Final Fantasy IV (DS)

Also known as: FF IV (DS), Final Fantasy 4 (DS), Final Fantasy 4 (DS)

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Nov 20, 2009

Nintendo DS: The first five years

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Whoa, hang a second. The DS has been around for five years? Strange as it sounds, it’s true – the DS launched in the US on November 21, 2004 to almost immediate success, and is well on its way to outselling every other major gaming platform in history. Current numbers put the DS (and its various incarnations) at nearly 115 million units sold worldwide, a runaway lead over Sony’s estimated 60 million PSPs ... » Read More

Aug 17, 2009

The Top 7... games that need prequels

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Every time a game is successful, critically or commercially, folks start speculating about sequels. Will there be a sequel? How many sequels? When will we see the sequel? What will happen in the sequel? Who shows up in the sequel? Sequel? ... » Read More

Aug 12, 2009

Gaming's most incestuous soundtracks

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From its inception, the idea behind Week of Geek has been “as niche as possible.” To some, an article about videogame music is obscure enough, but as an ardent fan of all things VGM, I wanted to truly geek out and talk about game music that references other game music. ... » Read More

May 29, 2009

Video game music makes The Silence of the Lambs...

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VIDEO: A moment of high drama given a tuneful boost. ... » Read More

May 1, 2009

Videogame music makes Bullitt better

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VIDEO: The best car chase ever, now with aural improvements. ... » Read More

Mar 3, 2009

30 rules every RPG must follow

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We wouldn’t expect any of you to have noticed, but there are recurring elements in many role-playing games. They're cleverly disguised from game to game; often, similar characters may wear different outfits or you'll use a gunblade instead of a sword, but once you learn to identify similarities, you can usually predict what’s going to happen in about any RPG you want. ... » Read More

Dec 19, 2008

GamesRadar's Officially Annual Platinum Chalice...

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Has it really only been 12 months since the last avalanche of “Best Games of 200X” awards? Well, we all love a good list, and you won’t find a better barf bag of random praises than our own Platinum Chalice awards, the place to have someone else’s gaming opinions shoved upon you. How important are these awards? So important. Real important. What do the other guys have, gold trophies? Screw that. ... » Read More

Dec 16, 2008

2008's most impressive DS games

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Reflection is customary at the end of the year. Where were we? What happened? What games did we love? And as we stared down at our copies of Club Penguin and Personal Trainer: Cooking, our thoughts turned to: What were the DS games that actually tried this year? ... » Read More

Jan 15, 2008

DS-only games coming this year

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Jan 15, 2008 Final Fantasy IV Lost your bearings? FFIV is the one that introduced the ‘Active Time Battle System - the same time-meter-based attack system thats been used in pretty much all Final Fantasy games since. You might have seen IV before on GBA or maybe even PSOne - but never like this. You get the same 3D refit as the recent FFIII remake. You get voices. You get animated cutscenes. And you get one of historys greatest traditional RPGs, playable on the ... » Read More

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