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Did you know Kingdom Hearts came about because Square-Enix and Disney shared the same Tokyo office building? Purportedly, the very idea of a Final Fantasy-meets-Mickey Mouse game resulted from a chance meeting in an elevator between two of the companies' respective creative talents. Millions of sales later, we've finally arrived at the latest installment in this quirky action RPG series.
If there's one accusation you could never level at Square-Enix, it's that the RPG powerhouse rushes its games. Kingdom
Hearts II hits North American stores this week after a considerably lengthy development cycle, and we have the piping-hot verdict ready for you with our full text review and second-ever live video review (which will be prerecorded but available on the gamespace by the time you read this). Not much has changed mechanically with this sequel--it mostly refines the gameplay set forth in the original--but they've certainly managed to cram every conceivable Disney franchise in, not to mention celebrity voice actors ranging from Haley Joel Osment to Zach Braff, Mena Suvari to Christopher Lee. If Kingdom Hearts tickled your fancy, you'll certainly want to find out why the second one has more of what you crave. So check out the review already!
If you're not traipsing through the worlds of Tron and Aladdin, maybe you should recap all the craziness that went down at last week's Game Developers Conference in San Jose, California. We unearthed a staggering amount of information and interviews related to every facet of gaming imaginable. On the PlayStation front, check out our first glimpse of God of War II, as well as plenty of next-gen info from Sony's worldwide studio head Phil Harrison, and a look at a few upcoming PS3 games. GDC is primarily a development-focused event, geared toward those who make the games rather than those who solely are entertained by them. But it's nice of them to kick us some new morsels to chew on as we move closer to the overload that will assuredly be E3.
Last week it was The Godfather, and
this week we're back with another crime game based on an Al Pacino movie: Scarface. But unlike The Godfather, which casts you as a nameless bit player contributing to the events that took place in the movie, Scarface will let you play as Pacino's eponymous coke-slinging madman after the ending of its respective source film. But then, if you've seen the movie, you know Tony Montana goes out in a blaze of glory in the climactic final scene. So how is Vivendi Universal going to make a game starring a dead guy? With a little revisionist history, of course. Check out our exclusive hands-on preview of Scarface to find out exactly how they're going to pull off that particular feat.
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