Technology website Ars Technica has an interesting breakdown of the recent Final Fantasy XIII trailer, examining the battle footage and picking out the peices.  According to observations, the new battle system eschews the MMO combat from FFXII in favor of the fast paced, ATB system from FFX-2.  In addition, some of the features shown in [...]

Actually, it’s not really all that new, since the link has been around for about a week and it has been mentioned in the forums.  Still, an official announcement had to be made, mainly so we don’t have Lucky Star on the front page for another year.

According to Joystiq and Gamasutra, Braid creator Jonathon Blow is supposedly working on a new 2D RPG.  According to Jonathon, the focus will be on the dialog mechanics.  Like Braid, he wants the games mechanic to tie closely to the themes of the game.  However, this is just one of many ideas Jon has had [...]

Available as DLC today for both Xbox Live and Games For Windows Live is the first expansion to last year’s Fallout 3.  Operation Anchorage opens up a whole new area in the game, facilatated by a VR simulator located somewhere in the wasteland.  Players relive the liberation of Anchorage, Alaska from the Chinese, an event [...]

A while ago, Blinky’s R Us found reports that a live action Cowboy Bebop movie was in the works [link].  It looks a like an actor has beein picked for the role of Spike Spiegel.   Playing the martial artist cowboy will be none other than Ted Theodore Logan himself, Keanu Reeves. Source: E! Online

We here at Blinkys R Us hope that you enjoyed this years BRU Con.  As promised, here are all of the comics from BRU Con, including the winners of both contests.  Hit the jump to see all of them.

And the fans go wild.  After years of speculating and a weeks worth of teasing splash pages, Blizzard’s site has finally rolled over to reveal their latest game.  In what shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone, they have announce the long awated Diablo III.  More information can be found at Blizzard’s Diablo III site, including [...]

For those of us sick of waiting for the actual game, or who only planned on making creatures anyway, Maxis and EA have kindly released just that.  The Spore Creature Creator was released yesterday, and a demo is available on the main site, www.spore.com.  The demo is kind of limited, with only a select set [...]

Don’t forget to stop by a participating Toys R Us today and tomorrow to pick up a free Darkrai.  Just head on over and receive one as a special gift.  More details should be available on site.

Cappcom’s newest 3D (2 1/2D?) fighter, besides Street Fighter 4, has recently gotten some coverage in the latest Famitsu. The article shows some pretty basic stuff, with characters like Ryu, Chun Li and Gotchaman. However, Servebots in the stage background hint at Megaman’s inclusion in the game, and flashy super moves indicate a crazy Marvel [...]