Final Fantasy VII Coming to the PC (Again)

Back in 1998, SquareSoft and Eidos released a PC version of Final Fantasy VII to the world. While the release featured slight improvements over the original Playstation version such as minor translation and typo fixes, it had problems and bugs of its own. Now, 14 years later, Square Enix decides to give it another shot. Soon, players of old and new will be able to buy the PC version of FFVII as a digital download directly from Square Enix Store. This new re-release is updated with 36 achievements to unlock, an option to boost your character stats and gil, and cloud save support that will make it easy for you to enjoy the game no matter which PC you use. You can check out the game's official website at finalfantasyviipc.com to find out more about the new features but you have to come back later for the release date as Square Enix only lists that as "Coming Soon" for now.

Summer 2012 Anime

Here's a list of new anime for the summer season.

Guild Wars 2 Launches on 28/08/2012

Are you ready for this? ArenaNet has finally given us the release date for Guild Wars 2 - 28th August 2012. That means we're two months away from the launch of what could be one of the most anticipated MMOs of this generation! ArenaNet also plans to carry out one last Beta Weekend Event from the 20th to the 22nd of July so if you want to be a part of it, remember to pre-purchase the game before that.

Agni's Philosophy - Final Fantasy Realtime Tech Demo

Square Enix released a new tech demo at E3 today and it looks great! The demo, which runs on the next gen Luminous engine, is rendered entirely in realtime. At this point, Square-Enix hasn't clarified whether "Agni's Philosophy" is related to Final Fantasy XV or not, despite being called a Final Fantasy demo. It may be nothing more than a tech demo, just like the Final Fantasy VII HD demo that SE showed many years back.

E3 2012 Live Streams

Microsoft E3 2012 Press Conference
Date & Time: 4th June, 9:30am-11:00am (PST)  /  5th June, 12:30am-2:00am (GMT+8)
Links: GameSpot, G4, XBox.com

EA E3 2012 Press Conference
Date & Time: 4th June, 1:00pm-2:00pm (PST)  /  5th June, 4:00am-5:00am (GMT+8)
Links: GameSpot, G4, EA.com

Ubisoft E3 2012 Press Conference
Date & Time: 4th June, 3:00pm-4:00pm (PST)  /  5th June, 6:00am-7:00am (GMT+8)
Links: GameSpot, G4, Youtube

Sony E3 2012 Press Conference
Date & Time: 4th June, 6:00pm-7:30pm (PST)  /  5th June, 9:00am-10:30am (GMT+8)
Links: GameSpot, G4, Playstation.com

Nintendo E3 2012 Press Conference
Date & Time: 5th June, 9:00am-10:00am (PST)  /  6th June, 12:00am-1:00am (GMT+8)
Links: GameSpot, G4, Nintendo.com

Aerith's Theme Ranked 16th In Classic FM's Hall of Fame 2012

Aerith's Theme, the famous track from Final Fantasy VII made history recently by becoming the first video game music to have ever made it into the Classic FM Hall of Fame! The track, composed by Uematsu Nobuo, took the 16th spot on the chart. Final Fantasy VII celebrates its 15th anniversary this year.

You Can Now Pre-Purchase Guild Wars 2

Guild Wars 2 might not have a release date yet (that remains to be "when it's ready") but starting today you can pre-purchase the game at buy.guildwars2.com and get some nice in-game goodies. What's more, pre-purchasing Guild Wars 2 (paying full price for the game in advance) does not only guarantee you the access to all upcoming beta events, it also gives you a 3-day headstart access when the game officially launches. ArenaNet has also put up a list of retailers where you can get the standard as well as the collector's editions of the game from but if you live outside of North America, Europe or Australia, it'd be much easier just to get the digital copy version from the website above. So far, there's no mention on whether any of the retailers in Asian or other countries will carry the game or not.