Isaiah's Tech

This is really unsurprising to me, but the PSOne classic, Final Fantasy VII, has just topped the list on PSN's "Top 10 Downloadable Games" list. After being announced back in early June, Final Fantasy VII dominated all month long and is probably still dominating now because it was a solid RPG - back in the day. I do find it surprising that Metal Gear Solid didn't nab the Number 2 spot though, I thought it was much, much better than Wolfenstein 3D.

[Joystiq - PlayStation]

At E3, Sony also announced that the PSOne classic, Final Fantasy VII, will be hitting PSN today! Talk about incredible news!! It makes me want to go out and get a Play Station 3 right now, but I think I'll wait for the PS3 Slim.

[Joystiq]

Expect Advent Children Complete to be available in North America starting on June 2nd of this year. Advent Children Complete will: be in 1080p Blu-ray video, have Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio, be in English / Japanese / French and will have a bunch of subtitle options, including: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Arabic, and Dutch. Advent Children Complete will have a bunch of Final Fantasy VII features, a sneak peek at Denzel's animated film, complete trailers, and also a sneak peek at Final Fantasy XIII. I'm hoping that this sneak peek will be a playable demo and not just a bunch of cinematics, but we'll just have to see on June 2nd.

[Joystiq Playstation]

To me, this guy looks badass. This is the main character of Assassin's Creed 2 and this image first surfaced on the official Ubisoft forums. Well, since then it has been taken down, but I just thought I'd give you a high-resolution look at him.

This is a shot of another character, this time from an upcoming Square Enix game. It could be from anywhere and the game could be released on just about any console, even the PC - hopefully not on the Wii though. The character has greyish-white hair and a sword mildly resembling the Buster Sword which is Cloud's, from FFVII, weapon-of-choice. It's probably not a game based around Sephiroth, but that would sound great now that I think about it. More about this screenshot at a later date.

[JoyStiq (Assassin's Creed), PS3,QJ (Square Enix)]

Anything I get from N4G.com has me guessing almost all of the time. Usually, I don't find anything good or anything believable from there but this is so interesting that I just had to talk about it. Take it your own way, but apparently Square Enix announced today that Final Fantasy VII will be making its way to the Playstation Network this May. It will be available as a PSOne Classic in Europe and North America. I don't know why there is no word on an Asian release, which is why I'm kind of skeptical. Why wouldn't it come out to Asia? Asians love Final Fantasy and if they don't get it, they might start the next World War. Analysts do say that North Korea has nukes, y'know.

[Z Connect]

By now, you must've seen Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, but if you haven't just come to my house and we'll watch it. Anyways, here's a 4-minute trailer on Advent Children that has some extended scenes, a preview of Denzel's anime (small boy in Advent Children), and also a preview to the Final Fantasy XIII demo. If you just want to see the Final Fantasy XIII stuff, just go to the end. I watched the whole thing though; I can't wait to watch the extended scenes!



[PS3 QJ]

In Japan, they're getting the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete package on April 16, but we (North Americans) got no love. Love is in the air folks, without the need for Valentine's Day. They've recently announced that the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete package is expected to touch down on June 7. It will have both English and Japanese soundtracks and will have the Final Fantasy XIII "sneak peek" which is the demo. It will also come with some regular extra features, too bad there is no word on the PS3 bundle, just like the Japs are getting.

[PS3 Blog]

The new Asus W90 gaming laptop is now shipping from Newegg. The laptop will sport an 18.4-inch (WUXGA resolution) screen with a 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 and has an ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics card. It also comes with 6GB DDR RAM and 320GB of hard drive storage. This could all be yours if you're willing to spend $2,200 USD. I think it's a good deal, but it may be slightly overpriced.

As part of the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete package you will get a Final Fantasy XIII demo. How cool is that? I'm definitely thinking about buying Advent Children, but i won't get the complete package because i don't have a PS3. On second thought, i could get the complete package and head over to my cousin's house to play the demo. We'll see what happens.

Unlocked T-Mobile G1's can no longer download paid apps off of the Android Market. This was just implemented in the latest update. This impacts a number of users because this includes the Developer version of the G1. So, now developers can't even buy apps on the Android Market and they are outraged. We'll see what happens in the future, but as of right now, they can't buy apps which sucks. Hopefully, Google will change their minds about this, but as of right now, those people got owned.

Asus W90 (and picture): http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/asus-w90-gaming-laptop-now-shipping/
Final Fantasy XIII Demo: http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/693532/Final-Fantasy-XIII-Demo-Details-Emerge.html?utm_source=g4tv&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=TheFeed
Unlocked G1's Can No Longer Download Paid Apps: http://www.macworld.com/article/139045/2009/02/google_g1.html

Recently, i talked about Intel winning the bid to work on the PS4's GPU and possibly even its CPU. Well, leave it up to Sony to dismiss all of these rumours. The Sony rep said that, "It's nonsense and quite possibly the best work of fiction I've read, since Lord of the Rings."

I feel that Square Enix needs to make this Final Fantasy VII remake for the Playstation 3. Apparently, it may be worked on after the completion of Final Fantasy 13, which will probably be by early next year, since some of us are getting it next year. The next question this articles mentions is when. When will the Final Fantasy VII remake be scheduled to release? Obviously, no one knows for sure. I'm sure that Square Enix doesn't even know themselves, unless they are hiding something from us. Anyways, looking at numerous statistics, we can see that Final Fantasy III's remake sold over 2 million copies. This is a key statistic because the original Final Fantasy III sold less than half of what the original Final Fantasy VII sold. This leaves one to question, how much copies of a Final Fantasy VII remake sell? A lot. In fact, many Final Fantasy fans say that Final Fantasy VII is the best Final Fantasy game to ever be released and i am one of those perople. Final Fantasy VII was an amazing game. I remember beating Emerald (without Underwater materia) and Ruby. I remember getting scared of Jenova, since i was only 11 years old when i played that game. But, that's what got my adrenaline rushing. Final Fantasy VII is an amazing game in all aspects.

On the 'wtf' news of the day, a car with a mp3-enabled car horn. You will be able to customize the sound of your horn to whatever song you want. Imagine all of the Lil Wayne songs that would be playing if everyone could do this. But, seeing how the DiMora Natalia SLS2 concept will cost about $2 million USD, i don't think we'll be seeing much of this car. That is, if it was ever actually released. This car is just a concept, although the company is very serious about the specs. No one knows for sure if this car will "ever see the light of day."

Google has introduced yet another service, called Google Sync for iPhones and Windows Mobile phones. This looks like it will be in competition with Microsoft's MyPhone service. "The new Google Sync offering, launched in beta, will let phone users sync the calendar and contacts lists on their phones with their Gmail contacts lists and Google Calendar." Google is really taking their shots against Microsoft. Google Sync (vs MyPhone), Android (vs WinMo) and a Google OS[?] (vs Microsoft's OS). Google taking over the internet, at its finest. Going after the big dogs.

Is Archos on the hush, hush? Well, someone think so. Apparently, Archos is working on a new MID (Mobile Internet Device) or smartphone. It's not confirmed yet, but the said device will have phone functionality, support HD, a 5 inch screen (hopefully touch), have a 10mm thickness and will support Flash. The Archos device will run on Android and will have the same TI OMAP 3 processor that the Palm Pre has. Interesting news. But, it could be a flopper. I hope not.

The Sony Ericsson Hikaru looks like it will making its way to MWC. This phone has been rumoured to be around for a while now. It will be announced on February 15, right before MWC 2009 kicks off. So exciting. I might as well give you some background information about this phone, so that you'll be prepared. First off, it's going to be Walkman-branded. It will have an 8MP camera with LED flash, a 2.6 inch screen, 8GB of storage, Wi-Fi and GPS. "Additionally, it should be noted that it runs on the regular Sony Ericsson feature phone interface, and IT IS NOT a smartphone." Don't get them mixed up, Sony might get mad at you. Anyways, the 'Hikaru' will also have a kickstand at the back, kind of like the one the Nokia N96 has "but cooler."

Larabee in the PS4: http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Intel_Larrabee_in_PS4_No_Says_Sony/551-98718-581.html
Final Fantasy Remake (and chart): http://www.finalfantasyunion.com/news/final-fantasy-vii-remake-coming-to-ps3-when-not-if--337.html
MP3-Enabled Car Horn (and picture): http://i.gizmodo.com/5149763/2-million-dimora-natalia-sls-2-features-worlds-first-mp3+enabled-car-horn
Google Sync: http://www.pcworld.com/article/159192/google_comes_out_with_mobile_sync_service.html?tk=rss_news
Archos Working on Android MID / Smartphone (and picture): http://i.gizmodo.com/5149903/texas-instruments-spills-the-beans-archos-working-on-an-android-midsmartphone
Sony Ericsson Hikaru (and picture): http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_hikaru_shows_its_face_to_the_world-news-782.php