and overclocked system. joystiq.com news aspro
[computerandvideogames.com] Timeplitters 4 is "In Discussion" Crytek now owns the rights/ talent. computerandvideogames.com news aspro
[computerandvideogames.com] Dead Space NGP "Wouldn't Be a Port" Small clue of how PS3 games may not be playable on device. computerandvideogames.com news aspro
[nintendo.co.jp] Nintendo Investors Meeting 10 pages, Kirby Wii trailer included. Classic all the way! 3DS videos too. nintendo.co.jp media Agnates
New FF13-2 Screens Nothing much. Looks darker in theme. andriasang.com media aspro
[mcvuk.com] Namco: Enslaved May Continue as a Franchise Sequel not garanteed, but not ruled out. mcvuk.com editorial news aspro
Iwata Comments on Sony's NGP Basically "we don't compete with anyone" andriasang.com news aspro
[siliconera.com] Xenoblade Still Listed on N. American Relase Calendar Date is still TBA, so there is still hope. siliconera.com news aspro
[gamespot.com] SOCOM 4 Launches April 19 Who is the market for this franchise these days? gamespot.com news aspro
[computerandvideogames.com] Today's PS3 "Security" Patch Hacked Gone in 60 seconds. computerandvideogames.com news aspro
Japanese Developers Talk Xbox 360 in 2011 List of who is making what scrawlfx.com news robio
[computerandvideogames.com] Nintendo Shows Off 3DS Prototypes One had removable buttons. computerandvideogames.com news aspro
Feature: The Atari Lynx and What We've Learned The handheld that everything, including fail. ripten.com editorial aspro
Impressions of 3DS Virtual Console Games Games look blurry and no enhancements ripten.com impressions robio
[gamasutra.com] Rhythm Heaven For the Wii in the Works Watch Robio play and Swear Up a Storm gamasutra.com news robio
[gamasutra.com] Sales Info From Nintendo's Investor Briefing DKCR - 4.21 million copies! gamasutra.com news robio
[tinycartridge.com] Dragon Quest Fan Dies Before 6 Is Localized 76 year old woman was holding out for DQ6. tinycartridge.com news aspro
Sarein.net Coming Back You'll be able to play many Sierra Online games through your browser, once more. bigdownload.com news aspro
Alan Wake Makers Talk Story/ Horror Nice long interview. helldescent.com news aspro
[joystiq.com] Abe's Oddysee HD in Production Just Add Water is working on it. joystiq.com news aspro
[gamespot.com] US New Releases Week of January 30 Bionic Commando Rearmed 2, BLOPS: First Strike... gamespot.com news aspro
[gameinformer.com] Skyrim Menus Detailed Are they really going to do this for another 10 months? gameinformer.com news aspro
[vg247.com] Sony May Offer Cloud Saves for PS3 Possibly only for Plus subscribers. vg247.com news aspro
[nintendo.co.jp] Nintendo Investors Meeting Now in Engrish! Enjoy the beautiful charts and videos in a language you can, more or less, understand! nintendo.co.jp media Agnates
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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:26:53
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          I've been wondering how you were going with WoW.  How many hours di dyou put into it before uninstalling?

I'd say about 15 to 20 hours tops.

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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:33:19
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I have been playing Frontlines Fuel of War (360).  I like it.  Final Fantasy 6 (SNES) and Dragon Quest 5.

Finished Sword of Hope 2 for GB.

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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:47:54
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Let's dance!

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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 01:11:05
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I've been playing:

TF2

Team Fortress 2

Fallen in love again with the game. Have spent more than 20 hours in the past few days and have a couple nice servers already in my favorite list. This is the quintessential class based shooter, and an incredible online experience. Besides, it has fucking HATS.

EUIII

Europa Universalis III

I'm done with the tutorials. Which showed me this game is beyond complex. I will update my strategy/sim thread once I actually start playing it.

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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:06:19
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I haven't played much this week at all.  Only Battlefield: Bad Company 2.  Talk about being out of my comfort  zone. I really care nothing about WW2 type shooters, but the mp is addictive to me at the moment. I played a bit with strangers and one session with Spaz from Gamespot.   It's got a different feel to it than Black Ops, not a slick.  I can see myself getting tired of it quick, though.  I don't see how guys liker Rragnaar can be up to level 44 in this.

I'll probably finish the single player campaign before the Darksiders playathon.  It's going to be LEGEN...wait for it...DARY!

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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:21:19
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i need to get around to beating bayontta but i have been mostly playing fallout 3 its good but the cons are more then the pro's, i'll return it and get the game of the year edition

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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:42:17
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Very Sonic & Nights, with some Sin & Punishment and Shadow of the Colossus to complete the package, lol.
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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:52:30
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Super good quality video of The Last Story's Ruli City shown off by Sakaguchi himself here. Roughest video yet, but still really cool. Best city in a JRPG? You can even set up a stall and sell shit to people passing by, lol.

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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 06:31:32
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It looks pretty much confirmed that the PSP2 will have 3G and an OLED screen -- some suppliers are taking.

This thing ain't going to be cheap to make.  I wonder if Sony has learned anything about their pricing strategy with the PS3?

It is very possible that the 3G will only be for Japan, and elsewhere you can use wi-fi I suppose.

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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 06:39:55

LOL

Love the new sig Agnates.

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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 06:52:02
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LOL

Love the new sig Agnates.



I turned on sigs just to see it.  It was worth it.  Bravo Agnates.

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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:28:12
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I'm currently playing Valkyria Chronicles..... still, which I may soon dub "that game that will not end."  I don't think I'll finish it before Feb 1st and the Darksiders group play starts. I'm okay with that though. The game has been a lot of fun, and if I didn't play anymore at this point I'd still be more than satisfied with it. I just want to see the ending, but it's all getting a little old now so we'll see if I can will it to the end.

And of course Pac-Man CE : DX. Since I've enjoyed that so much I downloaded the Namco Museum with has Pac-Man, Dig-Dug, and Galaga - all excellent games.  There's also two versions of Xevious and Dragon Spirit, all of which I say "meh."  Still for the other 3 games it's quite worth it. Very unhappy there isn't an online leader board though. What good is comparing your high score with just your friends? Particularly when your friends are pure evil and don't like Pac-Man.

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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:54:05
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I'm playing LBP2 of course.

I dont know what is going on in that Yuji Naka game but I want it. Nights + Sin and Punishment, fuck yes.

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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:35:16

Story above about Square and how they'll fix FF14.

“The issue that players would first like to see addressed is a general lack of game content, followed by changes to the battle system,” detailed Yoshida.

LOL  Besides that, they've got a real winner Nyaa

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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:39:40

From the Strangers Wrath Story:  (Sounds like it was fairly broken -- even telling you the wrong controls in the tutorial)

Fixes

1. Fixed performance issues.

     2. Fixed save game permissions issues. Save games and config file are now saved in “Program Files” to “DocumentsOddworldStranger’s Wrath”.

     3. Fixed controls “sticking” issues.
4. Fixed tutorial text – Camera mode switch button text.

     5. Fixed turorial text – Camera reset button text.


     7. Fixed broken achievement “Mine your business”

     8. Fixed incorrect texts being displayed in controls Layout screens.

     9. Fixed 5.1 and 7.1 audio.

     10. Fixed Mouse lag.

     11. Fixed issue with only 1 of 3 dialogue lines working in Jail house.

     12. Fixed first person view on nVidia boards.

Additions and Changes

1. Added screen resolution selection to launcher.

     2. Added v-sync option to launcher.

     3. Added joystick selection to launcher.

     4. Added customisable controls (See next section).

     5. Added support for third party “generic” joypads.

     6. Added widescreen suppport.

     7. Re-authored Keyboard “layout” screen in options.

     8. Removed automatic joypad detection.

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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:49:13
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Story above about Square and how they'll fix FF14.

“The issue that players would first like to see addressed is a general lack of game content, followed by changes to the battle system,” detailed Yoshida.

LOL  Besides that, they've got a real winner Nyaa

I'm amazed at how many mistakes SE made with FF14. There were a lot with FF11, but it fairness it was their first MMORPG and there really weren't more than a half dozen really big and successful ones to look to for direction or inspiration.  I know they were trying to beat Cataclysm to market, but this wasn't the way to do it. Ironic how appropriately that name would have fit FF14...

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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:56:21

The worse thing they did was alienate their loyal FF11 players.  They were apparently so obsessed with tweaking it to make it appealing to the Chinese market, and getting it out the door to beat Cata that they shipped an unfinished product.

With a numbered FF no less, for shame.  For shame, Square.

I think they can redeem it though.  Even if they only bring over 80% of the existing FF11 players they will have saved the situation and htey can build from there.

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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:05:25
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I don't know if I'd call it saving a situation as much as I'd call it "not completely ruining it beyond all repair."  Ultimately they failed in the west with it.  At best they're going to keep some of the current audience, but they won't be building on it. Cataclycsm and DCUO have both received good enough reviews to make people not give FF14 a second look. Maybe it'll fair better in the east.

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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:18:13
I sure hope they fix Final Fantasy XIV well enough for the console version. I was/am really looking forward to getting it then.

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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:19:03

Well, see I do think there is a large enough base of users on FF11 (that for whatever reason have shunned WoW) that are staying on 11 until 14 is fixed.  They'll also get a boost of users when the console releases IF AND ONLY IF they can turn around the quality enough to have the reviewers who hated the PC version give good scores.  The contrast would be more promotion than they could otherwise get.

I don't see them as competing with WoW, they are competing with 11.

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