Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn's amazing cinematic trailer

Remember Final Fantasy XIV? the MMORPG Final Fantasy game that pretty much went downhill right when it started? Well, Square gave it a complete overhaul bearing a new title Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. A jaw-dropping cinematic trailer was just released by Square Enix making me wish this was just another Final Fantasy title instead of an MMORPG. The trailer's 6 minutes long, check it out below.

Thanks to the negative reaction it received on its first release, Square Enix decided to not give up on the project and plan to relaunch the game under a new set of developers. With a new game engine, redesigned UI and game maps, a new server system, pretty much a complete make-over, Square Enix hopes that this re-do of Final Fantasy XIV would please fans of the series since they too were not happy on the quality of the game the first time.

Will this relaunch save this title? Can't say much yet, but one thing's for sure, Square Enix can never disappoint with game cinematics.

A Realm Reborn is currently on its Alpha testing and the relaunch of the MMO will come sometime next year 2013. The long awaited PS3 version of the online game will also be released alongside the PC version.

Latest God of War: Ascension trailers focuses on multiplayer

We all know the upcoming God of War is a prequel that has multiplayer. The latest trailers for Ascension focuses on multiplayer showing the perks  your warrior can earn when they sell their soul to one of the four gods; Zeus, Hades, Ares, and Poseidon. Revealed so far are Zeus and Ares, check the trailers below.

Zeus Trailer

Ares Trailer

Where's the latest footage of the single player campaign? I have no clue. It appears that Santa Monica Studios want to focuses on show casing the multiplayer aspect of the game first before anything else. God of War having multiplayer just doesn't make much sense, and I'm sure we have a lot of questions about it, which is why I believe they went on with advertising this first  before revealing any more info about the single player' campaign.

We can't say Sony haven't shown any single player content though. A gameplay demo was revealed at this year's E3 and while it was not as impressive as the God of War 3 demo in the past, it's good to see Kratos back in action spilling blood all over the place.

I still have my doubts, some games just don't need multiplayer, and God of War is one of them.

God of War: Ascension comes out next year March 12, 2013 exclusively on the Playstation 3.

Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale Attract trailer reveals the final boss

Playstation All-Stars battle Royale has now gone gold people. To celebrate the game going gold and to say "thank you" to the fans, Sony released the opening cinematic of the game which reveals character rivals and a final boss that I never knew existed in Playstation history. Check the trailer below.

If you're wondering about that hidden floating head towards the end, yes that's the last boss of the game. His name is Polygon Man,the promotional mascot of Playstation that got cut even before the console even came out. Apparently, negative reactions over at Sony quickly scrapped the mascot and we never heard from him again... until now.

This is the first time I heard about Polygon Man (Picture above). It's hard to believe that they were actually considering a mascot like that for Playstation. He has been hidden for years, but now he has resurface again to be the final boss for Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale. Why has he come back to go against Playstation's most iconic characters? We'll have to wait and see when it comes out on November 21 on PS3 and on the PS Vita.

[Source: US PS Blog]

Bethesda says they are close on releasing DLC for PS3

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is nearly a year old and no DLC has been released yet for the Playstation 3. Bethesda has been having issues applying the DLC, but was able to release two of the three announced DLC on the Xbox 360 and PC. Now, Bethesda says they are 'close' on releasing the new content for Playstation 3. 

The official Twitter of Bethesda tweeted the news to give fans hope that Hearthfire and Dawnguard will be coming soon soon. Bethesda has been having technical issues with adding the DLC to the PS3 version of the game and never got an ETA on when it will be released. With the Dawnguard DLC, Bethesda made a statement way back to give an update, and it didn't sound good.

Earlier in the month, we provided an update on Dawnguard's status for PS3.

It's been a few weeks, and we wanted to make sure everyone knows where we're at with Dawnguard. Skyrim is a massive and dynamic game that requires a lot of resources, and things get much more complex when you're talking about sizable content like Dawnguard. We have tried a number of things, but none of them solve the issue enough to make Dawnguard good for everyone. The PS3 is a powerful system, and we're working hard to deliver the content you guys want. Dawnguard is obviously not the only DLC we’ve been working on either, so the issues of adding content get even more complicated. This is not a problem we’re positive we can solve, but we are working together with Sony to try to bring you this content.

We wish we had a more definitive answer right now. We understand the frustration when the same content is not available on all platforms. When we have an update, we will certainly let you know. We deeply appreciate all the time and support you have given us, and we’ll keep doing our best to return that.

Now, three DLC announced later, there's a bit of hope again. The latest DLC, Dragonborn, was just announced and hopefully Bethesda can get everything resolved before Dragonborn becomes available in other platforms.

[Updated - 11/08/12 ] Datablitz raided for selling 'pirated' software?

Well you don't hear this everyday. Datablitz, the go-to place to buy original hardware and video games in the Philippines have been raided by PNP for selling 'pirated' software. 

In an article coming from GMA news,  The raid was triggered by a complaint coming from X-Play Online Games Inc., the distributor games such as NBA 2k13, Diablo 3, and other games. It was said that the branch at Robinsons Ermita mall was hit by this raid but another article from Bombo Radyo Philippines reports that other branches have been raided as well.

Communities such as TipidPC.com are currently doubting the reports that Datablitz is indeed selling pirated software. Datablitz has been the go-to place when it comes to original game titles, so I don't blame them.

With regards to Datablitz's website, Back2Gaming reports that the site being down has nothing to do with the raid, it so happens that it went down during this incident.

This is definitely not the full story at this time. Will update as soon as any update comes up.

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UPDATED - 11/06/12 5PM - InteraAksyon reports that the raid seized 2.65M worth of unauthorized gaming software across multiple Datablitz branches. NBA 2k13 was one of the unauthorized games seized, they did not specify on the other titles seized. So it was not a raid for selling piracy but more of unauthorized selling of certain titles. This is pretty big since Datablitz would be charged with violation of Section 168 of Republic Act 8293, or the law on unfair competition.

Both Datablitz and X-Play has yet to make official statements on the matter, but an update on the GMA article suggests that an official statement will be released on Wednesday morning, November 7.

UPDATED - 11/06/12 9PM - jayvee Hernandez, a blogger, has posted the official statement from X-Play regarding the raid. Datablitz has yet to release a statement

UPDATED - 11/07/12 4PM. - Datablitz Releases an official statement regarding the monday incident through their Facebook page. Thanks Tim from GameRumble for pointing out the release at the comments!

Here is also another link to X-Play's official statement on the matter that was posted on their website.

As the story develops, I keep saying to myself "Who the hell is X-Play??" Out of nowhere they start waving that they are official distributors of titles such as NBA 2k13, Diablo 3, and more. It's unfortunate that this happened to Datablitz and hopefully they find a way to get past this and continue to provide good quality original titles to the public.

UPDATED - 11/08/12 4PM - Inquirer Tech reports that during the raid, CIDG seized 2.7M worth of products that were allegedly smuggled from Hong Kong and Singapore.