Final Fantasy fans were left hanging over the Bank Holiday with the announcement that the Final Fantasy XIV PC Beta was postponed, with no new date announced. The good news is that the launch niggles have been sorted and the Beta will begin tomorrow, Thursday the 2nd of September, at 2am. NO SLEEPS FOR YOU TONIGHT. To get registration codes get yourself set up at http://entry.ffxiv.com. Would love to see you there but my laptop would probably have steam bellowing out trying to run it!
If you have never seen an episode of Lost, but quite fancy watching it now it has finally finished you should scoot along to the Prince Charles Cinema in London on Monday 12th Spetember for a special screening of every episode. Fancy spending 80 hours in the cinema? I went to a Bourne film marathon one night and after three films in quick succession I was ready to go mad so I can’t wait to see the faces of people after this one. The screening starts on the same day that the complete collections of Lost are released on Blu-Ray and DVD – so if you want to watch at more sane pace you can. The Lost Marathon will commence at 10am on Monday 13th September 2010 and will continue constantly over 24-hour periods. If successfully completed, the final episode will air on the afternoon of Thursday 16th September 2010. There will be regulated breaks and helpfully paramedics on the scene incase it all goes a bit wrong.
To pre-register for the event, scoot an email over to lostmarathon@taylorherring.com. Pre-registration does not guarantee admittance, the first 280 to turn up on the day will get in and will also get a goody bag. You can also leave at any time!
Rock Band 3 is with us soon and brings keyboards and real guitars to the rhythm action fun. The cheeky chaps at Harmonix have unveiled the tracklist for the game, featuring favourites like Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Ozzy Osbourne and SMASH MOUTH. Full list after the jump.
Those Angry Birds have got people addicted to taking out pigs on the iPhone and iPad but that’s not enough for our feathered fiends as they are also heading to PS3/PSP, the local toy shop and possibly the cinema! The game has sold over 6 million copies on the iPhone and iPad – an amazing amount and mostly down to incredible word of mouth, attracting many people who don’t usually play games to take an interest and have a go on their phone. Now publisher Chillingo have confirmed the game will be released as a ‘Mini’ for the PS3/PSP, one download from the PlayStation Store that is playable on both platforms – bargaintastic.
Developer Rovio have also been in talks to licence the game to Hollywood and toy companies to fully cash in on the popularity of the game, however a potential stumbling block is that a film would take between 2-3 years to be released, and the game could be long forgotten in that time. Would you see an Angry Birds film, or is there another title on the app store that you would like to have some spin-offs?
Should have had this up on Thursday, but after a good start to the week I was hit with two doses of bad luck – my computer would not connect to the internet, and the PlayStation 3 caught the evil Yellow Light Of Death. Everything is now back up and running and here are some belated trailers from GamesCom. To make up for the delay there is even more than usual, including Deus Ex Human Revolution, Dance Central and Halo Reach.
Halo Reach
