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3 sources of Japanese gaming press info I always refer to: http://www.famitsu.com http://watch.impress.co.jp/game http://www.dengekionline.com

To clear the air with some of the gameplay questions, Japanese reporters gave the following feedback from the demo booths. They added the disclaimer that this is what is present in the demo, and not official info from SE: - Combat system similar to FF11 - 2 modes available. In 'wait' mode...

FWIW, FF9 was actually released AFTER the PS2 launch in Japan, in July of 2000.

The Square-Enix party is held over the weekend for 2 days as I type. 1st major announcemnet: FF12 release: 16th March 2006 Japan

I'm not sure whether this title should get the attention it's getting here. Taito's sims efforts have always ranged from poor to mediocre to 'OK'. And 'OK' for the hardcore fans only.

OT since this is not the point of your post. 3DNow is really long ago. Anyway I forgot the details and reasons, but SSE was favoured over 3DNow. Today SSE2 is offered by both CPU makers, and optimization guides recommend it. Most large entities have the practice where each group is responsible...

Dunno how this thread got here, at least I got some interesting info. The SSE bit is interesting. I didn't know that. Intel never mentions stuff like this in their optimization guide!

Official streaming trailer by Namco. mms://wm2.streaming.ne.jp/namco/jsummit_1mbps.wmv

Author of the thread has the most politically correct alias I have seen. :lol: As for the article itself, I won't dispute the things mentioned, though a lot of content is old news to console developers. However, I'm sure he is quite upset that all the effort that went into HL2 engine is...

OT but educational... this system actually originated from the Chinese.

Thank you Deano for the clarification.

Actually that part of the article is really making a comparison, saying how a G70 on a PC using PCIe x16 has 8GB/s between CPU and GPU, with 4 GB/s divided between upstream and downstream. The current PS3 evaluation uses the 5GB/s southbridge, resulting in a 2GB/s downstream. (I don't know where...

I think they are trying to get this to be a launch title. In which case I don't think we can fault it too much. A GTA-like virtual city is a very challenging project, and they are still on beta kits.

Just for info, rumours have been going about that a new multi-platform Ridge Racer will be announced come Monday at the MS conference in Japan. The difference being that this 'rumour' has received hinting nods from so many 'insiders' that it has been elevated to the status of 'prophecy'. Just...

I think Metropolis is one of the few movies where the machines are good, and humans are bad.