Headline RePLAY – 7.6.12

Today on Headline RePLAY: The future holds more Final Fantasy XIII, Arc System Works opens up a mystery site for a mystery title and what video games need to do to survive.


Square-Enix is not done with Final Fantasy XII quite yet, despite the end of downloadable content released for XIII-2

“The [FFXIII-2] Lightning download content had an ending that left a feeling [of] mystery and hope,” Final Fantasy XIII and XIII-2 director Motomu Toriyama told Famitsu in an interview during the recent Taipei Game Developers Conference.

When asked about the upcoming Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Event in relation to XIII, he replied, “The day when the meaning of this will come to light is not too far off.”

|Source: Andriasang


Following the honored tradition of driving fans mad with speculation, the creators of Guilty Gear and BlazBlue has opened up a teaser site for a mystery title, which ultimately reveals absolutely nothing.

Andriasang reports that supposedly Arc System Works’ next update on the site will be on the 11th.

|Source: Andriasang


The video game industry will “die” if it doesn’t innovate and offer “deeper things,” says David Cage, the creator of Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls.  

“It’s about emotion. It’s about trying something different,” Cage told GamesIndustry International. “I mean this industry will die if it doesn’t try more to be innovative and to come up with new ideas and talk a bit more—not necessarily serious, but deeper things at some point.

“It’s great that you can shoot at monsters,” he continued, “and that’s great and it always be there and it always be successful, but at the same time, what about giving the choice to people? Give them different options. So if they like that they find it, but if they want something deeper and interactive, they can find it too.”

Cage believes that games like Journey are necessary in an industry saturated with shooters. “But I think the industry needs more games like Journey because it’s a breath of fresh air; this is necessary in any medium.”

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