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Keep Your Eye on the Blog: April 16 edition

By Janelle | April 16, 2010 at 9:34 am

In case you’ve missed them over time, here’s a rundown of blog posts by RPG companies and people about all kinds of cool stuff. Also, we’re expanding this to social media, like Twitter and Facebook (and whatever ADD app will emerge in the future). This week, among other things, we’ve got a bittersweet post from Sega about the closing of Phantasy Star Universe servers, daily Chaos Rings info from Square Enix DLG, and XSeed’s brand-new Twitter.
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“Final Fantasy XIII Original Soundtrack – PLUS -” on sale May 26

By Janelle | April 6, 2010 at 6:56 am

For players who can’t get enough of Final Fantasy XIII‘s six-disc regular soundtrack, Square Enix will release a two-disc collection in Japan called “Final Fantasy XIII Original Soundtrack – PLUS -” on May 26. It will feature music tracks from international versions of the game, as well as brand-new arrangements by composer Masashi Hamauzu, and will retail for 2500 yen.

One game, two game, old game, new game (April Fools)

By Janelle | April 1, 2010 at 11:41 am

We’ve got two reviews today: one old, and one new. Here, we have a review of Super Mario RPG on the Virtual Console by Foster, and a second opinion on Final Fantasy XIII by Theodore.

Japan’s fiscal year 2009 hardware/software sales + analysis

By Heath | March 31, 2010 at 7:14 am

The numbers are in, and Japan’s best-selling hardware and software (at least the top five) have been announced. The industry hauled in 549 billion yen from Japanese gamers from the end of March last year till just a few days ago. Here’s what brought in the biggest chunks of that cash.
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Japan gets Final Fantasy XIII image gallery app for iPhone

By Janelle | March 17, 2010 at 10:23 am

Today, Square Enix has released a Final Fantasy XIII app for the iPhone and iPod touch, in the Japanese iTunes store, called the “Final Fantasy XIII Larger-than-life Gallery.” It features “super high-quality” images from the character designs, promotional posters, and so forth that can be viewed in a gallery. Favorite pictures can also be converted into clock or calendar backgrounds. The gallery will set fans back 1000 yen.

Kitase: Final Fantasy XIII-2 depends on Western sales

By Heath | March 13, 2010 at 8:40 am

Of the interesting notes in this interview at schrijversblok.nl, perhaps the most eye-catching is that when Final Fantasy XIII designer Yoshinori Kitase experesses his interest in a Final Fantasy XIII-2.
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RPG Land’s Final Fantasy XIII Avatar/GIF Pack

By Janelle | March 9, 2010 at 10:04 am

Final Fantasy XIII was released today, so as a form of celebration, we’ve put together a pack of GIF files for your amusement. Use them as forum avatars. Mash them together. Add some sort of macro and use them to make fun of people on the internet. The choice is yours! You can preview and download them individually below, or grab a zip file of the whole lot.

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Final Fantasy XIII walkthrough continued

By Heath | February 6, 2010 at 5:07 am

Famitsu and Dengeki help gamers get everything out of Final Fantasy XIII:
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Final Fantasy XIII walkthrough continued

By Heath | January 15, 2010 at 6:05 am

The continuation of Famitsu’s bit-by-bit Final Fantasy XIII guide.
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Play Final Fantasy XIII early in Bay Area

By Heath | January 12, 2010 at 10:45 am

Press release: Square Enix announced today that a bus tour offering fans the first chance to sample the North American version of Final Fantasy XIII will be kicking off on Jan. 13, 2010.
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Lightning in Famitsu’s Lovely Lady Lab

By Heath | January 7, 2010 at 7:06 pm

Final Fantasy XIII‘s cover model is also featured in Famitsu magazine’s Lovely Lady Lab. As a bonus, there’s Ayane from Ninja Gaiden, which is totally not an RPG.

RPG Land launches “Can You Do Our Jobs?” Contest

By Heath | January 4, 2010 at 11:29 pm

We here at RPG Land have a lot of reviews. A lot crappy reviews. A lot OF crappy reviews. Yeah, see what I mean? We’re like stubbing our faces on our monitors when we right these…WRITE these things. (Dammit.) Think you can do better? Well maybe you can, internet guy. Prove it, and you could win some pretty cool Final Fantasy stuff.
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Hong Kong FFXIII launch accompanied by pop song, festivities

By Heath | January 2, 2010 at 4:09 am

Final Fantasy XIII launched in Hong Kong recently, amid much fanfare. Below is a video of Chinese pop star Adason Lo welcoming the game in song and cosplaying as Snow.
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Square Enix scans: DQVI, FFXIII, FFXIV, Lufia DS, SO4 Int, Birth by Sleep

By Heath | January 1, 2010 at 12:25 am

Magazine scans of a bunch of upcoming Square Enix RPGs:
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Final Fantasy XIII Completed English review

By Janelle | December 26, 2009 at 6:34 am

Plenty of Final Fantasy XIII five-hour half-reviews and Twitterlike by-the-minute play updates have been passed around, but here is the first English-language, professional review of the completed game as played by someone who understood it. Accept no substitutes. RPG Land’s Final Fantasy XIII review.

PS3 RPGs: Final Fantasy XIII walkthrough, FFXIV, Resonance of Fate, Ar Tonelico III

By Heath | December 25, 2009 at 6:42 pm

Scans featuring Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIV, Resonance of Fate, and Ar Tonelico III. These Final Fantasy XIII ones function as a walkthrough with maps, tips, and layouts of everyone’s uh, things that look like Sphere grids:

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