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Square Enix Confirms PSP Final Fantasy Remakes

Square Enix has officially announced the latest Final Fantasy remake for handheld game consoles, with remastered versions of both the original Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II scheduled to ship exclusively for the PSP in North America this summer.

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Posted by Art_Sempai at 4/17/2007 6:03:07 PM | 12 comments
Sega To Bring Chameleon, Streets of Rage To Wii VC

Sega of America has announced the next four games to hit the Nintendo Wii's Virtual Console over the coming weeks, bringing back classics like Shining in the Darkness and cult platformer Kid Chameleon.

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Posted by Art_Sempai at 4/19/2007 3:02:38 PM | 2 comments

 Following details of Nintendo’s record breaking full year financial results yesterday, company president Satoru Iwata has labeled worldwide shortages of the Wii console as “abnormal” and promised to increase deliveries by May next month.

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Posted by Art_Sempai at 4/27/2007 6:46:51 AM | 3 comments
Korean police officials are investigating a reported theft of video game code taken from Korean-headquartered MMO publisher NCsoft, one of the region's top computer game publishers.
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Posted by Art_Sempai at 4/27/2007 6:45:01 PM | 5 comments | Source
A Marvel Comics hero is giving George Washington some company on the quarter, but the U.S. Mint doesn't think the stunt is so super.  To promote the upcoming film "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer," 20th Century Fox and The Franklin Mint altered 40,000 U.S. quarters to feature the character.

The U.S. Mint said in a news release Friday that it learned of the promotional quarter this week and advised the studio and The Franklin Mint they were breaking the law. It is illegal to turn a coin into an advertising vehicle, and violators can face a fine. 

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Posted by Art_Sempai at 5/25/2007 9:42:32 PM | 5 comments

The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced today that the Star Wars character Yoda will be featured on a single stamp to be issued later this summer.

The Jedi Master received the most votes in a 2-month-long online poll the USPS held asking Americans to choose which image from their commemorative Star Wars 15-stamp sheet, which was unveiled on March 28, 2007, should be selected to appear on its own stamp.

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Posted by Art_Sempai at 5/28/2007 11:14:32 AM | 3 comments

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