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'XIII' remake heads to modern consoles on November 10th
The modern remake of XIII, the early 2000’s first-person shooter based on the Belgian graphic novel of the same name, will finally be available for PC and the latest consoles this holiday season after a year-long delay.
New XIII game coming, presumably without David Duchovny
To dispense with the information we are obligated to convey: Developer Anuman has announced the development of a new game based on the comic book series XIII. Apart from the title, XIII: Lost Identity, all we know is that it's coming to Mac, PC, iPhone and iPad this November. Now, let's get to the important part. Among the many things we don't know about XIII: Lost Identity, the most pressing detail is obviously the potential involvement of David Duchovny, who starred in Ubisoft's XIII way back in 2003. We've discussed our lingering, perhaps unsettling love of The X-Files here on Joystiq before, so we're considering this a top priority. Starting now, the comments section on this post has officially become the sign-up sheet for our new movement, "100,000 Strong for David Duchovny in XIII: Lost Identity." Make your voices heard, people!%Gallery-136688%
Screen Grabs: Engadget makes its prime time TV debut on XIII
Screen Grabs chronicles the uses (and misuses) of real-world gadgets in today's movies and TV. Send in your sightings (with screen grab!) to screengrabs at engadget dot com. It's been a long time coming but after years of cataloging various gadgets in TV and movies, we finally got our own starring role on the small screen. Our HTML code stood in for the usual computer gibberish pretending to be a dangerous hacking program on an episode of the French / Canadian TV series XIII and was spotted by a keen-eyed (and HDTV-equipped) reader as seen above. US viewers might recognize the title since it was also the source of a videogame in 2003 and a miniseries that aired on NBC in 2009; in its current iteration, the tale of a conspiracy in the US government airs strictly outside our borders. A clip of the scene is included after the break, check for the "5 years old, highly encrypted source code" at about 1:29. Nice job Prodigy Pictures but next time we expect a speaking role, two scenes with co-star Aisha Tyler, a trailer and a bowl of M&Ms -- but only the green ones. Have your people talk to our people, we've been looking for a new career. [Thanks, Dennis] %Gallery-127870%
David Duchovny arrives on GoG.com (courtesy of XIII)
Maybe it's not "cool," but sometimes we like to pretend that The X-Files is still on the air. Playing a DVD every Sunday night at 9:00 (8:00 Central) is easy. During the week, however, actually pretending the show is still relevant can be tough. Now, thanks to GoG.com, it just got a little easier. The site has just added XIII, a 2003 cel-shaded shooter starring none other than Agent Mulder himself, David Duchovny. And yes, we realize that The X-Files ended in 2002, before XIII was even released, but as we've established, we like to pretend.
Rumor: Square to announce FF Melody XIII at TGS
With Tokyo Game Show only a few days away, the rumors have been flying at us faster than people running from the theaters after watching Dragon Wars. The latest rumor making its rounds is the possibility of Square announcing Final Fantasy Melody XIII for the PS3 at TGS.A forum member at Ruliweb posted the above image with little-to-no information other than Square would be unveiling the title at the event. While we'd love to blindly accept this rumor, we remain skeptical since this is the same site that made fooled people last month with the fake Sega TGS lineup.With Final Fantasy XIII still in development, would Square be developing a spin-off title concurrently? If the image is legit, it could be for the FF XIII soundtrack.[Via PS3 Informer]
Rumor: FFXIII chapter coming to the DS?
Final Fantasy XIII will be an odd beast, containing a primary entry (currently an exclusive for the PS3) and several spin-off titles, a la Final Fantasy VII; the collection as a whole will be entitled Fabula Nova Crystallis. However, only two spin-offs had been announced: Final Fantasy XIII Versus, also for the PS3, and Final Fantasy XIII Agito, available for mobile phones. These were apparently the only planned titles until the above (beside?) picture surfaced, clearly showing at least three more unknown entries in the series.Square-Enix knows how unbelievably profitable the DS is, and recently released review scores of FFXII: Revenant Wings will ensure solid sales in Japan. Personally, we find it hard to believe that one of these titles won't be coming to the DS, and heck, who knows ... there might even be a Wii title in there too.
How exciting! New FFXIII news and scans
In all honesty, there's not enough real news in the scanned pages to merit much discussion -- a lot of the text turns out to be fluff about what the PS3 is capable of. You know, stuff we already knew. However, a few tidbits worth mentioning were gleaned from the article coming out of PSM, but not much from the EGM page. Lots of magazines featured. Random battles are gone for good! XIII will build off of the elements introduced in XI and XII -- where player and foe enter combat naturally. But Toshiro Tsuchida (battle director) wants more than just the same ol' thing: he wants to create natural "ecosystems" where the creatures will react based on their environments, feelings towards the player and other creatures, et cetera. Versus is going to have an even stranger system -- every weapon has its own camera system and control algorithms... algorithms? Let's just say camera and control system. Even a third-person shooter weapon. Meh. The article claims that the graphics in these latest Final Fantasy games will pose a challenge to the incredibly well-received movie, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (sarcasm is fun). Doubt they mean the in-game graphics, but the cut-scenes? Yeah. We'll believe it. But really, a movie that took hundreds of computers and a game taking... the PlayStation 3? Time and technology... amazing stuff. That's it for now. We'd love to get a demo of this game soon. No promises, but that'd be nice. Right, Square-Enix? It would be nice. Heck, demos for any of the high-profile titles would make us giddy with excitement.
Confirmed: PS3 motion-sensing controller will work with FFXIII
In an interview with Shinji Hashimoto, Yoshinori Kitase and Tetsuya Nomura about the Final Fantasy XIII project, EGM's Executive Editor Shane Bettenhausen attempts to pry loose rich, succulent information on what is possibly the most desired PS3 title of 2007. Arguments involving the superiority of gears comprised of mainly metal aside, the interview focuses on the background and universe that will encompass Final Fantasy XIII, along with the decisions to go with a tough female lead character. Most interesting in this interview, however, is the confirmation that the PS3's new controller features will be implemented into the final game.EGM: Will the FFXIII PS3 games use the PS3's motion-sensing controller functionality? TN: Yeah, we already have some ideas about how to use it.
More Final Fantasy XIII images and info
Some more details from Square Enix on the game via The Magic Box: Final Fantasy XIII will not have online functions Each episode will have different and independent characters, the stories also takes place in different times in history The only things in common for the 3 titles are Chocobos, Moggles, magic and myths around the Crystals The Legend of the Crystals is the central theme of the 3 games The latin word "Versus" in Final Fantasy Versus XIII means the change of a direction The latin word "Agito" in Final Fantasy XIII Agito means stimulus or moving violently, this game will have action elements implemented in the system
New Final Fantasy XIII magazine scans
The drool-inducing aesthetics that define the Final Fantasy series never cease to amaze. FFXIII is no exception. Check out these gorgeous scans from a Japanese magazine to get a feel for the upcoming epic. It's being taken care of by the same team behind FFX, and with an all new "white engine" backing it, this title is a serious hook for RPG fans looking forward to the PlayStation 3.
