Gadgets and Video Games

Justice takes center stage in the latest, and perhaps last trailer for Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening (which is due out this week). Justice is actually a “person,” and not the principle — a ghost trapped in a human body by a sorceress. Uh-huh, it’s up to you to help him escape this mortal dilemma. To make things worse, Justice’s “new” body is basically Christian Bale’s body (and not the Batman one). In other words, he’s a skeleton tightly wrapped in skin.

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New Dragon Age Awakening character needs to go eat a sandwich or something

click to kazoomi Like some of the best loyalty quests in Mass Effect 2 , ” Kasumi’s Stolen Memory ” is an inventive sub-story that steps away from all the galactic peril just long enough to explore the motives and traits of a newly recruited squad mate. The downloadable add-on introduces Kasumi, a cocky human thief in search of data relating to a former partner (in crime?), and sees Shepard accompanying her on an important and incredibly dangerous two-person mission. You know, a date. Donning a sleek bit of evening wear and a false identity, Shepard accompanies Kasumi to an exclusive party — the kind that requires either a shiny invitation or a shady conscience. While the commander mingles, a cloaked Kasumi keeps an eye out for the hidden art vault that she believes holds her partner’s grey box.

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Impressions: Mass Effect 2 DLC – Kasumi’s Stolen Memory

The first details about Mistwalker’s mysterious Wii RPG The Last Story have been released, in the form of a blog entry on Nintendo’s Last Story site . The game takes place on Ruri Island, which, as home to a necessary harbor, has become a wealthy and important city. The affluent island is run by “Lord Arganon,” a power-hungry ruler who is well-versed in magic

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The Last Story’s first concept art

During the Game Developers Conference , Eidos Montreal Art director Jonathan Jacques-Belletete revealed that Deus Ex 3 has been officially renamed Deus Ex: Human Revolution . If the name sounds familiar, it’s because Square-Enix actually trademarked it last month. The title accurately reflects the game’s story, which takes place before the events of the original Deus Ex . According to Jacques-Belletete, the world in Human Revolution is on the cusp of a “transhuman revolution,” the beginning on mankind’s first real foray into cybernetics. As such, the Eidos Montreal team came up with a very unique visual style for the game, taking the common aesthetics of cyberpunk and blending them with those of the European Renaissance — think Shakespeare meets Blade Runner

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Impressions: Deus Ex: Human Revolution

The Blue Bomber — who is inconveniently red in the pic above — returns in the retro-centric Mega Man 10 . Those who returned to Rapture with BioShock 2 can also pick up the “Sinclair Solutions Test Pack” for $5. There’s also the fourth episode of The Tester — how’s that going?

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PSN Thursday: Mega Man 10, some BioShock 2 ‘Sinclair Solutions’

If, for some reason, you didn’t purchase and love Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes on DS — or even if you did — you’ll have the opportunity to buy the puzzle RPG on two new systems this year, in glorious hand-drawn HD. Capybara Games has revealed a new PSN/XBLA version of Clash of Heroes , with totally redrawn graphics that eschew the 16-bit look of the DS original for more realistic proportions and a generally sharper look. In addition, new equippable artifacts are being added, and the existing ones tweaked, to improve balance in multiplayer. Even better, you’ll now be able to go back and replay segments of the game after completing them.

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Capy porting Clash of Heroes to PSN and XBLA

Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase recently gave what appears to be the final word on the possibility of a FFVII remake during an interview with TechDigest . “If we were to recreate Final Fantasy VII with the same level of graphical detail as you see in Final Fantasy XIII , we’d imagine that that would take as much as three or four times longer than the three and a half years it has taken to put this Final Fantasy together,” Kitase explained, “so it’s looking pretty unrealistic!” Ultimately, the chances of a remade FFVII getting developed are slim, but not non-existent. “If it were possible that we had all the right facilities and the right environment to be able to make and prepare a Final Fantasy VII remake within a year, we’d very much like a go at it,” Kitase said. So, there you have it. If you want to see Cloud Strife in HD, all you have to do is recruit and bankroll a gargantuan Square Enix development team

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click to awaken the gallery BioWare revealed one of the new venues being added for the Dragon Age: Origins expansion Awakening . Kal’hirol was once a dwarven keep, a center of learning and culture for dwarf society. At some point, however, the dwarves were driven out.

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Kal’hirol: Explore this mysterious dwarven fortress in Dragon Age: Awakening

We’re totally sold on the idea of playing Final Fantasy I and II on the iPhone — and the gameplay-infused trailer posted above just solidifies our desire. However, as faithful as this adaptation looks, we’re worried about the platform itself derailing the games’ narrative. For example: You’re facing off against Chaos; your four-hero outfit has been honed into a lethal fighting force; the fate of the world hangs in the balance. As your stock of HP dwindles, you summon all your strength for one last — Text message from Eric: “yo man wat up u tryin to get drunk 2nite hit me back and let me know peace ez” Final Fantasy iPhone trailer has crystals aplenty originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:35:00 EST

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Final Fantasy iPhone trailer has crystals aplenty

We couldn’t be more excited for this week’s XBLA release . No, it’s not because we can’t wait to try out the whimsical, time-bending platforming of The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom (800 /$10) … well, there’s that too.

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This Wednesday: P.B. Winterbottom searches for pie on Xbox Live