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Have you been stuck sending greeting cards withoutFinal Fantasycharacters all over them? I know, me too. It’s a tough world for us gamers. A world in which we are forced to send electronic greeting cards without our favoriteFinal Fantasycharacters all over them. Thankfully, SquareEnix wants to make the world a bit better and has just revealed that members of theDissidia Final Fantasysitecan sendDissidiagreeting cards to whomever they want. Those who wish to send said card can choose from a collection of nemesis from the game, and then apply music, light effects and logos to the card....

Zombie Studios is doing something wise with its sequel toBlacklight: Tango Down. It’s going to be free. The tentatively titledBlacklightwill be supported by paid content, Big Download has learned. “Blacklightwill feature a large number of improvements based on the player feedback we’ve gotten,” says CEO Mark Long. “And we hope going free-to-play will close that loop so we can respond even faster to player preferences.” This follow-up will use Unreal Engine 3 and contains playable mechs....

The PSP is an amazing piece of kit, but everybody knows that the system doesn’t get as much love from publishers as other systems. This hasnot gone unnoticedby Sony, and the company’s Worldwide Studio boss, Shuhei Yoshida, is all glum about the situation: “Yeah, it’s really, really disappointing and it’s a lost opportunity for the third-parties… They should look at what the PSP can do for their titles and the potential for the business that their IP has....

Okay, so there’s no Good Ship Blu-ray, but Sony would love for you to believe that Blu-ray is a massive battleship that dominates the waters, stopping to offer assistance to the little wooden raft called HD DVD. It’s not all that bad, but Sony Pictures VP Don Eklund couldn’t help but throw a little jab. He invited Microsoft and Toshiba to the Blu-ray party in a recent interview, saysNext-Gen. “We would love to have Toshiba and Microsoft on board,” said Eklund....

I’ve talked before about how I hope all my lovely UMD-based PSP games will somehow work on the PlayStation Vita. Sony has not said much about how they would offer up support since the product announcement, but a new blurb in aPlayStation Vita FAQgives me hope. Q: I have UMD games but do I need to buy them again from PlayStation Store to play the same game on PS Vita?...

Oh Sony, you and your international PR disasters! You’ve all doubtless seen Sony’s new ad campaign that pokes fun at bloggers and Internet rumors. If you haven’t,then Nigeria certainly has, and it’s decided to be offended at Sony’s use of the line, “You can’t believe everything you read on the Internet. Otherwise, I’d be a Nigerian millionaire by now.” Of course, the line is a reference to one of the most famous grifts of all time, the “Nigerian Letter....

Sporeis kind of becoming the village bicycle for gaming genres. Sure it started out as a ambitious simulator, but now its also been an adventure game, an RTS game and an odd DS game.Up next for a rideis platforming and fighting and the system to do it is the Wii.Spore Herois the Wii’s version of the game that lets you create a creature and then throw him into a planet saving adventure....

It’s a sad day for Square Enix, who have released a statement in which they have changed their profit forecast for the fiscal year ending in March 2011 and it is not pretty. They are now anticipating a year-end profit of 1 billion yen, down from an earlier forecast of 12 billion yen. That has to hurt. It’s a sad day for us as well. Profits fromDeus Ex: Human Revolutionmust have been factored into that 11 billion yen they aren’t going to earn....

Looks like you won’t have to leave the house to get your hands onStarCraft II, which Activision Blizzard has confirmed will ship this year. On today’s investor’s conference called, CEO Bobby Kotick revealed that the title will be downloadable by way of Blizzard’s all new Battle.net. The new service was unveiled yesterday, and includes handful of new features, and is the apparent foundation for all of Blizzard’s titles going forth....

Next week’s additions to the Rock Band 3 music store have been announced, bringing legendary songs from Fleetwood Mac the solo career of their singer, Stevie Nicks. These are, predictably, just about every song by the artists that you’ll hear on radio today, the core hits. We’re talking, “Landslide” and “Edge of Seventeen,” here, songs that will worm their way into your mind, their cold grip on your consciousness squeezing like a vise until all you hear is the chorus looping while your friends and family stare at your twitching, prone body and wonder if they should be calling a doctor or a priest....

Okay, Kristin Kreuk is pretty… I guess. But I’ve always had my doubts when it comes to her playing the role ofStreet Fighter‘s Chun-Li. Sure, she’s got some Chinese heritage, but where’s the meaty thighs? Where’s the bulk? These new shots from theStreet Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Limovie show Kreuk in action. I’m not feeling it. She’s so lanky! And two of the images we came across on1UPdon’t even feature her signature hair buns....

There’s really nothing we need to say about this gameplay footage forSuper Mario Galaxy 2. However, we don’t like five-word posts at Destructoid. There are other blogs you can go to if you want that kind of brevity. So, I’m simply going to cheat and post a description of root beer. Root beer is a carbonated beverage originally brewed using sassafras. Root beer, popularized in North America, comes in two forms: alcoholic and soft drink....

Coming off having just finished its lastSpyrogame (and having lost the rights to Universal), Insomniac Games had run into a problem in 2000 — what’s next? The answer for them, at the time, was a game that was codenamed “I:5,” better known as “Girl With A Stick.” The title was to be a hardcore fantasy title, with both action and role-playing game elements. The vibe was heavily influenced by things like Mayan culture, with gameplay described as “Tomb Raider meets Zelda....