Final Fantasy XV rumored for Project Cafe?

The above image is a snapshot from the game Deus Ex: Human Revolution, showing that even in the future (2027) the FF franchise will go on (XXVII being 27). 2027, FF27? Eitherway, in the present world, rumors are curculating that Final Fantasy XV (15) will grace Nintendo's next gen. console, code named Project Cafe.

It was clearly only a matter of time before a "leaked list" of Nintendo goodies for this year's E3 would be leaked, and the latest one has a ton of information about Project Cafe.

The most interesting pieces of information though, is that the leaked list claims Final Fantasy XV will be shown on Project Cafe during Nintendo's press conference.

Square Enix have shown their support to Nintendo in a big way in recent years, with the Crystal Chronicles franchise, Dragon Quest IX and Dragon Quest X and of course, Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance.

When Dragon Quest X was announced for the Wii, I wrote an article suggesting that Final Fantasy XIV (if it were the next numbered installment) could follow suit, but that turned out to be an online installment.

Source: Final Fantasy Union

(Dubstep) Ruben's Tube

I know it's OFN, seeing as even MythBusters covered this back in 2009, but I want this now!! Might make it after I've finished building my rig.

Building a new Gaming Rig [Part 2 - Cash in and Wait]

 

The cheque came in last night in my home town. Got my mother to cash that in, but according to the bank it'll take up-to 6 weeks to process it 0_o Not gonna love this long wait at all. I'm already behind on a few games, both on the PC and PS3, with The Witcher 2 being one of them. Sooooo, I decided to treat myself and get the first one (Enhanced Edition) and to try and complete that in the 6 weeks I've got, then I can go straight into Assassins of Kings once I build my new system.

Building a new Gaming Rig [Part 1 - Budget and Components]

My traffic accident claim has nearly come to it's long awaited end, with my solicitor ringing me this morning to confirm the offer I'm eligible to receive in the amount of £2726.68. SWEEEEEEEEET! This is for the accident that took place last November outside of my University.

I was only told early this year after my medical report that my solicitor is going to go for a starting offer of £3000. But to be on the safe side, accept £2200 as a minimum if they don't comply. Either-way, like most in my situation, I was looking at the £3000 figure. They did say they'd shoot for a max of £2700 if £3k doesn't hold.... which seems like it was the case. Anyways, after seeing the the proposed figures, my mind has be racing with ideas on what to do with the money once I get it. A well deserved holiday was the first thought, but I not likely to spend all the cash just on that. Then I remembered that I wanted an Apple Mac for my course, for video editing and other such similar tasks. I decided to go one step further with that idea.

Build a gaming rig, which can be ALSO used as my video editing workstation. Since about 2-3 weeks ago, I've been researching not only the different components required to build a gaming PC, but also how to actually build it as I've never built one fully myself knowing much about it. I've made my component list shortly after (actually, while researching), and I've come up with two rigs. I should say beforehand that I had the £2700-£3000 claim offer in mind, so I made a budget of £2000 for this build.

CASE: Inwin Dragon Rider Black Gaming Tower Case (no PSU) - £78
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40 GHz, Quad Core (Sandy Bridge) - £227.00
MB: Asus P8P67 EVO Rev3, Intel P67 Express Socket 1155 - £153.20
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 - £79.34
GPU: Nvidia (EVGA) GeForce GTX 580 Super Clocked 1536MB GDDR5 - £383.50
NIC: D-Link Wireless N 150 PCI Adapter - £21.07
HDD: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Green Hard Drive - £44.14
ODD - Asus DRW-22B3L Internal 22x DVD±RW Rewriter - £22
Card Reader: Icy Box IB-864 Card Reader and Multiport Hub - USB 2.0 / 3.0 - £15.49
PSU: 750W Corsair Enthusiast 750TXV2UK TX V2 Series - £83.70

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator and Fan Quiet CPU Cooler - £68.23

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium w/ Service Pack 1, 64-bit - £70.88

Monitor(s): Asus 24" VW246H Black Widescreen LCD, 1920x1080 - £195.17 (x2)
KB: Logitech G19 Keyboard with Colour LCD Display - £124.98

TOTAL = £1761.87

The other set is pretty much the same, except the CPU is an i7 960, MB's an Asus Rampage III Extreme and the RAM would be 6GB (3x2GB).... which turns out to be more expensive in total, but it was my first set. Upon helpful tips off a few people, I later changed to the rig listed above.

I'll have just under a £1000 to spare after I buy all this, which means a holiday is imminent for me.

Well for now I'll have to wait a couple of weeks for the cheque to arrive, then I'll post Part 2 of this blog, which should come with videos of the parts unboxing and such, as well as the overall build.

The REAL Tekken movie!

Tekken: Blood Vengeance is Namco's summer 2011 bound feature-length CG movie, set to be in stereoscopic 3D throughout. Based on the cinematic intros of Tekken 5 and 6, BV is a parallel story that takes place between both games, being described as a "suspense action film". Project leader of Tekken, Katsuhiro Harada actually revealed that the film's been in development since January 2010. The movie will be voiced in English and Japanese, with each character to speak in their own language. Namco has "tried as much as possible" to use the same voice actors from the games, but it's not clear how many voice actors are on board.... not that it matters really as long as the main characters are there.... or at least someone sounding like them (taking a good guess it'll be Jin Kazama and Kazuya Mishima)

If you're like me, disappointed in the 2010 live action Tekken movie even though most of us know video games-to-movies never turn out good, then this is definitely a movie to watch out for I reckon. It's made the guys themselves so they can't fuck it up, unless they lose their minds.... literally.

Day 1, without a doubt.

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City on the Trophy hunt, Utd. lost their Treble chance!

 

Manchester City 1 - 0 Manchester United

Well that sucked. I wouldn't have mind the loss if it weren't for the amount of mistakes Utd. have made during that game as a whole. Valencia and Carrick being the costly culprits in my opinion. City's goal came from Yaya Toure after a poor pass attempt by Carrick, but not before a terrible clearing by Van der Sar.

On top of the goal, 20 minutes later Scholes got sent off after a full-studded, high leg foul on Zabalet. That kinda prevented any comebacks we could possibly make.

Ferguson FINALLY came to his senses and substituted Valencia off, for Hernandez.... however even with a fresh Anderson on as well, while still being down a man all hopes were lost.

Berbatov came SOOOO close to scoring earlier, after a nifty pass from Park in the box, but City's keeper Hart came rushing forward to save the shot. Not long after that, City had a throw-in where Evra took the ball back, passed to Nani who turned into the box and crossed it (ground) back to Berbatov who only managed to nudge the ball a few yards out. All he really needed was the slightest touch on the ball and that would have been in.

United took control of the game in the first 30 minutes, then just dropped after Berbatovs attempt... like they didn't care anymore. At least it looked that way to me. Obviously disappointed, really would have like another treble. Oh well, UEFA and PL it is then.

City goes on to face the winners of tomorrows game, Bolton vs. Stoke.

Fault-Line Gameplay Trailer [Full-12 mins] - Battlefield 3

Can not WAIT for this game to come out. Regarding other news on the game; minor details on the yet-to-be-shown MP, and maps scaled down for console version, which makes sense for 24 players. This is only for ground battles btw, i.e. Jets will have the same map scale as the PC version to manoeuvre, it's just the scaled down for infantry... which again when you look at it makes sense for the console side.

BF3 won't include Commander Mode. Personally I've never played in the commander position in BF2, so I don't really care about this. Would have been nice to try it out, though I guess I still could on BF2. Either-way, I'm hoping my accident compensation comes through soon; claim to have a proposed opening offer of £3000.... would be SWEET if I get the full £3000. That way I could get a new rig and might be able to get BF3 for the PC after-all, otherwise I'm looking at the PS3 version seeing as my beta access is on said system ^_^