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Zynga Games’FarmVillecontinues to grow despite its age. New statistics fromAll Facebook.comindicate that the Facebook game is “about to surpass” the 80 million active monthly user mark — a growth of 10 million since December. A quick glance atAppData.comtells us that (a) line graphs are boring and (b) confirms thatFarmVillebroke the 80 million barrier this afternoon. We’re having a hard time thinking about this staggering number. Imagine having sixteen graham crackers sitting in front you....

PSP titleFinal Fantasy IV Complete Collectionis set for a March 24th release in Japan. In this comes anew episodethat fills in the holes between the two FF4 releases, and in it you’ll play as Cecil. Square Enix is calling it The Interlude, and it takes place a few years after the end ofFinal Fantasy IVproper. Give me all the FF4 you’re able to make, I say. In a new trailer, posted at the game’s official site, you’ll see this game in action....

Music4Gameshas run their advance review ofOverClocked Remix’ssuper-ambitious upcoming albumFinal Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream,a massive 45-song re-imagining of Nobuo Uematsu’s original score for the famed PlayStation role-playing game. M4G bravely attempts to cover the four-disc compilation, which clocks in at almost three-and-a-half hours of listening time. Everything from the “Overworld” to “Sephiroth’s Theme” is covered by many genres of music, and reviewer Jayson Napolitano does his best to give us an idea ofwhat we can expectfrom the collection, calling it “one of the most impressive and encompassing listening experiences in the world of video game music....

Final Fantasy XIIIis due for release for next month, and the first reviews are starting to trickle in. Interestingly, these reviews seem rather undecided on the game, with some outlets loving it, and other outlets not too keen. The brains behind Square Enix’s big game, however, aren’t too concerned. They’re not even paying attention. “We try not to listen to the critics too much. Most of the criticisms have come because the first half of the game is very linear,” says producer Yoshinori Kitase toOfficial Xbox Magazine....

Rockstar Games has just released the first trailer — the first video as far as I know — for Vice City Stories. I grew up in the 80’s, although I did miss a small portion of it, and most of the 90’s, but I’d rather not go into that right now; anyway, this game does a great job of capturing that time. Vice City Stories is due in October and I can’t wait to play it....

HopefullySteal Princessis on your “to get” list. If I wasn’t drowning in review code and deadlines we’d have a preview put together for you. That’s coming soon, I hope. For now, know that this DS game combines action and puzzle solving on isometric playing fields that become increasingly more difficult. There’s over 150 levels to figure your way through as an eyepatch-wearing thief with an attitude. While I’m having fun, the game makes it clear that I’m lacking in sufficient brain power to clear these levels on anything other than the minimal level (bronze medal)....

Next in line for Atari’s arcade reboot,followingYars’ RevengeandStar Raidersearlier this year, isCentipede. We know all about the game’spost-apocalyptic setting and weapon variety, but today’s trailer highlights theCentipede: Infestationsinsect opposition. You’ve got your basic pill bugs, mealworms, stag beetles, and black widows, but that wasp looks like formidable. Looking past the fact this is definitely not theCentipedeI grew up with, there’s hope with WayForward at the helm.

Hot off the heels of ourSoulSilver/HeartGoldreviewand I still cannot stop thinking about Ekans. Ekans is the Rattlesnake Pokemon and there are so many reasons why it is the best one. So many, in fact, that I might write an article about it as if the joke didn’t get old on Friday. In fact, I will definitely do that some time this coming week. Anyway, videogames were played, so feel free to hit the Ekans and find out which Ekans were Ekans’d by the Destructoid Ekans....

This week’s cultural exchange piece comes courtesy of my childhood, and likely a fair few other childhoods. Perhaps some of you are a bit too young to enjoyCount Duckula, but those of us that aren’t can fondly remember a time when kids’ cartoons weren’t afraid to be a little dark and inject some dry, sardonic humor. Kiddy shows back in my day had the best bloody theme tunes as well.Duckula,Knightmare,Trapdoor, my memories kick the ass of any fifteen-year old’s pathetic recollections....

This is going to be old for a lot of you but I hadn’t actually seen it until it was posted in a NeoGAF thread about bad voice acting.Chaos Wars, a game which mashed up a bunch of obscure RPGs includingShadow Hearts, was dubbed over by the family of the publisher’s CEO. That’s the kind of cheap bastardry that almost deserves applause. Stuff like this is hilarious on one level, but somewhat depressing on another....

The guys at NCsoft and ArenaNet have been talking the talk here are gamescom, but we want to know if they can also walk the walk.Guild Wars 2has been a massive title here at gamescom, and it isn’t hard to notice that a rather hefty amount of the PR budget has been spent on its promotion. The lovely but really damn tall Randall Price (Senior Vice President of AreanNet) and I discuss what it is that makesGuild Wars 2tick, how they plan to make this “the MMO for people who hate MMOs,” and of course, if they can fulfill their own promise of “this will be the GREATEST MMO EVER!...

Imagine Roland of Gilead clenching a katana with one full-fingered hand. Now pretend our imaginary Roland fancies Asian dress and still remembers the face of his father. This Roland would look similar to the man in the header, which happens to beRed Steel 2’sprotagonist and the point of the video below the fold. Earlier this morning Ubisoft released a developer diary forRed Steel 2. In the video, the devs behind the title discuss — at length and even in French — the unnamed protagonist and his weaponry....

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and what better way to celebrate the day of love then by giving some robot lovin’ to your significant other. Because he is awesome,Vice(featured onthis Art Attack Friday) made the awesome Valentine’s Day card you see before you. This card has scientifically been proven to save any deteriorating relationship with a loved one as soon as they are presented with the card. That’s the power of Destructoid, folks....