E3 2013: Kingdom Hearts III

E3 2013: Final Fantasy XV

Formerly Final Fantasy Versus XIII for the PS3, this game is now officially Final Fantasy XV and releasing on PS4 and Xbone.

Square-Enix Trademark Leads to Star Ocean Speculation

A trademark filing by Square-Enix has led to rumors that a new Star Ocean game may be on the way.

It is worth noting that this could be anything from a mobile title to a portable re-release of a previous game, so automatically assuming it could be another major large scale sequel is probably not the best idea.

I, for one, am not excited by any of the possibilities. After slogging through the badly designed, incredibly cliched and painfully voiced characters and plot of Star Ocean 3, and seeing enough of the content of Star Ocean 4 to convince me that it was most likely exponentially worse, I truly don't give a shit was this trademark is for.

Although I will admit that I would enjoy the bitter tears if it was another of Square-Enix's Japan-only mobile titles.

Gametrailers Kingdom Hearts Documentary

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One of the most confusing plotlines in videogaming has been that of the Kingdom Hearts franchise. Taking place over 7 different titles spread across 4 separate platforms, with prequels and games that occur simultaneously to others released in non-sequential order, the plot is not exactly easy to follow.

With the upcoming release of Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX, an HD remaster for the PS3 of the original Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories and a movie detailing the plot of Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Gametrailers has made an hour-long documentary trying to piece together the plot from all 7 games in the hope it finally makes sense to more people.

 No word yet on whether Gametrailers has succeeded in making Square's obfuscated writing any more coherent for the audience at large, but kudos to them for trying.