Final Fantasy XIV: New Screenshots and Updates

Square Enix has recently updated their Official Final Fantasy XIV site with new screenshots, additions to the story, and more information and images relating to the enhancements in character creation.

As is the trend nowadays, you will be able to adjust many features on your character including hair color and style, skin tone, eye color and shape, facial structure, as well as the addition of scars and tattoos.

This all comes after the opening of the application portal for the FFXIV BETA, which I have already taken a few moments to sign up for. I’m hoping I can get in to it, even though I was never very much impressed with the game’s predecessor. I gave FFXI a couple chances to make me a fan, but I could never really get in to the game or enjoy it. Maybe I was comparing it too much to WoW, which itself, like all MMOs has it’s bouts of tediousness, but I’m hoping FFXIV can finally win me over. I’ve read that FFXIV will attempt to be more user friendly and engaging, so that is good news. We’ll see when the BETA starts and more gameplay is fleshed out how true that really is and if Final Fantasy XIV turns out to be more than just a pretty face.

Speaking of, loads of new screenshots after the jump. Let the pretty begin! Read more »

Post-Turkey Day, Post-Black Friday Post: I <3 Steam Sales

Sorry no posts since Halloween. But we’re alive, and we’re at the close of the Thanksgiving weekend! So, Happy Post-Turkey Day!

I actually have been doing quite a bit of gaming over the weekend, and, thanks to Steam sales, I am a few games richer as well.

As you can tell by the pictures, I took a trip back in to Playstation Home. I haven’t really touched it in a long time, nor do I ever really feel the urge too, but I had yet to experience the features added during patch 3.1… aaaand it finally let me connect without timing out… so ya.

Once my avatar materialized in to the mall, I noticed the giant turkey monolith and abundance of virtual turkey’s gobbling about. So… of course! There had to be a turkey-themed mini-game! Much like the rest of the mini-games on Home, it wasn’t that interesting: chase a turkey, chase another turkey, chase a somewhat faster turkey. Not that cool, but I knew I had to win me a hideously deformed turkey suit… which hardly anyone was wearing, probably because it is just that ugly.

But the best part about this weekend, other than stuffing my face: Steam. They’ve been having a 5 day sale for select games (different crop each day), and I have to say it’s a nice way to pad your library. Of course, Steam has sales a lot anyway, but seeing a chunk-o-game for 50-75% off is awesome.

Check out my spoils after the jump. Read more »

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Announced at Blizzcon ’09

Looks like the land of Azeroth is primed to get a facelift, albeit a destructive one courtesy a whirling Maelstrom and bursting molten center. That’s right. After much World of Warcraft: Cataclysm speculation, as well as some leaked information, Blizzard went official with World of Warcraft: Cataclysm at this year’s Blizzcon letting loose a booming announcement trailer. This will be the third expansion following previously released Wrath of the Lich King and The Burning Crusade. Read more »