Gadgets and Video Games

For those of you holding fast to the hope that you’ll get your hands on Square Enix’s next MMO, Final Fantasy XIV , before the game’s eventual release, it appears as though you’ll need to get your hands on a Windows PC first. In a recent interview with Game Watch , FFXIV director Hiromichi Tanaka said the game’s beta release will be on PC only. Starting with a closed population of 10,000 people and eventually opening up to the public, the beta could be running at full capacity by as early as Summer 2010, according to Tanaka. Hopefully, by that point we’ll be playing Final Fantasy XIII — in English — and no longer cracking jokes about FFXIV releasing before XIII ..

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Final Fantasy XIV beta will be PC-only

Okay, picture this: Ripping off Helios’ head … but from Krato’s perspective. Pretty gripping, right?

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God of War III pitched as FPS; struck down

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In an interview with Joystiq, id’s John Carmack stated that he is “pretty passionate about the benefits of the iPhone” and plans to continue supporting the platform. “I’ve got a slate of iPhone titles, I expect to have an iPhone release every two or three months for the next year,” said Carmack, noting that id will likely continue to plow through its classic titles (hope you like Doom !) before moving on to titles like Doom RPG and Wolfenstein RPG and eventually something based on id’s upcoming title Rage . Carmack stated that iPhone projects don’t require much of id’s focus, saying, “these are things that get a few people put on them for a little while, are fun for everybody involved.” “So far it looks like they’re making pretty good money,” said Carmack, “But they’re not the blockbuster titles that they go do $100 million dollars.” Read the entire interview with John Carmack and Zenimax CEO Robert Altman right here . Expect an id iPhone game ‘every two to three months for the next year’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds .

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Expect an id iPhone game ‘every two to three months for the next year’

Activision has stuck with Glu for bringing more than just Modern Warfare 2 to mobile phones. Gamasutra reports that the studio will also create keypad-friendly versions of Guitar Hero 5 , Blur and Tony Hawk: Ride for release this year, although we have to question how closely the gameplay of the latter with adhere to that of the peripheral-based console version. Again, these ports are all for mobile phones , not gaming handhelds masquerading as such, iPhone ! (Which, when you think of it , would seem ideally suited for Ride .) They’re being made for handsets running Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile and Java-based operating systems

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Glu also sticking Guitar Hero 5, Blur, Tony Hawk: Ride on cell phones