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Final Fantasy XIV Beta Begins March 11

February 28th, 2010

Final Fantasy XIV



Square Enix’s “VanaFest 2010″ is taking place today (where they’ve already announced three new add-ons for Final Fantasy XI), and while its name suggests it’s all about celebrating their current MMO, they still slipped some exciting Final Fantasy XIV news in as well: They’ve announced the beta test will begin on March 11.

It’ll be a closed beta test available to only a small number of invitees at first (Square Enix took applications back in December), but the beta will naturally expand over time. “Those who were not selected in this drawing, fear not, for there will be other opportunities to come,” said Square Enix in the announcement (via Joystiq). The beta will also only be on the PC at first.

And even if you don’t get into the beta later on, you won’t have to wait too much longer to get your hands on Final Fantasy XIV — it’s set for release later this year.

Disney Wants Epic Mickey to Reach “Nintendo Levels” of Quality

February 28th, 2010

Epic Mickey



Why do Nintendo games, on average, sell so much better than third-party games on the Wii? There are probably a number of ways to answer that question, but according to Disney Interactive Studios executive VP and general manager Graham Hopper, it’s about giving games the time and care they need to reach the “Nintendo level” of quality — and they intend to do so with Epic Mickey.

“I think we’ve tried to learn from the things Nintendo does well,” Hopper said in an interview with Gamasutra. “One of the things that Nintendo does on their own platforms is they give their projects the time and appropriate resources to be successful, and they iterate until they get there. And I think we’re doing the same with Epic Mickey, giving it the time and resources to be successful.”

That, Hopper hopes, will lead to better success than many third parties find on Wii. “I’ll tell you that I don’t think all other third parties are approaching the Wii in the same way. If there’s a third-party game that I think has potential to be as successful on the Wii to Nintendo levels, I’d like to think it’s Disney Epic Mickey. We’re following the same playbook.”

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