411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Cursed Mountain, and Harvest Moon: Magical Melody.
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A group of teenagers from Texas called "The Speed Gamers" are attempting to complete the entire Final Fantasy series in only a week, while taking donations for ACT Today, an organization to help support families affected by Autism.

(From their front page)

TheSpeedGamers have been streaming video game marathons for over a year to raise money for various charities. In total they have raised over $32,000 dollars and played 11 marathons.

TheSpeedGamers are based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas, but have members from around the world.
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Square Enix recently posted its financial standings ending March 31, 2008, and suffice to say, the relationship with Nintendo must be amiable at worst.
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Kotaku writes:

Square Enix honcho Yoichi Wada (above, left) is worried. Western game companies are doing really well! Meaning that competition is getting harder. Yet, Wada hopes to capitalise on the Western market, aiming to increase the ratio of overseas sales from its current 50 percent to 80 percent in the next three years. According to the exec:

"We face competition not only from Japanese videogame companies but from game companies worldwide. We also see some new players from outside the videogame industry coming in... Economies of scale and breadth of scope is getting important. It may be a business alliance or it may be us taking a stake in others, but we need to go beyond traditional Square Enix."

That business alliance sounds nice and all. But, how about stop calling everything Final Fantasy? Or make things other than RPGs? Or if you are going to make RPGs, why not make the games people have been asking for for the past decade?
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IGN writes: "Just before Christmas last year, Square Enix took a bunch of journalists to Japan, ready to see some of the games it plans to release in the west this year: The World Ends With You; Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings; Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates; Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker; and Dragon Quest Swords."
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Square Union reports that Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wings has finally been released in Europe for the Nintendo DS.
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A new website has been launched ahead of the release of Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings.

Located at ff12revenantwings.co.uk, the website allows gamers to learn more about the ongoing adventures of Vaan, Penelo, Balthier and Fran ¿ as well as allowing access to exclusive content downloads.
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Square Enix has today announced details of its schedule for the fresh end of 2008, with Final Fantasy I and II on the PSP and Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings on the DS both being given firm street dates.

Details of the release dates for other UK-bound Square Enix titles are somewhat more vague, with DS titles Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates and The World Ends With You due as the leaves begin to sprout, while we can expect Odin Sphere on PS2 and Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker on DS sometime before said leaves turn brown.
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Square Enix today announced a firm release date for Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings in the UK. The game will be with us on February 15th 2008.
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This week's top rental charts from U.S. game rental company GameFly, representing the most requested games for the week ending December 3rd, highlight both to-be-released and already released games in a unique demand-specific chart.

This week's top five all-platform requests show little movement once again, after last week saw the list barely ruffled. Assassin's Creed still takes the top spot for a third week with Mass Effect in second for its second week in a row.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, which spent the last two weeks at number four, slips a bit to the fourth spot to make room for Kane and Lynch: Dead Men to move up one spot into the fourth spot, but that's the only movement -- Uncharted: Drake's Fortune stays at number five, where it entered last week.
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Pocket Gamer's hands-on time with Revenant Wings commenced from the game's opening sequence. A gorgeous pre-rendered cut-scene detailed Vaan's discovery of the Aegyl race and set the stage for the playable prologue.

Taking control of Vaan and Penelo in the Glabados Ruins dilapidated stoneworks housing all manner of beasts, the mission required locating Vaan's friends, Balthier and Fran.
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We're live, in Tokyo, to bring you reports from Square Enix Party 2007, a public event that showcases the latest in the Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, and Dragon Quest publisher's massive lineup of games for all of your favorite next generation consoles and handhelds. We're bring in up-to-the-minute information as fast as we can over the course of the weekend. Check back to this page for updates as they happen. Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions interview: many missed it on the ... » Read More

Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings has sold 300,000 copies in its first week since its release on April 26.
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People have been waiting for a long time, and now it's finally out! Square Enix has shipped Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings to all Japanese retailers for the MSRP of ¥4800 (US $40.4).

For those wanting to buy a Nintendo DS to play the game, Square Enix has already announced about a Revenant Wings bundle on February 9, 2007: For ¥21,840 (US $180), you will receive a Revenant Wings themed Nintendo DS Lite, and of course the game itself.
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One of the most highly anticipated DS games has seen its first reviews appear in the Japanese press. The quarterly Dengeki DS & Wii Style will go down in history as having provided the first reviews of Square Enix's Final Fantasy XII sequel, Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wings.

Three editors from the six strong review staff shared scores and opinions on the game. Misawa, a super hardcore gamer who likes western games, gave the game an 85 out of 100. Wakasama, a super hardcore gamer who loves locking himself up with RPGs and simulation games and buys games on release day even if he doesn't have time to play them, awarded the title 90 out of 100. Finally Tarou Hayashi, a game fan who'll try out any genre but has recently found himself playing action and puzzle games, gave the title a 90 out of 100 and flagged it with a "recommended" mark.
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Issue 2 of HGZine, the free magazine for Sony PSP and Nintendo DS, includes an exclusive column by Steve Lycet from Sumo Digital (makers of TOCA, OutRun 2006, and Virtua Tennis) on how a game is converted to the PSP. Also in the issue are reviews of Lunar Knights, Phoenix Wright, Prince of Persia Rival Swords, Spectrobes and many more. There are also previews of Call of Duty Roads to Victory, Harvest Moon, My Sims, and a roundup of every Final Fantasy game in development for handheld devices (no small feat!).
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But it's only for Japan. The limited edition DS Lite features the titles logo and two of the main characters on the cover.
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The co-producer and scenario writers/director of Square's latest Final Fantasy sequel - Eisuke Yokoyama and Motomu Toriyama talk about some of the finer details of their upcoming DS title, Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings.
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When it comes to the handheld console war, Square Enix has very obviously thrown its weight in one corner. With the all-new remake of Final Fantasy III coming to the US this fall, it should be obvious which horse the world-renown RPG maker is backing. But if you needed more evidence, here it is: today, via the Japanese edition of Shonen Jump magazine, Square Enix has announced two new games for the Nintendo DS. It's a Wonderful World (or, in Japanese, Subarashiki Kono Sekai) is a brand new ... » Read More