Final Fantasy XIII Wallpapers

AP - During the 1990s, the Square brand was synonymous with the role-playing video game. A generation of gamers got hooked on the challenging quests, quirky characters and sweeping story lines of Square RPGs like "Chrono Trigger," "The Secret of Mana" and, of course, the "Final Fantasy" series.

PC World - Final Fantasy XIII goes on sale in less than 24 hours, location depending. Is it any good? Which version--PS3 or Xbox 360--should you buy? What about the midnight launches? Did you preorder the game? Want to know what to do if you didn't?

PC World - Maybe you've heard Final Fantasy XIII looks better on the Xbox 360. Or that it looks better on the PS3. Or that it's 720p. Or 1080p. Or 1080p sometimes, but 720p others.

PC World - Last Friday, a PR firm operating on behalf of Square Enix released a fresh batch of Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 screenshots for upcoming action-fantasy game Final Fantasy XIII. Nothing unusual about that, but what no one expected was to open each consoles' folder and discover two sets of indistinguishable screens--identical pixel for pixel.

PC World - While I wouldn't rule out some kind of PS3 deal down the road, Microsoft has the jump on its competition with its announcement of a Final Fantasy XIII special edition bundle for the Xbox 360. The bundle comes engraved with the title of the game and ships with a whopping 250GB hard drive, two wireless controllers, a downloadable avatar item (for your Xbox 360 likeness), and of course a copy of Final Fantasy XIII itself.

PC World - I've never understood the hand-wringing over multi-disc games. The original Metal Gear Solid and Square Enix's Chrono Chross were each two disc affairs. Final Fantasy VII shipped on three. Final Fantasy's VIII and IX were four a piece. Even Mistwalker's Lost Odyssey, an Xbox 360 RPG released in early 2008, shipped on four DVDs. Heck, Mass Effect 2 which came out last week, uses two. Complainers? Not to speak of.

Filed under: Nissan, Toys/Games GT Academy demo screenshots - Click above for high-res image gallery The GT Academy, the partnership between Sony's Gran Turismo game and Nissan, released a time trial demo last month to begin searching for a racer good enough to jump from high-def screen to high-speed chicane. Last year Lucas Ordoñez was the first to go from gamer to racer, scoring a podium in his first race with the GT Academy team. You need to get on it if you want to follow in his footsteps, because you've already got a million competitors - that's how many folks have downloaded the time trial in the first three weeks. If that isn't convincing enough, there is another less appealing reason to download the demo: GT5's release has been delayed indefinitely. Sony didn't indicate on its web site what caused the delay, saying only, "We apologize for any inconvenience." It was not, however, the previously attributed marketing issues. Some reports point to "production issues" with the $60 million game. London's Times newspaper, however, said analysts think this could be a deliberate Sony strategy. They suggest that Final Fantasy XIII did so well that Sony wants to release GT5 in the next financial year, after March, to lengthen the sales boost. We'll lean toward production issues as opposed to a deliberate strategy. Heck, we'd believe werewolves caused the delay before we'd believe this was planned. The game does look phenomenal but it's already three years overdue, meanwhile Forza 3 eats into market share. On top of that, we have never heard of a successful business strategy that involved telling your biggest fans, repeatedly, "We don't have it yet," then switching to, "We don't know when we're gonna have it... um, we'll call you." Will GT5 do well whenever it shows? Of course. But we will wonder how well it could have done. For now there's always the GT Academy demo, and among those million downloaders you'll want to look out for the one who goes by the name Duke Nukem Forever (whose initials are, coincidentally, DNF). There's a press release on the time trial after the jump, and a pretty bunch of high-res screenshots below. Thanks to everyone who sent tips! Gallery: Gran Turismo 5 Demo Gallery: Gran Turismo 5 [Source: Reuters]Continue reading Gran Turismo 5 demo hits 1M downloads in three weeks, game delayed indefinitelyGran Turismo 5 demo hits 1M downloads in three weeks, game delayed indefinitely originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments