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Do you like FFXI? Are you constantly traversing the lands of Vana’diel in search of the next great spoil? I sure hope you are, because SquareEnix is releasing yet another Collector’s Pack of the game.

The Vana’diel Collection 2008 will feature the original game and all four of it’s expansions packs. That’s right all four: Rise of the Zilart, Chains of Promathia, Treasures of Aht Urgan & Wings of the Goddess. That’s alot of MMO’ing right there.

Pick it up May 23rd. Or don’t. I mean how old is this thing by now~

Ok, so I guess some people out there like Dragon Quest. But that’s only wild speculation on my part.

Anyways, for the tens of twenties of you that enjoy the DQseries, the Official Site for the upcoming Dragon Quest V has at last been opened and updated. What is says, I have no idea, but it’s something to look at in the very least. And besides, from what i’m told DQV is actually really good.

It must be, since this is the third time they’ve made this one~

It seems like f*cking forever since we’ve heard anything on The Last Remnant, and that’s because it has been f*cking forever. Personally I blame the Xbox360.

Gamefly, however, offers a more sensible reasoning. The online rental chain has a listing for a PSP version of the already confirmed multi-platform release. Is this why there has been so little info on the title lately? Who knows, but with a PSP version possibly in the works, a Wii version can’t be too far off.

Get it? Get it? I know, that was clever, wasn’t it~

SquareEnix is taking it’s game back to the DS with The Game With No Name or as the Japanese will call it, Nanashi no Game; a Survival Horror title to be played bookstyle on the little handheld that could.

The story follows a young man, worried about the disappearance of a classmate. When he makes his way to the missing person’s room, he finds a copy of a game rumored to kill you in seven days. But that’s not at all! When he returns home, what should he find but…a portable copy of the very same game! Oh Nooooooo~

Sounds like The Ring to me and every other person who has posted this story. But unlike all of them, I will personally hope for a scene where a horse jumps off a boat in this game, because that sh*t was hilarious in the movie. Still, the little NES-Style RPG part has piqued my interest.

Anyways, trailer behind the cut, Official Site thru the banner. Try not to die, gaiz~

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One of the great treats of the FF universe of sound is it’s stellar Piano Collections series, an album accompanying each game with re-treated piano versions of the themes heard in each title.

The Final Fantasy XI Piano Collections, previously only available in the amazingly cool, yet highly expensive Final Fantasy XI OST Premium Box, is now getting a standalone release for all audiophiles out there to cherish. Well, according to Amazon.co.jp, anyways.

Click the banner for a full view of the OST’s Cover, and follow the cut for a complete track list~

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Oh my god. First of all I’d like to thank SquareEnix for its endless use of subtitles, without which such hilarious puns would never be possible.

Onto the news, SquareEnix has registered a trademark for the title “Hand of the Heavenly Bride”, believed to be a translated subtitle for the forthcoming Dragon Quest V remake for DS. Couple that with the trademark filing of “Chapters of the Chosen”, rumored to have some affiliation with the already released (In Japan) Dragon Quest IV, perhaps the US will be getting some old school RPG action sometime soon?

And no, I don’t know why the site is still open. Or care, really. Let’s just run with it~

Regardless of if we’ll never see any Square Enix mobile games that look mildly interesting; I still like to tell everyone about it. Because, I don’t really like paying-to-much for games that have no solid substance. Both in terms of immersive gameplay and a deep plot. But hey, I can’t judge. The jury’s still out on whether Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII- will be coming out to North America. Then again, I digress. A new mobile RPG, called Ellark was announced.

This isn’t your typical Square Enix mobile game. Its “free” to download and play! But to even do anything and do a lot in the game, you have to fork your money in virtual currency - Mobicoins. The game uses a mail system, how it works? No one knows.