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Oh forf*ck’ssake. Again, with this? Epic Games has become the latest victim in a wave ofprominent game site hacksthat have occurred in the wake ofthe PSN’s return. The company recently warned site members that its various destinations and forums were broken into and that a number of passwords and emails may have been taken. Epic has reset all passwords and assured users that there’s no further risk, since the company has never asked for credit card details....

A title calledRebuild of Evangelion Sound Impactis coming from Namco Bandai, and it sounds like one of the many strange things that comes out of Japan that we’ll probably never play. But wait: Grasshopper Manufacture is listed as the developer. Why would Grashopper be making an Evangelion rhythm game? This rhythm action game lists Grashopper’s Suda 51 as the creative producer, and has Akira Yamaoka doing remixes of the popular anime’s music....

Alright, we’re finally almost there. Having coveredMicrosoft’s conferenceon Friday andNintendo’s conferenceon Saturday, it’s time to wrap it up by looking at what Sony announced. After the disappointing response to Nintendo’s conference, I was worried that people were just too tired to care about any of the pressers beyond Microsoft’s, but after spending hours searching through this nonsense for today’s article, I can assure you this is not the case. Nintendo is basically entirely out of the fanboy war, with those who enjoy the Wii mostly living inside a protective bubble – ignored by the Microsoft/Sony fanboys and allowed to happily keep to themselves....

Wait for it. Wait for it. There! Did you hear it? It was the collective squeal of thousands ofFinal Fantasyfanboys. TheESRBhas let slipa little informationthat Sony was probably hoping to drop on us at their E3 conference. The listing showsFinal Fantasy VIIfor the PS3 and the PSP, so it looks likeFFVIIon the go isGo. Hell, they might even be planning to drop the game on Tuesday, the day of their press conference, which would be a nice little surprise....

Final Fantasy XIII Agito, part of Square Enix’sNovella Crystalis Final Fantasyis Pretentiousis Bullyshittytitscompilation, may be running well on PSP hardware and looks to be coming along nicely, but that doesn’t mean we’ll be seeing it soon. In fact, PSP fans have a long wait in store before they can indulge in portable androgyny, as character designer Tetsuya Nomura tells uswe’ve got ages yet. According to Nomura, Squeenix is waiting for bothFinal Fantasy XIIIandFinal Fantasy XIII Versusto have their releases beforeAgitohits store shelves....

You wanted updatedFallout: New Vegas, and here you have it — a whole freakin’ trailer. This is an instance where the trailer — set to the tune of “Blue Moon” — really says it all. From the looks of things, Vegas is thriving, a stark contrast to the wasteland that wasFallout 3‘s Washington DC. Fallout: New Vegasis set for a fall 2010 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC....

Ready to put that PlayStation Portable of yours to good use? Great! A demo forFlatOut: Head On, a game based uponFlatOut: Ultimate Carnage, is nowavailable for download. The demo contains a few game modes: “Carnage Race,” “Deathmatch Derby,” and “High Jump.” While the first two modes are pretty self-explanatory, it should be known that “High Jump” is a Ragdoll stunt in which you launch your driver into a metal net of all things....

I may have bitched in the past about poor or overzealous service, overcrowded retail locations or employees that all look strangely alike when talking aboutGameStopin the past. But honestly, this is bad news for GameStop if it means what I think it means. Maybe I had complaints before, but at least I knew I could rely on them when I had to buyPersona 3. Now according to a recent meeting between GameStop corporate and Lazard Capital Markets analyst Colin Sebastian, GameStop’s focus for 2008 has changed....

OH MY GOD! GAMESTOP IS HAVING A SALE! TIME TO GO ON A SHOPPING SPREE!!! So yeah, sale time. GameStop has a Summer sale going on right now until August 8 with discounts ranging from 10 to 50% off on new and used games. There’s even free shipping! Believe it or not, the sale has games you’ll actually want to purchase.Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Scribblenauts, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Final Fantasy XIII andGod of War 3make up a small fraction of some of the better games up for sale....

THQ has announced thatSaints Rowis coming to Facebook, alongside three other games that are currently in development for the social network. The publisher seemed to have no intention of divulging exactly what the game would be like. It simply said that it’s in beta. Knowing the way most Facebook games go, I wouldn’t expect a cultural revolution.

The “year of the PlayStation Portable” rolls on, with Sony Computer Entertainment America announcing a slew of new Greatest Hits titles for the handheld. Starting on April 5, these following 10 hot sellers will be available for $19.99 a piece: As best sellers, some of them make sense.God of War: Chains of Olympuswas totally excellent, for instance. ButSonic Rivals 2, guys?Mortal Kombat: Unchained? Where’s myCake Mania: Baker’s Challenge!?!?

It’s been twenty years since the originalAlien Crushwas released for the TurboGrafx-16 and it remains one of my favorite video pinball games. From the visual aesthetic to the table control, it’s an excellent title and something you really should pick up on Virtual Console if you haven’t already. At PAX this weekend, Hudson was showing off what they referred to as a “near-final” build of the Japanese release ofAlien Crush Returns....

Final Fantasy XIVdoesn’t exactly have a lot to prove. It has atonto prove, for not only does it need to make itself a true competitor to in a market of MMOs, it also needs to prove to a lot of fans thatFinal Fantasy, the MMO, can be done right. And it’s not thatFinal Fantasy XIwas a bad game. Far from it! It’s just thatFinal Fantasy XIwas such a difficult game, with a huge barrier to entry....